EPISODE · Oct 27, 2023 · 1H 9M
#48: Henri Stern, Co-Founder & CEO @ Privy | How they built a tool that brings web2-caliber UX to web3 products
from Web3 Talks: Stories & Tips from the Builders · host Mac Budkowski
Henri is an ex-research scientist at Protocol Labs. He Co-Founded Privy, which provides web3 projects such as Friend.tech, t2 & Shibuya with seamless onboarding & embedded wallets. In this episode, we dive into the early MVPs of Privy, learn how it works under the hood, how they managed to design such as smooth UX & more. *** If you like high-quality crypto content, check out the project I co-founded: kiwinews.xyz *** TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 A few words of intro 01:56: Why Henri started working on Privy 06:02 The early days of Privy 11:37 How have they built their MVP 13:15 Why did they make a pivot despite having an interest in their product 15:41 Which features helped them to tip the scales 22:34 How Privy works under the hood 34:04 Most wallets were built with L1s in mind 37:23 How do embedded wallets work 48:24 What would happen with wallets if Privy went out of business 50:36 How do they acquire their users 53:24 What kind of metrics do they follow 57:59 How does the world look like if Privy fulfilled its mission 1:04:25 Where people can learn more about Privy
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Henri is an ex-research scientist at Protocol Labs. He Co-Founded Privy, which provides web3 projects such as Friend.tech, t2 & Shibuya with seamless onboarding & embedded wallets. In this episode, we dive into the early MVPs of Privy, learn how it works under the hood, how they managed to design such as smooth UX & more. *** If you like high-quality crypto content, check out the project I co-founded: kiwinews.xyz *** TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 A few words of intro 01:56: Why Henri started working on Privy 06:02 The early days of Privy 11:37 How have they built their MVP 13:15 Why did they make a pivot despite having an interest in their product 15:41 Which features helped them to tip the scales 22:34 How Privy works under the hood 34:04 Most wallets were built with L1s in mind 37:23 How do embedded wallets work 48:24 What would happen with wallets if Privy went out of business 50:36 How do they acquire their users 53:24 What kind of metrics do they follow 57:59 How does the world look like if Privy fulfilled its mission 1:04:25 Where people can learn more about Privy
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