BlockHunters Voices Episode 39: Phylo - Head of Builder Programs at IOTA

🎙 BlockHunters Voices Episode 39 In this episode, we sat down with Phylo, Head of Builder Programs, Validator Relations & Infra Integrations at IOTA, to dive deep into: -The reasons behind IOTA’s shift away from the Tangle architecture -What it takes to onboard and scale a decentralized validator set -How fee burning, inflation tuning, and staking reshape token economics -IOTA’s role in government-level adoption and infrastructure Chapters: 01:45 Before IOTA: Phylo’s pre-crypto life 05:35 Why Rebase? The motivation behind a new architecture 14:13 Inside Phylo’s day-to-day at IOTA 18:12 Misconceptions about IOTA Rebase 22:00 Community reaction & market outlook 26:06 Network economics: Staking, rewards, and validator incentives 29:13 Avoiding inflation traps 32:18 Validator set: From 14 to 150 40:08 Genesis prep: What users need to know 45:42 Macro outlook 49:43 Hardest moments in Web3: Phylo gets real 54:39 IOTA’s vision and who they’re building for 01:00:03 Rapid fire questions