✨Web3 mass adoption, DePin, AI + Web3

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On March 20th, I had the chance to sit down with Du Yu. a.k.a. DY, General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and Founder of Future3 Campus.

We discussed:

1. His background and joining Wanxiang as the first person to specialize in blockchain

2. Wanxiang Blockchain’s early research in blockchain and its instrumental support for the Ethereum Foundation in 2015

3. Future3 Campus, the Web3 incubator, overview, its mission and areas of focus

4. Why Future3 Campus thinks it critical to attract more Web2 developers and entrepreneurs to Web3 and its approach to doing so

5. TON Foundation’s effort to attract WeChat mini app developers to build on Telegram’s Web3 project

6. Why he thinks DePin to Web3 will be similar to BTC ETF to Bitcoin

7. How blockchain technology and Web3 bring more potential to AI development

8. What criteria Future3 Campus is looking for in applicants for its cohorts

9. Hong Kong’s role as a hub for Web3 in Asia

Some of DY’s quotes:

✍️To bring 1 billion users to Web3, you first have to get a few million more developers.

✍️At the end of the day, we can’t sell protocols. We need to build something of really helpful and easy to use for the general public, something that can change society.

✍️We can spend hours discussing why, but it is the fact that Asian, esp. Chinese developers are better at building applications, while American and European developers are better at protocol design and development.

Follow DY on X. To apply for Future3 Campus’ cohorts, visit their website or X

In addition to Substack’s Podcast channel, the interview is available on

✔ Apple Podcasts

✔ Spotify

✔ YouTube

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Coco

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I am Coco Kee, author of BlockchainAsia, host of BlockchainAsia Podcast, and Co-founder of Kee Global Advisors. 

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