Spirits on the blockchain? We’re joined by a digital marketplace for Whiskey, BAXUS, to get a better understanding of RWAs. 

Follow our guest on Twitter: @BAXUSco @web4oTimestamps:

00:00 Start01:27 Baxus background03:20 Whisky quality level07:19 Creating Baxus11:28 How does Baxus work?12:54 KYC17:48 Low end whisky market22:23 Whisky fandom23:53 The oracle problem26:52 Why does this need a blockchain?32:05 Brick and mortar locations33:27 UI & blockchain34:10 Crypto users vs normies38:34 Web 3 future?40:25 Blockchain as trusted ledger44:55 Trend toward high value assets47:00 User arbitraging the assets48:41 Wouldn't makers just go to Baxus not stores?49:21 Distributors & regulations51:37 Opting out of legacy systems54:58 Investing in bottles59:17 Whisky as store of value1:04:42 Subject theory of value

👋The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, the blockchain purpose-built for verifiable finance. You may know of Ellipsis Labs by their first product Phoenix, a fully on-chain orderbook DEX that’s done over 50 billion dollars in unincentivized volume. If you’re interested in working for a mission-driven company, Ellipsis Labs is hiring engineers passionate about crypto and finance to work on Atlas. You can learn more and apply on Ellipsis Labs’ Twitter “at Ellipsis_Labs”. Don’t forget to check out Atlas too, @atlasxyz on Twitter.

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