Citizen Web3 Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Decentralization”

Validator Tools and the Importance of Anonymity with the Bros

serejandmyself — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features the Bros from Bro_n_Bro.

The Bro's from Bro_n_Bro had a wonderful conversation with #citizenweb3. They brought all the energy and with that, they discussed and covered a host of serious topics that form the foundation of what Web3 should be.

Bro_n_Bro's mission is simple: to support and develop a decentralized world. They strive to maintain the highest standards for security and performance as well as providing the most accurate data to our community. They will keep building for decentralization until it comes.

We spoke to The Bros about Bro_n_Bro and:

Building for decentralization
Validator tools
The importance of ease of use for adoption
Defining Network Health
A reality check for the Web3
Providing real values to the builders of the blockchain
Analytics and information
Should Cex validators exist
Foundation governance
Climbing the validator ranks
Anonymity
Weaknesses of Cloud hosting
How best to organise validators
Unseen contributions of OG Validators
Bridges
Challenges of helping a small validator grow
Cloud vs Bare Metal
Hertsinger driving validators to bare metal
The need for decentralized infra

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Druid Gatherings and Decentralized Things with Vladimir Understanding and Valentin Medniy

serejandmyself — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vladimir Understanding and Valentin Medniy from Posthuman. Their energy and enthusiasm is contagious, as they take you on a journey through all spheres of Web3.

Posthuman is a decentralized validator. In this interview they reveal that they have many more facets to their work. Their validator school does invaluable work with up and coming and prospective infrastructure providers and their work internationally at grass roots is also really positive. This conversation is eye opening to the various aspects that projects can have that we never get to see.

We spoke to Vladimir Understanding and Valentin Medniy about Posthuman and:

Distributed things
Trust in a trustless system
Conspiracy theories
Consensus struggles
The power of digital to amplify a message
What is true decentralization
The demands of running a validator
Community development
Druid gatherings
The journey from illustrations to validators
The importance of community in blockchain
Passion as a driver for Cosmos at the start
The importance of reputation
The importance of validator participation
Evangelism in Web3
Connecting people through education
Myths about Web3
Ecosystem development
Decentralize your life
Decentralized management
Reputation based systems
The need for cooperation over competition
Governance
Egos

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Special Guests: Valentin Medniy and Vladimir Understanding.

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Death Spirals, Bridging Digital Nations and Corruption with Alexei Zamyatin

serejandmyself — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0100

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.

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

We spoke to Alexei about Interlay and:

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

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Wallets, Adoption and Fintech with Pedro Gomes

serejandmyself — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Pedro Co- Founder of Wallet Connect a Dapp that enables wallets and apps to securely connect and interact.

On there website they discribe themselves as an open source protocol for connecting decentralised applications to mobile wallets with QR code scanning or deep linking.

We spoke to Pedro about Wallet Connect and:

The darkside of fintech
Pedro's participation in the hackathon where Cosmwasm won
Are there connections between physics, sociology, and web3?
What is considered a crypto wallet?
Focusing on mobile dapps vs desktop dapps
How does wallet connect help the industry move forward?
How will account abstraction as proposed by Vitalik Buterin improve web3?
Should the developers take responsibility for the user's errors?
The balance between what needs to be on or off chain
Should everything be decentralized?
The cost to decentralize vs the benefits it brings
How do we get people with older technology to web3?

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Privacy, Drone Strikes and Systemic Corruption with Jaya Klara Brekke

serejandmyself — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast Jaya Klara Brekke, CSO at Nym Technologies - a decentralized privacy system, working on infrastructure at the network and application layers.

On their website Nym states that they are developing the infrastructure to prevent data leakage by protecting every packet’s metadata at the network and application layers. Nym is also combining a mixnet with a blockchain node reputation and reward system.

We spoke to Jaya about NYM and:

Decentralization and its origins
Trust
Nym providing privacy at the network layer
Should we try to save people who do not want to be saved
Privacy as a fundmanetal right
Pain as a catalyst for change
Greed and how it seeps into systems and corrupts them
Criminal activity
Drone strikes
Motivation

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