Build The Block Episode 5 Highlights: Notebook Labs vs. zkPass

Main Takeaways

• Build the Block is the world's first Web3 entrepreneur reality show set entirely in the metaverse. 

• See the highlights of the fifth episode, featuring a showdown between two Web3 companies, Notebook Labs and zkPass. 

• Also, catch a preview of the next episode featuring Bracket Labs and dappOS.

Notebook Labs or zkPass? Find out who stole the thunder in this episode of our metaverse reality show, Build the Block.

Things are heating up in the latest episode of Build the Block, the first Web3 reality show set in the metaverse. Notebook Labs and zkPass gave their best pitches in a bid to secure their place as the winner.

See how it all went down in episode five of Build the Block.

Episode 5: Notebook Labs vs. zkPass

Guest Judges

Deciding the fates of the projects onstage were Yibo Ling, Binance’s chief business officer, Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands, Azeem Khan, fundraising and partnership lead at GitCoin, and Guy Turner, co-founder of CoinBureau YouTube channel.

Notebook Labs

“Web3 – and DeFi especially – has the potential to change a lot of things in the world. But to reach mass adoption, it needs to be made a lot safer. We need more accountability and identity infrastructures in place.” – Solal, Notebook Labs

Notebook Labs is a compliance infrastructure provider that allows institutions to trade, borrow, and lend on DeFi.

First to take the stage was Nathaniel, founder of Notebook Labs, who shared more about his company’s institutional-grade solution for trading digital assets. Armed with a thoroughly thought-out roadmap, he also asked the audience to get in touch if they’re interested in joining the team as developers. 

The founder made it clear that the project has a small but mighty team. Despite concerns that the lean team may not be able to cope with scaling, guest judge Guy was intrigued by what he considered a “good product.”

zkPass

“I gave you six pieces of identity information about me: my name, job title, my company, my degree, and school. But how can you trust this information for sure?” – Joshua, zkPass

zkPass is a composable identity solution leveraging a cryptographic protocol known as zero-knowledge attestation to build infrastructure for a decentralized network.

Co-founder of zkPass, Joshua, launched into his pitch with confidence – by the time he completed his presentation, it seemed like the audience was fascinated by his firm’s composable identity protocol based on Web2 and Web3 data. On the judge panel, Yibo praised the thorough pitch and inquired about what the competitive space for the solution looked like.

And the winner is…

Notebook Labs: 256

zkPass: 540

Congratulations, zkPass!

With a massive margin of 284 votes, zkPass secured a resounding victory with a brilliant pitch and its promise to improve security within a decentralized society.

Next Up: Bracket Labs vs. dappOs

All four guest judges in episode five will be back for another thrilling pitch-off between another pair of projects:

Bracket Labs

Bracket Labs is a project behind a range of products enabling the creation of leveraged structured financial products on the blockchain.

dappOS

dappOS is a provider of solutions for lowering the barriers to entry to Web3, particularly those related to accessibility and ease of use. 

Catch Build The Block Episode 6: Bracket Labs vs. dappOs

Catch the next episode of Build the Block on Binance Live and our official YouTube channel, dropping May 30, 14:00 (UTC).  See you in the metaverse!

Further Reading

• (Blog) Everything You Need to Know About Build the Block

• (Blog) Build The Block Episode 1 Highlights: Mind Network vs. Kryptoskatt

• (Blog) Build The Block Episode 3 Highlights: Ontropy Vs. HANA