THE BLOCKCHAT — NEAR FRIENDLY TALKS Project Report
Project Status: CONCLUDED
Project accounting
The main goal of this proposal it’s to make possible the continuity of The BlockChat — Near Friendly Talks, a talk show hosted by me that intends to present Brazilian members from the Near creatives ecosystem through informal talkings live streamed on YouTube. In June, I held two more episodes with 60 minutes each.
Highlights & comments
After the first two episodes, the overall show structure is defined and working: I start the show and, during the first minutes I wait for the public to arrive while I present myself, the show and give some announcements. Around five minutes later, I thank Gambiarra DAO and the Near Foundation, answer the hellos from people in the chat and begin the show reading a poem I chose based on the guest personality and/or work.
After this first part, I invite him/her to join me and ask for a little presentation. Then I generally have 8 previously elaborated questions, which I created after researching the guest’s bio and artworks. This works more like a guideline to myself than something we need to stick to, as the idea is to have a friendly and fluid talk.
After the first questions we get into the guest works, and I show some selected images while we talk about it. And, generally I use this moment to present and explore some web3 and Near concepts, always trying to explain how they work on a practical level.
On the third episode, I talked to @LulucaL about bounties, what they are, how they work and what’s their importance on the Near creatives ecosystem. We also talked a little about DAOs and, obviously, NFTs and its marketplaces, themes that appeared in all shows until now (and probably will continue).
In the episode with @macieira, we talked about proposals and ways of create and produce inside Near, and we also talked about @Gambiarra’s origin, first at a Mintbase store and how that became a DAO.
The four streamed episodes until now share the same friendly atmosphere, with web3 technologies and art topics mixed with the guest trajectories and relevant questions and concepts covered.
Learnings & Insights
This month I was able to define and organize the definition of the guests with more time, but had some timeline problems of divulgation. Even so, the pieces were all shared in social media profiles and pertinent groups both in WhatsApp and Telegram. For the next month, if the next proposal is approved, I will also share on Discord, a platform I still don’t use very much.
During the 4th episode I had our first technical problem, with the guest going offline for almost ten minutes because of his connection problems. I wasn’t expecting this, but it was nice to see how I could handle this with humor, transparency and, especially, the help from people in the forum, who started to talk with me and between themselves, doing jokes and other fun stuff. I’d like to say thanks to everyone that helped me with that until the guest was back! For the next episodes I’ll keep in mind to know how to handle better if something similar happens again.
Links & Materials
EPISODE #3 — Guest: L
short URL: bit.ly/blockchat03
Full episode 
Analytics
EPISODE #4 — Guest: Alexandre Macieira
Short URL: bit.ly/blockchat04
Full episode
Analytics
Because of technical problems on Instagram, I wasn’t able to post the video-invite for this episode on reels, so I don’t have the numbers for it. But it was shared on Stories, divided in four, with a 90 views average on each. Below, numbers from YouTube:
Next steps
In July I will once again propose two more episodes to Gambiarra DAO, and then I’ll move to another one, because this project intends to show how diverse our ecosystem is. On a wider view, my idea with The BlockChat is to go beyond creatives and talk with developers, enthusiasts and all kinds of people inside Near, initially focusing on Portuguese speakers, but at the right moment also with English ones.
At last, but not least, I’d like to once again thank the Gambiarra council and members for believing in this proposal and giving me this opportunity! 
See you on the next BlockChat! 