Our 25th episode of The Juicecast features Xin, also known as Livid from Planet. Planet is an open source tool that makes it easy to build your own decentralized website using IPFS and ENS. For example, if you own the ENS jango.eth, you can create a website accessible in almost any browser at jango.eth.limo.
In this episode, we talk about Livid’s interest in retro gaming and how they discovered Ethereum, the importance of decentralized websites and content distribution, and how experiments like Croptop might emerge as a decentralized lo-fi version of tumblr.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:49 Welcome
00:01:01 The story behind the name Livid
00:02:12 Livid’s interest in Sim City and other early video games
00:04:08 Livid’s background and entry to crypto
00:06:28 The lessons learned from building V2EX.com
00:10:13 What is Planet and how it works
00:11:46 Where the name Planet comes from
00:13:04 “Proof of Release” and other projects built using Planet
00:15:27 How Livid found Juicebox and how Croptop got started
00:17:21 Juicebox as a tool for open-source software
00:18:09 Croptop as a low-fi tumblr
00:23:17 Using ENS on Planet as an extension of our online identity
00:26:53 How Pinning works and Planet’s pinning-as-a-service on Juicebox
00:29:41 What’s coming next for Planet
00:31:48 Livid’s reflections on being involved in crypto since 2011 and what web3 means to him
00:34:24 Planet and the Internet Archive at upcoming Dweb Camp in June
00:36:04 Livid demos Game DB from his past work with the Internet Archive
00:42:16 Wrap up
Topics Discussed:
https://v2ex.com/IPFSENSFirebasePinataWeb3 StorageCroptopThe Internet ArchiveThe Wayback Machine
Follow Livid on Twitter: @Livid
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande