Hangout #8: Tactics for driving consumer crypto adoption

published on 13 June 2025

In this episode, we sit down with 0xGramajo, a Guatemalan developer-turned-creator who’s spent the last decade bridging technical innovation with educational storytelling in Web3.

Hosted by Marvyn Paul - @mpweb3wordsmith - and Chinmay Patel - @chinmaydoteth - this conversation explores how crypto became a tool for resilience, identity, and empowerment — from grassroots finance in Latin America to shaping the future of DAOs.

What We Cover:

✓ From Bitcoin maxis to DeFi awakening

✓ Navigating Web3 as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S.

✓ How crypto helped recover from TradFi’s failures

✓ The “Sherpa mentality” in content creation

✓ Farcaster vs. Twitter: building in the open

✓ A DAO renaissance vision for 2025

✓ A non-Western perspective on crypto adoption

Key Moments:

00:00 – Origin story & first crypto steps

08:30 – Guatemala’s financial exclusion landscape

15:00 – From undocumented to educator

23:00 – Why Farcaster - Twitter for creators

35:00 – DAO summer plans & future thinking

45:00 – Gnosis + ENS DAO involvement

55:00 – Relationships over monetization

Standout Quotes:

“I’m not trying to be the smartest person in the room. I’m just trying to bring others along with me.”“Why can’t I take a loan on a rare Charizard? Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it’s not valuable.”

Featured Projects:

  • Courtyard.io
  • ENS DAO
  • Gnosis DAO
  • Farcaster
  • DevConnect Argentina 2025

About 10 Years of Ethereum:

A celebration of Ethereum’s first decade — through the voices of the builders, creators, and communities that made it what it is.

Follow the Series: - @10YearsOfETH

Guest: - gramajo.eth

Hosts: - @mpweb3wordsmith & @chinmaydoteth

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