This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Esad Yusuf Atik from Citrea

Esad Yusuf Atik advocates for embracing the transformative potential of cryptocurrency and open-source innovation, urging action and prioritizing user-friendly, impactful solutions. He emphasizes overcoming fears like imposter syndrome and creating accessible tools to "bank the bankless" in an imperfect world.

Citrea is a Bitcoin rollup using zero-knowledge technology to enable scalable, decentralized applications by integrating Bitcoin as a settlement and data availability layer. With full EVM compatibility, it aims to build a secure, self-sovereign Bitcoin-backed economy accessible to everyone.

We spoke to Esad Yusuf Atik about Citrea and:

• Crypto is one of the best places
• Of course everybody found out
• Stop being afraid
• Just gotta do it
• Open source is inevitable for crypto
• Imposter syndrome
• Positive value for society
• It's not a perfect world
• Bank the bankless
• 90% of the users, do not understand what you're building
• Provide the best user experience
• Deal with it

Timestamps

00:00 – 06:20 : Intro
06:20 -- 13:04 : Hash flow
13:04 -- 23:00 : Who wants to be a millionaire
23:00 -- 32:20 : Open-source approach
32:20 -- 34:31 : Minimizing trust assumptions
34:31 -- 45:15 : Capture usage
45:15 -- 48:50 : Unbanked the bank
48:50 -- 55:15 : Tribalism
55:15 – 01:00:06 : Blitz

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Special Guest: Esad Yusuf Atik.

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