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    <description>Exploring blockchain decentralization and the Web3 universe for over 5 years, through in-depth, hour-long conversations with builders, thinkers, and contributors—founders, validators, node operators, CTOs, VCs, DAOs, and privacy advocates. We explore critical topics: privacy, security, decentralization, technological progress, finance and cryptocurrencies dark sides, alongside personal stories of success, failure, and lessons learned. Blockchain-agnostic and building for decentralization, Citizen Web3 runs off-the-grid, non-custodial validator infrastructure, contributing to public goods and Web3. Support our work by staking with us: staking.citizenweb3.com/</description>
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  <title>Death Spirals, Bridging Digital Nations and Corruption with Alexei Zamyatin</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This episode of the #citizencosmos podcast features Alexei Zamyatin  Co-Founder of Interlay, a modular, programmable layer between Bitcoin and the multi-chain ecosystem that unlocks novel decentralized use cases for BTC.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Alexei Zamyatin, Co-Founder of Interlay, a modular, programmable layer between Bitcoin and the multi-chain ecosystem that unlocks novel decentralized use cases for BTC.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Interlay utilizes an already operational, decentralized bridge to connect Bitcoin with a lending protocol and AMM decentralized exchange, enabling Bitcoin holders to access basic financial services without relying on centralized exchanges&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;h5&gt;We spoke to &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/alexeizamyatin?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexei&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  about &lt;a href="https://www.interlay.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interlay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and:&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Payment channels&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Who pays the price for decentralization?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The perfect storm leading to a death spiral&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Death Spirals&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do we build trustless bridges?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Economic interests and tribalism&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Economic vs statistical security&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Profits at the expense of the good of the people&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centralized power corrupts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Does full decentralization exist?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One coin to rule them all&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Imposter Syndrome&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Early cross chain communication&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Domain name squatting &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Weak links in centralized systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Should I build, just because I can?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hostile governance attacks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Academia and research as a launch pad for a successful project&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Academia vs field work&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The need for Altruism in web3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solving a problem is a good place to start&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thesis topics as a gateway to Bitcoin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Risks of relying on bridges&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Failures of bridges wiping out entire ecosystems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The importance of community in decentralization&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ethical questions around building &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ethical implications of breakthroughs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Differences between native and wrapped tokens&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Diminishing trust in institutions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The future of bridging&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer Science as a way to be a creative&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Analysis and effects of merge mining&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;h5&gt;If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stake with Citizen Web3 &lt;a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;validator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Listen to the &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/anK4shpKDKY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;YouTube version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow us on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/citizen_web3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sign up to the &lt;a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt; Special Guest: Alexei Zamyatin.&lt;/li&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Alexei Zamyatin, Co-Founder of Interlay, a modular, programmable layer between Bitcoin and the multi-chain ecosystem that unlocks novel decentralized use cases for BTC.</p>

<p>Interlay utilizes an already operational, decentralized bridge to connect Bitcoin with a lending protocol and AMM decentralized exchange, enabling Bitcoin holders to access basic financial services without relying on centralized exchanges</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/alexeizamyatin?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Alexei</strong></a>  about <a href="https://www.interlay.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Interlay</strong></a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Payment channels</li>
<li>Who pays the price for decentralization?</li>
<li>The perfect storm leading to a death spiral</li>
<li>Death Spirals</li>
<li>How do we build trustless bridges?</li>
<li>Economic interests and tribalism</li>
<li>Economic vs statistical security</li>
<li>Profits at the expense of the good of the people</li>
<li>Centralized power corrupts</li>
<li>Does full decentralization exist?</li>
<li>One coin to rule them all</li>
<li>Imposter Syndrome</li>
<li>Early cross chain communication</li>
<li>Domain name squatting </li>
<li>Weak links in centralized systems</li>
<li>Should I build, just because I can?</li>
<li>Hostile governance attacks.</li>
<li>Academia and research as a launch pad for a successful project</li>
<li>Academia vs field work</li>
<li>The need for Altruism in web3</li>
<li>Solving a problem is a good place to start</li>
<li>Thesis topics as a gateway to Bitcoin</li>
<li>Risks of relying on bridges</li>
<li>Failures of bridges wiping out entire ecosystems</li>
<li>The importance of community in decentralization</li>
<li>Ethical questions around building </li>
<li>Ethical implications of breakthroughs</li>
<li>Differences between native and wrapped tokens</li>
<li>Diminishing trust in institutions</li>
<li>The future of bridging</li>
<li>Computer Science as a way to be a creative</li>
<li>Analysis and effects of merge mining</li>
</ul>

