Ep. 14 - Jacopo from Slice

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Jacopo from Slice. Slice is a decentralized commerce protocol that lets you sell anything on-chain and dynamically split payments between different addresses. In this episode, we talk about Jacopo’s background and how Slice got started, the synergy between Juicebox and Slice, as well as a glimpse into how Blunt Finance is disrupting the VC funding model. Chapters: 00:01:06 Jacopo’s background 00:02:03 Transitioning from materials to software engineering and discovering crypto 00:03:11 Jacopo’s interest in the Bitcoin white paper 00:04:00 What is Slice 00:05:03 Origin story of Slice 00:06:01 Jacopo’s interest in finding an objective value in NFTs 00:08:32 How Slice works 00:09:39 What are Superowners and Superowner Slices 00:11:05 How on-chain transactions can be linked to physical goods 00:14:44 Use cases for Slice 00:16:30 The long-term vision for Slice 00:17:31 The value of d-stores & why we should make purchases on-chain 00:19:19 The challenges of building Slice 00:21:44 Merge-to-earn 00:23:04 ERC-20 support for products and Slicers 00:23:52 Why Slice is a DAO 00:25:04 Why Jacopo started a project on Juicebox 00:27:16 What is Blunt Finance 00:31:23 How Slice and Juicebox contracts work together on Blunt Finance 00:32:54 How Blunt Finance is solving issues in the VC model 00:34:49 What's coming next for Slice and Blunt Finance Topics discussed: Bitcoin Whitepaper Slice Juicebox Merge to Earn Villa Penelope Blunt Finance Follow Slice on Twitter: @slice_so Follow Jacopo on Twitter @jj_ranalli 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 cc0 music by Daniel Allan (Collage 0069)