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This is the breakdown of how Dawson Botsford went from working a corporate 9-5 to building a $1M app in just 5 hours, all as a solo developer.
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The Knighted 1's PodcastThe Knighted Ones - Ep.69: Scott Frost Hires The Grinch Just In Time For ChristmasWelcome to The Knighted Oneâs Podcast, Episode number 69!! We are the ONLY podcast that features a former UCF National Champion, a former UCF radio host, an ESPN Analyst and Hoops Player, a INfamous rapper, Our Resident Influencer, and an IG star, shooting the breeze, talking UCF Sports. Remember to like and follow us Youtube, IG, and check out the 70+ teams and conferences on the College Huddle. This week we went live to hang with you guys and discuss Frost naming the Grinch (Alex Grinch) as his DC. We also discuss other new hires on the coaching staff, a slew of...2024-12-272h 03
Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea!I Indie Hacked a $1M/Yr. App Idea in a Weekend What does it take to build a million-dollar business? Just ask Dawson Botsford, the developer behind Earnifi. Dawson is a crypto entrepreneur who leveraged a unique opportunity in the space and turned it into a highly profitable company. He built it in a day, started out with no following, and used some counterintuitive strategies to grow his audience. In this fascinating interview, Dawson tells the story behind building his business, âan overnight success 10 years in the making.â Links & Resources Earnifi Start...2024-05-2944 min
PunkCast.xyzEpisode 63: Punk5305, Daws.eth, Counterculture Maxi, Founder, Earni-Fi & CTO, Bankless LabsPunkCast Summary:
In this episode of PunkCast, Max and Dawson discuss their experiences in the NFT world. Dawson, the founder of Earni-fi and current CTO of the well-known and beloved brand BanklessLabs, talks about his passion for cutting-edge technology with a purpose and counterculture values. He shares his experience as a builder and his love of competition in hackathons. Additionally, he shares his thoughts on the punk community and its values.
Punk, Location:
Dawson Botsford, USA
Date of Punk Purchase (DOPP):
25-Jun-22 (#5305)
2023-06-2149 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: Did You Consider Getting Acquired When Starting Earnifi?Dawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joined Season 6 and spoke about the consideration of getting acquired when starting Earnifi.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------...2023-02-1002 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: The Future of Bankless LabsDawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joined Season 6 to share what the future of Bankless Labs looks like with his new partnership.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------...2023-01-1601 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: Getting acquired by BanklessDawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joined Season 6 to share the story about Bankless acquiring his company, Earnifi.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Le...2023-01-0101 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: The Most Difficult Part of Bringing Earnifi to LifeDawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joined Season 6 to share what the most difficult part of bringing Earnifi to life was.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------...2022-12-2904 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: Will Web3 Take Over Web2's Notification and Communication Layer?Dawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joined Season 6 to share what he thinks about web3 taking over web2's notification and communication layer.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------2022-12-2102 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: Becoming the Web3 Notification ToolDawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joins Season 6 to share the vision of becoming the web3 notification tool.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:...2022-12-1001 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyShorts | Dawson Botsford: Getting Acquired By BanklessDawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops, joins Season 6 to share the story about getting acquired by Bankless.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 29About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:2022-12-0801 min
Mint Podcast by Adam LevyDawson Botsford and the Acquisition of Earnifiâs $150M Airdrop ToolMint Season 6 episode 29 welcomes Dawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool thatâs helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops. Dawson comes on the podcast to share his story as a creator and entrepreneur, lessons learned while building Earnifi, and why Bankless decided to acquire web3âs notification layer.I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.Time Stamps00:48 - Intro07:55 - School Experiences10:31 - What is Earnifi?14:12 - The Most Difficult Part of Bringing Earnifi to Life15:02 - Avoiding Scam Airdrops18:49 - Introducing Mone...2022-12-0646 min
dev3THOUSANDS of POAPs, and new Earnifi integrations with GitPOAP - Colfax.ethColfax.eth is the Co-founder & CEO of GitPOAP. He is a builder of all builders and he came initially from the EthStaker community. Â He is passionate about Ethereum and open source. Colfax started giving away POAP tokens and found that it actually led to more contributions. Now, he has spun it up into an entire product, which makes it very easy to give out POAP tokens if you run an open-source project.
