#102 Untangling: X-2-Earn Apps with Piero Bassa

This episode of Untangling Web3 features Piero Bassa, senior software engineer at VeChain and founder of Mugshot, for an in-depth look at X-2-Earn models that use Web3 infrastructure to reward sustainable real-world behavior.

With a background in building scalable decentralized systems, Piero outlines how DApps can enable new paradigms of user engagement by combining crypto incentives with everyday actions like choosing reusable items.

Key highlights:

• What makes a DApp different from traditional apps? DApps operate on blockchain infrastructure instead of centralized servers, which decentralizes control and gives users true ownership of data and digital assets. Smart contracts replace opaque backend logic, allowing users to trust that rules, incentives, and governance are transparent and i ...