118: Indexing the Decentralized Future with SubSquid, with guest speaker the cofounders of Subsquid - Dmitry Zhelezov and Marcel Fohrmann

Web3 with Sam Kamani

On this episode of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I interview Dmitry and Marcel, the co-founders of SubSquid - a decentralized indexing protocol for blockchain data.

We start by diving into how Dmitry and Marcel first connected and the origins of SubSquid's idea to index the vast amount of on-chain data in a decentralized manner, similar to how search engines like Google indexed the early internet (3:00). They explain the importance of decentralized indexing as critical infrastructure to power Web3 applications (9:50).

Dmitry walks through some of the early challenges they faced in maintaining decentralization while using centralized databases like PostgreSQL (16:30). Marcel and Dmitry then discuss who SubSquid's main users are across DeFi, wallets, NFT marketplaces, and more (21:40).

They share insights on effective marketing strategies for reaching Web3 developers, emphasizing integration with popular developer tools, having a great developer relations team, and the power of word-of-mouth in the tight-knit Web3 community (27:25).

Looking ahead, Dmitry and Marcel analyze the major trends they see shaping Web3 like an emergence of consumer apps with better UX, high throughput blockchains, and decentralized physical infrastructure concepts like Helium (33:20).

We then dive into some of the biggest product and business challenges they've navigated, from nailing the developer experience to managing growth amid volatile market cycles (40:50).

To wrap up, Dmitry and Marcel highlight their biggest current need - hiring top talent to scale their team in preparation for SubSquid's mainnet launch, where they aim to fulfill their vision of empowering truly decentralized applications (48:45).

The show notes will include all the relevant links to SubSquid's website, documentation, and ways for developers to get involved in building this decentralized future.

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