We have several big releases for earni.fi announced here. Earnifi now lets you save a GitHub username and search for GitPOAPs! Listen to the e...2022-12-0142 min
dev3Crypto Anarchy, Decentralized RPC, and Programming Languages - blockjoeToday Joe and I covered the Pocket Network, where node runners can get paid to serve RPC requests. Joe is unique because he comes from a crypto-anarchist background where you run your own node. He's got in-depth knowledge about core infra and the backend, which application developers like me rarely dig into.
If you want to know how blockchains work at a lower-level, this is your episode.
Links:
Pocket Network2022-11-1039 min
dev3Web3 Social and Airdrop Farming - Albert @thatguyintechWe spoke about airdrop farming, web3 social, and how to keep up with everything in web3.
Albert Hu, aka thatguyintech, is a Developer Advocate at Alchemy. Albert shares the story of how he got started on Alchemy and the 5 categories he uses to prioritize his time. We also talked about Devcon, whatâs been happening in the Web 3 ecosystem, and what will happen in the future of blockchain.
Links:
https://twitter.com/thatguyintech
https://www.thatguyintech.com/2022-11-0334 min
dev3Hacks, DevCon, and Decentralized File Storage - Patrick Collins Round TwoHere is round two with Patrick Collins, the world's leading BlockChain educator. He is a YouTuber, Software Engineer / Developer Advocate at Chainlink Labs, and CEO & Founder of Alpha Chain. In this episode, we talked about Devcon Bogota and analyzed all the hot topics, from hacks, to decentralized storage and smart contracts.
Stay tuned until the end as Patrick shares a few tips on how you can do better when it comes to NFT storage and the decentralized storage options you have available as a developer.
Patrickâs Links:
https://linktr.ee/PatrickAlphaC2022-10-2643 min
dev3How to find funding, building community, and decentralizing venture-capital | Shawn DimanthaShawn Dimantha is in product leadership at Google & YouTube helping to build the future of the creator economy. He is also growing the venture/investment DAO ecosystem - primarily via Hydra Ventures DAO, and he is co-leading the Kernel DeFi.
We discussed Web3 communities and the importance of building communities in the space. He shares the story of how he got started in Web3, particularly within the Ethereum ecosystem. Shawn is also hosting his podcast, where you can listen to the stories of the builders creating the DeFi industry.
Links:
https://www.shawndimantha...2022-10-1937 min
dev3Modular Open-Sourcing, Web3 Perf, and meaning. A product how-to with Dawson + Superfluid on Devs Do SomethingFollowing my win at EthBogota, I explain how Modular Open-Sourcing works. This is my methodology for creating production-ready software and releasing it to GitHub through hackathons.Â
I owe Sam and Joshua a massive thank you for the opportunity to unpack my current thoughts here. I'm sure this episode will be worth revisiting for years as we discuss timeless lessons like meaning, luck, open-sourcing, and hackathons.
Links:
â˘Â https://github.com/dawsbot/essential-eth
* https://earni.fi
* https://github.com/dawsbot/email-seems-valid
* https://www.devsdosomething.fm/
2022-10-131h 03
dev3PUSH Rebrand, Full-Stack Leadership, and how to notify thousands of wallets - Harsh RajatHarsh Rajat is a full-stack developer who became a product and business leader. We talked about PUSH (formerly Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS)), wallet-to-wallet communication, and Hackathons. Harsh started his entrepreneurial journey with mobile apps and games and has 11 years of entrepreneurial experience in various spectrums of tech (Mobile, Web Services, SaaS, and Blockchain).
