"Everybody Loves Rainbows" with Mike Demarais, cofounder of Rainbow Wallet | ZEROPOD Episode 23

Mar 19 2024

On episode 23 of the Zero Rights Reserved podcast, hosts Toady Hawk and Prof Werder from The Noun Square sit down with Mike Demarais, cofounder of Rainbow Wallet to hear his story. We go deep down the Rainbow Road and chat about buying weed on the Silk Road, why he built a crypto wallet and why they called it Rainbow, his thoughts on Farcaster, BASE and Nouns, and much, much more... including a few pieces of juicy alpha! If you enjoy this conversation, please LIKE & Subscribe!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Will “Mike Rainbow” Ever Make it Official?
01:00 - ZeroPod intro
02:00 - Mike likes TNS and ZeroPod
03:27 - Mike’s origin story - B2B SAAS roots
04:24 - “Crypto really scratched an itch for me.”
05:20 - Originally thought Bitcoin was a scam
05:50 - Buying weed on the darknet
07:00 - Attracted to the composability of Ethereum
09:20 - The importance of crypto wallets for mainstream adoption
10:11 - Why “Rainbow”?
10:26 - Importance of ‘Emojiability’
11:10 - CryptWallet Pro Coming Soon
12:49- Rainbow’s mobile-first approach
16:22 - The new desktop extension: Going after power users (and aspirational power users)
19:44 - Cross-chain compatibility
22:24 - The Vampire Attack: “It is always acceptable for David to take shots at Goliath.”
24:00 - Rainbow POINTS
27:28 - Fartcaster
29:00 - Twitter API woes
31:00 - Having fun on Farcaster
33:00 - We meme the ones we love
34:55 - On being an unhinged founder, and the importance of approachable raw brand voice
37:36 - Everyone DM Mike all your problems (jk)
37:56 - The Top Signal for this bull run
38:44 - Mike on the growth of BASE
43:00 - Farcaster flippenings
44:00 - Mike asks about Nouns x Farcaster
47:06 - Mike on Nouns, possible future Rainbow ⌐◨-◨ collab
50:00 - The importance of open source
52:00 - ERC 4337 - Account Abstraction: Rainbow Mini wallets
57:00 - What is Mike most excited about for 2024?

Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Hosted by Toady Hawk and Prof Werder. Music by SuperTightWoody.

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