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Jacky (TaipeiCity.eth): A Journey into Web3. Cofounding Shibuya | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3 #64

Episode Summary

Jacky (TaipeiCity.eth) is the cofounder of Shibuya. Shibuya is NFT artist PplPlsr’s project bringing long-form animation to Web3. At the age of 30, Jacky quit his job as a software engineer at Instagram. During Covid, Jacky spent a year in Taiwan. It was Taiwan where he experienced DeFi Summer and began creating animated NFTs of his oil paintings. Jacky is also the host of the Chinese-language podcast, Left-Side Escalator.

Episode Notes

Jacky (TaipeiCity.eth) is the cofounder of Shibuya. Shibuya is NFT artist PplPlsr’s project bringing long-form animation to Web3. At the age of 30, Jacky quit his job as a software engineer at Instagram. During Covid, Jacky spent a year in Taiwan. It was Taiwan where he experienced DeFi Summer and began creating animated NFTs of his oil paintings. Jacky is also the host of the Chinese-language podcast, Left-Side Escalator.

Learn more about Jacky and Shibuya:

• Jacky’s Twitter: @taipeicity_eth
• Jacky’s Instagram: @jackywangadventures
• Jacky’s Art
• Jacky’s Writings
• Jacky’s Podcast: Left Side Escalator
• Shibuya: https://www.shibuya.xyz/about

In the episode we discuss:

• How Jacky became a self-taught developer
• Jacky’s time in Taiwan during DeFi Summer
• Why Jacky left Instagram
• Jacky’s journey into art and how he started an art exhibition featuring his art
• How Jacky started his podcast, Left Side Escalator, and monetizing his podcast
• What is Shibuya and how he cofounded the project with PplPlsr

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