Links
https://twitter.com/harshrajat
https://epns.io/
https://cryptozombies.io/2022-09-2950 min
dev3Tor, POAP, and Tornado Cash - Mentor.ethMentor.eth is a Biologist turned programmer! We talked about web 3, DAOs, and entrepreneurship. He explains how he went from working in a lab to web 3 programming. He's a talented dev with multiple helpful open-source projects available on GitHub.
Links
- Poap.xyz
- oniondao.web.app
- rocketeer.fans
- signer.is
- github.com/actuallymentor2022-09-2044 min
dev3Lens: A Web3 Social Protocol. Talking product, gasless transactions, and EIPS with davidev.ethDavid Silverman is a Product Manager at Aave Company. He helps shape the Lens Social Protocol and advance web3 Social. He thinks at the speed of lightning, so good luck keeping up!
We discussed web3 user experience, gasless transactions, and upcoming Ethereum Improvement Proposals.
Links:
â˘Â David on Lenster: https://lenster.xyz/u/davidev.lens
â˘Â David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidesilverman
â˘Â Lens on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LensProtocol
2022-09-1322 min
Kernel DeFi Podcast12: Winning Hackathons and Turning Ideas into Web3 Businesses w/ Dawson Botsford, Founder of EarnifiIf you are wondering how to turn your idea into a winning web3 hackathon submission and a real business, you don't want to miss this episode with Dawson Botsford Founder of Earnifi and web3 / Ethereum developer. Dawson shares tips on how to win web3 hackathons like those organized by ETHGlobal, and how to turn winning ideas into real businesses without having to raise outside venture capital. He also shares his vast knowledge about web3 airdrops, how to earn them, and what protocols can do to use them as strategic user acquisition tools.
The Kernel DeFi podcast is...2022-09-1244 min
dev3Superfluid, Huff, and Cairo. ZK programming - Joshua TrujilloThis interview was done on-site at EthMexico. Joshua is an engineer at SuperFluid and a contributor to the Huff programming language. We covered streaming tokens, the huff programming language, and a short mention of Cairo. Zero-Knowledge programming is brand-new and jtriley is on the cutting edge!
Links:
â˘Â Joshua on Twitter
â˘Â Joshua on GitHub
â˘Â Cairo language
â˘Â Huff Language2022-08-3021 min
dev3Rehash: A Web3 Podcast, no-code tools, and rage-quitting law | Diana ChenDiana Chen is a co-founder and the voice of Rehash: A Web3 Podcast. Rehash is also a DAO and only guests who the DAO votes can come on!
We discussed no-code tools for DAOs, NFTs, and voting via JokeDAO. I think you'll find her inspiring and a role-model for an ethical way of distributing tokens and operating web3 organizations!
Links:
⢠Diana on Twitter
â˘Â Rehash on Twitter
â˘Â Rehash Discord2022-08-2330 min
dev3Huffing Solid Yul while a Vyper Slithers over Tornado Cash - Patrick CollinsPatrick is the world's leading YouTube educator for Smart Contracts. He thinks the recent Tornado Cash sanctions are unjust and are a danger for folks needing privacy. We then discuss smart-contract languages like Huff, Solidity, Yul, and Vyper. Come dig into the technical details with us!
Links:
â˘Â https://twitter.com/PatrickAlphaC
â˘Â Patrick's Free 32-Hour Solidity Course2022-08-1524 min
dev3A GENESIS Constitution DAO member, multi-sigs, and DAO communication - Jonah ErlichJonah was a genesis member of constitution DAO, where he saw first-hand the issues with multi-sig voting. Signers forget, are slow, or miss signing transactions when it matters most.
Learn from an OG about how multi-sigs work and how Den and other companies are improving our executive functions for DAOs!
twitter.com/Jierlich
twitter.com/onchainden
2022-08-0929 min
dev3How to git stars without getting lucky: 7 steps to grow your GitHub projectsTake this advice to grow open-source projects. Whether it's finding stars, contributors, or open-source funding, this episode prepares you to have an A+ repo
Links:
â˘Â My GitHub2022-08-0116 min
dev3Help, I'm new to web3! - A fun Q&AToday I spoke with Lauren, who is BRAND NEW to crypto. Whether you are a veteran or someone new to the space, this episode will help you learn more or explain to others how the world of Ethereum and Web3 works!
