#21: Geoist & Levertz, Founders @ IDRiss | Decentralized address book to onboard the next billion users to crypto

Just like ENS lets people link their wallet addresses to .eth domains, IDrIss lets people link their wallet addresses to their phone numbers, e-mails & Twitter handles. But it's only the tip of the iceberg!

Timestamps:

1:35 How they ended in crypto space

3:50 What’s the story & vision behind IDRiss

7:30 Five things that make them different from Ethereum Name Service

13:21 What happens when someone hacks your e-mail address or Twitter account linked to your wallet via IDriss

14:29 How they acquired their first users and what worked well

20:32 Our thoughts on professional airdrop farmers

25:20 How they build the community - “Discord is a room full of people”

30:15 The product design which helps to learn more about the users than typical web3 products

31:30 Taking care of the community by making decisions together

32:50 Where they want IDRiss to evolve

37:55 Dead-end streets & hard lessons they learned on the way

39:30 Most mind-blowing web3 project they’ve seen so far - Gnosis Safe & EmpireDAO

41:40 The funniest thing that happened to them so far in web3 space

43:34 Where you can learn more about the project

44:20 Ideas for the next guests