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Jack O'Holleran

Cofounder, Aktana

Search every verified Jack O'Holleran interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jack O'Holleran, co-founder and CEO of SKALE Labs, has appeared on multiple podcasts between 2019 and 2025 to discuss blockchain scalability and the SKALE Network. He described SKALE as an Ethereum-compatible network designed to provide zero gas fees for end users, with application-specific blockchains that offer faster transaction speeds and file storage. O'Holleran stated that the network's fee model involves games and other applications paying annual fees in SKALE tokens, rather than end users paying per transaction. He also discussed SKALE's growth, citing metrics such as millions of monthly transactions and tens of thousands of active users in 2022. In recent appearances, O'Holleran commented on broader crypto industry trends, including the resurgence of major brands entering Web3 after pausing projects, and the importance of narrative and marketing in addition to technology. He expressed support for Ethereum's transition to proof of stake, calling it more eco-friendly, while also criticizing what he described as a lack of cohesive marketing strategy within the Ethereum community. O'Holleran also discussed his background, including co-founding Aktana in 2008, which he said grew from a four-person startup to over 350 employees serving Fortune 500 clients.

Recent appearances

  • How This Chain Is Redesigning Crypto for AI + Stablecoins | Jack O'Holleran

    July 01, 2025 · 📺 Talking Tokens Podcast

    On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Jack O’Holleran, co-founder of SKALE Network and CEO of SKALE Labs. Jack shares why MEV is a hidden tax on users, how FAIR — SKALE’s new Layer- 1 — aims to eliminate it at the consensus level, and how crypto infrastructure must evolve for an AI-driven future. They discuss the difference between SKALE and FAIR, why stablecoins and AI will become deeply intertwined, and how the dual-token model will reward SKALE holders as FAIR goes live. Jack also shares his vision for category-defining products and why the blockchain industry needs to…

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  • #164 Jack O'Holleran | Building Blockchain at SKALE

    January 30, 2025 · 📺 Stonks Go Moon Podcast

    In this episode, Rocco Strydom sits down with Jack O’Holleran, CEO & Co-Founder of SKALE Labs, to break down the latest trends in crypto, gaming, and blockchain scalability. Jack shares insights into SKALE’s mission to eliminate gas fees, its role in onboarding major brands into Web3, and why narrative matters just as much as technology in the space. In this episode: The resurgence of big brands in Web3 How zero-gas fee blockchains work (and why SKALE is leading the charge) Why Web3 marketing is broken—and how SKALE plans to fix it The impact of AI on blockchain efficiency Upcoming SKALE-pow…

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  • Jack O’Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs, Web3 Gaming, The Current Ethereum Narrative, Meme Coins vs. NFTs

    June 25, 2024 · 📺 Cryptonews Spotlight

    Jack O’Holleran is the Co-Founder and CEO of SKALE Labs, a gas-less EVM-compatible blockchain designed for secure Ethereum scaling. Jack is a veteran Silicon Valley Technology entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning/AI technologies and blockchain. Formerly, Jack co-founded Aktana in 2008 and led the company's transformation from a four-person startup to a global leader in the Analytics market category, boasting over 350 employees and serving an impressive roster of Global Fortune 500 clients with its AI and machine learning platform tailored to optimize sales and marketing deci…

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  • Skale Co-Founder Jack O'Holleran Explains Why Blockchain Beats Mongo or Oracle for Enterprise Usage

    March 30, 2023 · 📺 Blockchain Journal

    Jack O'Holleran is the co-founder and CEO of Skale Labs, a 5-year-old scaling solution provider that not only solves for Ethereum's slow settlement times but, for Skale's customers, also changes Ethereum's engagement model from a coin-operated pay-per-transaction approach to a subscription model similar to how other cloud-based SaaS offerings like Salesforce do business. O'Holleran was at the Outer Edge LA 2023 Conference in Los Angeles where Blockchain Journal technical analyst took the opportunity to interview him. During the interview, O'Holleran talked about how blockchain solves enterpr…

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  • Jack O'Holleran on The Ethereum Merge, GameFi & SKALE | CryptoNews Podcast #166

    October 13, 2022 · 📺 Cryptonews

    Jack O'Holleran is the Co-Founder of SKALE. Jack's passion for decentralized systems and blockchain led him to join efforts with Stan Klad-ko to solve the blockchain scalability problem. Jack is a veteran Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning/AI technologies, and blockchain. His resume includes Co-Founder of Aktana, Co-Founder IncentAlign, and executive positions at Good Technology, and Motorola. His first work with Digital Currencies was in 2008 building a digital currency platform for Enterprise Resource Allocation. He has been an active Cryptocur…