<hr>

<h5>If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Stake with Citizen Web3 <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">validator</a></li>
<li>Listen to the <a href="https://youtu.be/anK4shpKDKY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/citizen_web3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Sign up to the <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RSS feed</a></li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Alexei Zamyatin.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Axelar" rel="nofollow" href="https://axelar.network/">Axelar
</a></li><li><a title="Binance" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.binance.com/en">Binance
</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin
</a></li><li><a title="ChatGPT4" rel="nofollow" href="https://openai.com/gpt-4">ChatGPT4
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/en/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="Evmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://evmos.org/">Evmos
</a></li><li><a title="FTX" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX">FTX
</a></li><li><a title="Gravity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gravitybridge.net/">Gravity
</a></li><li><a title="Interlay" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.interlay.io/">Interlay
</a></li><li><a title="Lightning" rel="nofollow" href="https://lightning.network/">Lightning
</a></li><li><a title="Luna" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.terra.money/">Luna
</a></li><li><a title="Moonbeam" rel="nofollow" href="https://moonbeam.network/">Moonbeam
</a></li><li><a title="Namecoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.namecoin.org/">Namecoin
</a></li><li><a title="Neutron" rel="nofollow" href="https://neutron.org/">Neutron
</a></li><li><a title="Paradigm" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.paradigm.co/">Paradigm
</a></li><li><a title="Polkadot" rel="nofollow" href="https://polkadot.network/">Polkadot
</a></li><li><a title="Silkroad" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)">Silkroad
</a></li><li><a title="Tor" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor
</a></li><li><a title="Vitalic" rel="nofollow" href="https://vitalik.ca/">Vitalic
</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Alexei Zamyatin, Co-Founder of Interlay, a modular, programmable layer between Bitcoin and the multi-chain ecosystem that unlocks novel decentralized use cases for BTC.</p>

<p>Interlay utilizes an already operational, decentralized bridge to connect Bitcoin with a lending protocol and AMM decentralized exchange, enabling Bitcoin holders to access basic financial services without relying on centralized exchanges</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/alexeizamyatin?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Alexei</strong></a>  about <a href="https://www.interlay.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Interlay</strong></a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Payment channels</li>
<li>Who pays the price for decentralization?</li>
<li>The perfect storm leading to a death spiral</li>
<li>Death Spirals</li>
<li>How do we build trustless bridges?</li>
<li>Economic interests and tribalism</li>
<li>Economic vs statistical security</li>
<li>Profits at the expense of the good of the people</li>
<li>Centralized power corrupts</li>
<li>Does full decentralization exist?</li>
<li>One coin to rule them all</li>
<li>Imposter Syndrome</li>
<li>Early cross chain communication</li>
<li>Domain name squatting </li>
<li>Weak links in centralized systems</li>
<li>Should I build, just because I can?</li>
<li>Hostile governance attacks.</li>
<li>Academia and research as a launch pad for a successful project</li>
<li>Academia vs field work</li>
<li>The need for Altruism in web3</li>
<li>Solving a problem is a good place to start</li>
<li>Thesis topics as a gateway to Bitcoin</li>
<li>Risks of relying on bridges</li>
<li>Failures of bridges wiping out entire ecosystems</li>
<li>The importance of community in decentralization</li>
<li>Ethical questions around building </li>
<li>Ethical implications of breakthroughs</li>
<li>Differences between native and wrapped tokens</li>
<li>Diminishing trust in institutions</li>
<li>The future of bridging</li>
<li>Computer Science as a way to be a creative</li>
<li>Analysis and effects of merge mining</li>
</ul>

<hr>

<h5>If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Stake with Citizen Web3 <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">validator</a></li>
<li>Listen to the <a href="https://youtu.be/anK4shpKDKY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/citizen_web3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a></li>
<li>Sign up to the <a href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RSS feed</a></li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Alexei Zamyatin.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Axelar" rel="nofollow" href="https://axelar.network/">Axelar
</a></li><li><a title="Binance" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.binance.com/en">Binance
</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin
</a></li><li><a title="ChatGPT4" rel="nofollow" href="https://openai.com/gpt-4">ChatGPT4
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/en/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="Evmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://evmos.org/">Evmos
</a></li><li><a title="FTX" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX">FTX
</a></li><li><a title="Gravity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gravitybridge.net/">Gravity
</a></li><li><a title="Interlay" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.interlay.io/">Interlay
</a></li><li><a title="Lightning" rel="nofollow" href="https://lightning.network/">Lightning
</a></li><li><a title="Luna" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.terra.money/">Luna
</a></li><li><a title="Moonbeam" rel="nofollow" href="https://moonbeam.network/">Moonbeam
</a></li><li><a title="Namecoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.namecoin.org/">Namecoin
</a></li><li><a title="Neutron" rel="nofollow" href="https://neutron.org/">Neutron
</a></li><li><a title="Paradigm" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.paradigm.co/">Paradigm
</a></li><li><a title="Polkadot" rel="nofollow" href="https://polkadot.network/">Polkadot
</a></li><li><a title="Silkroad" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)">Silkroad
</a></li><li><a title="Tor" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor
</a></li><li><a title="Vitalic" rel="nofollow" href="https://vitalik.ca/">Vitalic
</a></li></ul>]]>
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