Links:
Pizza DAO
Boys ClubÂ
Earnifi Airdrop Checker
Dawson on Twitter
2022-07-2731 min
dev3Get Green Pilled - Fox Foundation, giveth, and products with WillyWonka.ethLearn from Willy about how crypto is fixing the world. Willy is the head of decentralization at the Fox Foundation and a Product Contributor at Giveth.
Green-Pilling is a new term for regenerative crypto-economics. Learn from Willy, who is at the forefront of this movement!
Links:
https://twitter.com/willyogo
https://twitter.com/ShapeShift
https://twitter.com/Givethio
https://app.shapeshift.com/2022-07-2037 min
dev3How to win hackathons, be an OG, and build web3 products - Corbin PageToday I spoke with Corbin Page. He's been into Ethereum since 2016, was an early employee at Consensus, and co-founded DustSweeper DAO. He was a winner of multiple hackathons, including EthDenver 2022 AND 2020.
If you want to be early, build things people care about, and find signal through the noise, this episode is for you!2022-07-1139 min
dev3ENS is 10x faster!? Live first-look at V3 with taytems.ethThe new ENS site is 10x faster and ready to try today! Taytems.eth and the team have been busy building alpha.ens.domains and took a timeout to tell us all about it.
Show links:
â˘Â New ENS site: https://alpha.ens.domains
â˘Â Old (Current ENS site): https://ens.domains
â˘Â Tate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/taytemss
â˘Â Dawson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dawsonbotsford2022-07-0427 min
dev3Introduction - Why this podcast MUST existListen to the developers changing the world in web3 and crypto. This introduction mentions Ethereum, Dawson's history, and why you should not miss out on the next technology movement transforming the world of finance and beyond.2022-06-3008 min
WholesomeCrypto PodcastDawson Botsford - Founder of Earni.fiDawson Botsford - Founder and CEO of Earni.fi makes it easy for crypto users to find airdrops that they might have missed out on. With every great product comes a great story. Dawson wasnât always into crypto, he actually avoided for a period of time. Find out what changed his outlook on the industry and his life.Listen anywhere:WholesomeCryptoSpotifyAppleGoogleStitcherSubstackYouTube This is a public episode. If you would like to di...2022-05-0246 min
Crypto And ThingsClaim Free Aidrops â Earnifi With Dawson Botsford I sat down with Dawson Botsford, the founder of Earnifi to discuss airdrops, how hard they are to find, claiming them, and more importantly how Earnifi streamlines all of this.Hiding out there are millions of dollars in airdrops. Before Earnifi, these airdrops went unclaimed and many expired forever. Hundreds of people find money on Earnifi every day. Protocols sending out airdrops want you to claim their tokens. Just enter your address and find out instantly if you have airdrops waiting! 2021-06-2732 min
Tech And ThingsClaim Free Aidrops â Earnifi With Dawson BotsfordI sat down with Dawson Botsford, the founder of Earnifi to discuss airdrops, how hard they are to find, claiming them, and more importantly how Earnifi streamlines all of this.
Hiding out there are millions of dollars in airdrops. Before Earnifi, these airdrops went unclaimed and many expired forever. Hundreds of people find money on Earnifi every day. Protocols sending out airdrops want you to claim their tokens. Just enter your address and find out instantly if you have airdrops waiting!2021-06-2732 min
Meditate with Tsamara#80 - Having Less Brings Joy with Dawson BotsfordDawson is a software engineer and minimalist living in the high mountains of Colorado. He previously worked at some of the worldâs best tech startups pulling late nights and early mornings daily. After seeing a few years pass by, he reconnected to his true passions of nature and travel. In 2018 he left the United States with only a carry-on bag and discovered the joy of owning less. But after following his real travel dreams, he discovered the toughest part of all - happiness doesnât exist elsewhere. It was here all along. By removing the clutter in yo...2021-02-1139 min