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S7:E1 - The Pudgy Penguins NFT Debacle, a Dev Intentionally Breaks His Own Open Source Libraries, and Gen Z’s Distaste for Green Text Bubbles
In this episode, we talk about a developer who broke around 19-thousand projects by intentionally corrupting his own open source libraries, and how iMessage won in the smartphone battle for favor amongst Gen Z. Then we speak with Dr. Merav Ozair, Leading Blockchain expert and FinTech Professor at Rutgers Business School, about NFTs and the turbulent removal of the founders of the Pudgy Penguins project.
Show Notes
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- Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps
- Why Apple’s iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble
- Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Ousts Founders as Mood Turns Icy
Dr. Merav Ozair
Dr. Merav Ozair is a leading blockchain expert, a FinTech Professor, and the Editor-in-Chief of the World Scientific Series in FinTech. Her work focuses on decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and the Metaverse, across different industries and business use cases. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Board at INATBA (International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications) and holds a PhD from Stern Business School at NYU.