# Harsh Rajat, Prashant Maurya & Aniket Jindal I Web3 Infrastructure as a Service | Pragma India 2023

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2024-10-09
- Duration: 28:35
- Topics: Web3 infrastructure, decentralized infra, Push Protocol, Biconomy, Spheron, EIP-4337, smart wallets, account abstraction, wallet-based communication, decentralized compute, infra as a service, gasless transactions, bundlers, paymasters, smart contract wallets, micropayments, staking, DePIN, infra UX, wallet UX, node providers, web3 adoption, decentralized backend, block explorers, wallet abstraction, ETHGlobal, Pragma India, web3 dev tools, protocol scaling, web3 startup challenges
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-cGPQpXv1fU8
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPQpXv1fU8

## Description

What does it take to scale Web3 infrastructure for billions of users? In this insightful Pragma India 2023 panel, ETHGlobal's Kartik Talwar moderates a high-impact discussion with Harsh Rajat (Push Protocol), Prashant Maurya (Spheron), and Aniket Jindal (Biconomy) on what "Infrastructure as a Service" means in the decentralized world.

Discover how leading Web3 infra projects are solving real challenges—from real-time communication via wallet-based notifications, to decentralized compute, to smart contract wallets leveraging ERC-4337. Learn about vendor lock-in problems, infra decentralization, developer UX, new business models like micro-payments and staking, and the future of modular infra tooling.

00:00 Intro: Building useful Web3 infrastructure
00:36 What is Push Protocol? Wallet-based comms
01:09 What is Spheron? Decentralized compute infra
01:37 What is Biconomy? Smart wallets with ERC-4337
02:06 Why build Push: From liquidation to communication
03:19 Why Spheron exists: Bridging Web2/Web3 compute
05:38 Why Biconomy chose account abstraction
06:38 Making wallets seamless in-app
08:00 Why Web3 needs infra as a service
09:07 Web3-native communication vs Web2
10:16 Vendor lock-in, optionality, and decentralization
11:40 Cost savings and global data center access
12:10 Why blockchain solves infra payment layers
13:02 Biconomy: Improving UX for smart wallets
14:50 Infra that understands smart contract context
15:26 Startup challenges: Hiring & unlearning
16:34 Push’s tech challenge: Decentralized real-time infra
17:48 Spheron: Hiring infra talent & community-building
20:00 Biconomy: Culture, noise filtering & tech maturity
21:37 Smart wallet standardization challenges
22:36 New business models: SaaS vs wallet-based payments
23:55 Web3-native monetization: micropayments & staking
25:04 Infra still missing: Better block explorers
26:24 Standardizing bundlers & paymasters
26:55 On-chain identity and reputation protocols
27:58 The rise of decentralized infra (DePIN)
28:29 Closing thanks and applause

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🇮🇳 *Pragma India*
The final Pragma of the year took place in Bengaluru India in December 2023 with a curated series of high-quality talks that sparked thought and discussion. Pragma India 2023 was an opportunity discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. Watch the full Pragma India 2023 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4rHV1H4J7y0wDok4bIS17t&si=lb8ttkU1HS2tpnUP

ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. 

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