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  • Solving Ethereum Scaling Problems with Jack O'Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs

    June 01, 2021 · 📺 Real Vision Presents

    Santiago Velez, entrepreneur and digital asset investor for Block Digital Corporation & AD, Inc., welcomes Jack O'Holleran, co-founder and CEO of SKALE Labs, for a wide-ranging conversation on risk structures, governance, regulation, and the ecosystem today. In 2017, O'Holleran became excited about Web 3, particularly decentralized ownership and democratized business models. For Web 3, end users may be using it similarly as they would with Web 2; however, due to Web 3's core technology, the business model, profit, and sharing properties are all different. While exciting, O'Holleran quickly rea…

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  • Learning From The Past | Jack O'Holleran - SKALE Labs | REIMAGINE v7.0 #7

    March 08, 2021 · 📺 REIMAGINE - Web3 Events and Media

    Jack O'Holleran , CEO of SKALE Labs and Co-Founder of SKALE Network sits down with Adam Leon from MouseBelt to talk about his lessons learned through emerging tech trends, use cases developing on SKALE, and scaling Ethereum to support the future of decentralized applications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guest: Jack O'Holleran, CEO and Co-Founder at SKALE Labs Twitter Jack O'Holleran: https://twitter.com/jackoholleran?lan... Linkedin Jack O'Holleran:   / oholleran   Twitter SKALE Labs:   / skalenetwork   F…

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  • BlockHash Podcast #101 - Jack O'Holleran | CEO of SKALE Labs

    January 14, 2021 · 📺 BlockHash Podcast

    This week on the podcast, we have Jack O’Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs. They help facilitate and grow the SKALE network, which is an open source, decentralized network that creates individual blockchains exclusive for Dapps, with the goal to enhance scalability on top of Ethereum. Jack O’Holleran and Brandon Zemp discussed many topics. Everything from the technological aspects of SKALE, to staking, to new announcements, and so much more! Be sure to follow SKALE to learn about their network and how they are helping grow the blockchain ecosystem. Listen now on Anchor: https://bit.ly/BHEP101 The…

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  • Patterns of Inevitability in Tech and Blockchain: Jack O'Holleran

    December 07, 2020 · 📺 Format One

    I got to see this machine learning AI space progress and now I'm working in blockchain. And I have to tell you— there's a pattern. I just see this pattern.” —Jack O’Holleran Today's guest is Jack O’Holleran, serial entrepreneur, and Co-founder and CEO at SKALE Labs. SKALE is a technology company solving the blockchain scalability problem, helping the ecosystem run hundreds of millions of smart contracts and transactions per second. Before founding SKALE, Jack also co-founded and grew Aktana, the leading SaaS Sales and Marketing Analytics platform for Global Life Sciences companies. In this…

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  • Jack O'Holleran: SKALE Labs – An Ethereum Scaling Solution Using App Specific Blockchains #352

    August 11, 2020 · 📺 Epicenter Podcast

    SKALE Network's modular protocol is one of the first of its kind to allow developers to build application specific blockchains. These are interoperable and compatible with the Ethereum mainchain, and the entire Ethereum ecosystem. They provide the benefits of decentralization without compromising on computation, storage, or security. The focus of SKALE Network is slightly different to other scaling solutions, many of which we have had on the show in the past. SKALE Network aims to scale smart contracts, not necessarily transaction throughput. Think of it as a highly performant Ethereum as a s…

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  • Jack O’Holleran, CEO of Skale Labs on Pulling Away from the Pack in Sports, Business, Crypto & Life

    July 02, 2020 · 📺 Forward Guidance

    Jack O’Holleran, CEO of Skale Network graduated from the University of Nebraska where he was a starting wide receiver. Only months after leaving the field, he worked his way deep into the tech sector, starting his own business and living a new lifestyle that took him around the world. A self taught coder, Jack now leads a team solving crypto’s scalability issues, all while securing the blockchain in a reliable, cost effective and safe way. Scott Melker and Jack O’Holleran further discuss their experiences living in Japan, leather helmets in football, learning about Bitcoin at a 2013 bachelor…

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  • 151: SKALE Labs with Jack O'Holleran

    February 10, 2020 · 📺 The Blockchain Show

    Jack O'Holleran is the Co-Founder and CEO at SKALE Labs. SKALE is an Ethereum-compatible network with a leaderless consensus designed to run on an uncapped number of independent nodes, each of which will be providing resources to multiple high performance decentralized elastic blockchains.

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