Re:Envisioning Web3 #345 | Happy New Month!

Host: Lyss (@Lysss302) with Jed (@jed_131) · Date: Thu, Oct 1 2026 · Duration: 1:24:32 · ~12 speakers

TL;DR

• October 1 kickoff episode: fresh-month energy, a leadership clip about communicating change, and a reminder that the daily Re: space slate is back at its usual time [5:13].
• zGhostin laid out tonight's Other Side meetup — 7pm ET in the Nexus, games from bingo to red light/green light, with the grand prize going to people showing up in their regen avatar [21:32].
• Yot announced a big Fugs soulbound-token airdrop (~400 people, close to 700 SBTs) and explained how SBTs let people climb the ranks through contribution instead of buying more Fugs [18:04].
• Fordenad celebrated a sold-out Frankie figure mint and went deep on the unglamorous craft behind blind boxes, colorways and mylar reveals [39:31].
• Panos popped up to thank Jed for an off-timeline assist to Soul On Chain, which turned into a long stretch on bootstrapped builders getting attacked once they get traction [55:13].
• Burningbush closed the space by premiering a full De Stefano's track — and confirming it's a whole album [1:17:07].

Highlights

[10:38] A leadership clip, repurposed for web3. Jed played a long cut about how to announce change inside a company: people aren't idiots, they can tell when they're being BS'd, and you can deliver uncertainty with confidence — "we have no clue how this nets out, we're experimenting, we want input from the front line." His review afterward was concise: "that is so good for web three" [12:44].

[18:04] Yot on Fugs SBTs. After apologizing for being mid-sausage, Yot described the day's airdrop and, at Burningbush's request, broke down soulbound tokens for anyone who'd never heard the term — creative fugger, social fugger, earned through posts, threads, games, video, feeding into the collector's hub and diamond ranks so someone holding one Fug can still climb [18:59].

[25:32] Abstract, handled diplomatically. Asked what's happening with the Abstract chain, Yot said Fugs left a long time ago and he's happy to be outside the drama. His read: not a shutdown so much as possibly an acquisition with some kind of gag order, given team silence for months — but pure guesswork, and either way it's splashing on affiliated projects. He still wished everyone there well [26:03].

[31:23] Burningbush finally gives up some alpha. Put in the hot seat (after a detour explaining Twitter Spaces to his mom), he described what he's building: a full De Stefano's website experience, "the first web three story ever told on browser," noir-styled, with a private dinner for two or a whale dinner as earnable outcomes. Jed appended the obvious: and free regens [32:00].

[32:30] October is Chicken Wizard's month. Halloween has been his holiday since childhood — candy, costumes, and nobody calling you crazy. He's weighing whether to dress up his daughter this year or wait until she's two, in a Romania where trick-or-treating is still a slowly spreading import. He's also rebuilding his app's front page so wallet connection feels trustworthy to people currently spooked for entirely non-seasonal reasons.

[39:31] Fordenad on what a figure actually costs you. Fresh off a sellout, he walked through the part collectors never see: designing a lineup where every colorway works as a set and standalone, eight points of articulation so your Frankie can hold something, and a mylar rip inside the blind box purely for the unboxing feel [41:12]. Jed, who'd worked a similar build before, confirmed the real villain is the box — seven dollars for a box.

[44:10] Monk's case for just doing the thing. Starting from The Exorcist still being the scariest movie ever made, he landed on the practical point: all the tools exist now, you don't need to be the best at anything, you need discipline and creativity. He followed it with a gentle note on the "so-and-so is saving NFTs" discourse — collectors, builders, and daily space-showers are all doing it [46:46].

[48:54] Lyss's new-month challenge. The clearest ask of the hour: if September wasn't your month, leave it there. If you've been listening for months without ever grabbing the mic, do it this month — no hot take required, no project pitch, just say hello. Ugo took her up on it minutes later, sharing how he came in through painting in 2022, moved into digital art and then into storytelling and world-building for projects [50:38].

[55:13] Soul On Chain, and the cost of traction. Panos thanked Jed without saying what for ("you know what you did"), which opened into Jed's broader point: bootstrap something that rivals VC-funded incumbents and you'll get pushback you never see coming. He offered his home address to any interested assassins [57:33], and Panos's counter-advice was to just align with good people and keep pushing.

[1:17:07] "Meet me at the De Stefano's." Instead of Jed's planned outro song, Burningbush premiered an original track — Brooklyn rain, steaks on the table, "we were pixels, now we're family," and a verse that name-checks Jed connecting corners of the room. Jed's verdict: more fired up than whatever he was going to play [1:22:48].

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "I smelt the shit before it hit the fan. But it is just one of those where I'm staying out of it." — Yot, on leaving Abstract [26:03]
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• "It's kind of our way to show our appreciation for those that do want to work for their bags… without having that sort of financial side." — Yot on SBTs [18:59]
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• "You don't have to be like the best at anything right now, you just have to be very disciplined and be creative." — Monk [44:10]
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• "We're all trying to save them. We all love this." — Monk, on the "who's saving NFTs" posts [46:46]
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• "Forget about networking, throw it out the window. Find ways to connect people and get absolutely nothing for yourself." — Jed [1:06:16]
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• "If I was cooking any more right now, I would be 300 pounds and a Michelin Star Chef." — Burningbush [1:13:42]
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Who said what

• Lyss (@Lysss302) — host; ran the room, flagged the Other Side meetup and the Discord revival, and issued the month's central challenge: grab a mic you've never grabbed.
• Jed (@jed_131) — cohost; DJ, hype man and interviewer, with a running thesis that connection beats networking and that bootstrapped builders should expect incoming once they get motion.
• Burningbush (@BurningBush_eth, "Lee" in the room — likely) — building the De Stefano's browser experience and the Regen Noir site; teased all hour, then dropped a full original track at the end.
• Yot (@yotdog69 — likely) — Fugs; explained the SBT system in depth and gave a measured, drama-free read on the Abstract situation.
• zGhostin (@zGhostin — likely) — organizing tonight's Other Side event; games, prizes, and a Discord stream option for anyone who can't get in-world.
• Chicken Wizard (@ChickenWizardX — likely) — October maximalist in Romania; also quietly reworking his app's front end for wallet trust.
• Fordenad (@fordenad — likely) — fresh off a sold-out physical figure mint; the room's resident expert on blind-box UX.
• Monk (@monkish — likely) — argued the tooling barrier is gone and the only moat left is discipline; generous about everyone's role in NFTs.
• Ugo (@_Ugosiugo — likely) — first-time speaker after a mic fix; came for the art in 2022, stayed for storytelling and world-building.
• Panos (@PanosOnChain — likely) — Soul On Chain; thanked Jed and talked about tuning out the toxicity that arrives with traction.
• Superhighgasfees (@SHGFees — likely) — skate-movie historian (Street Dreams), and the one making the case that two years in, the project's growth curve is about to bend.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530 — likely) — closed strong on surrounding yourself with people who'll push you, after some unsolicited spoon-positioning commentary.

Worth a full listen

• [18:04] – [28:17] — Yot back to back: the clearest explainer of soulbound tokens you'll get in a casual space, followed by a careful, non-dunking take on the Abstract situation. Worth hearing in his own words rather than summarized.
• [55:13] – [1:08:45] — The long builder stretch. Panos's thank-you turns into Jed and Super talking honestly about what two years of building actually costs, what pushback looks like, and why connecting people with nothing in it for you compounds. The cuddle-party negotiations are also in here.
• [1:17:07] – [1:22:48] — Just listen to the song.