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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>Foundations, Quality Infrastructure and Batman with Thomas High Stakes</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Thomas from High Stakes</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Thomas from High Stakes&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thomas reflected on the crypto space, from vanishing millions and GPU shortages to the importance of strategic positioning through foundations. For him, success comes down to a broad assessment—analyzing white papers, infrastructure quality, and costs—while only engaging in truly interesting projects, all with a bit of a Batman mindset.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;High Stakes provides reliable, secure validator services for multiple blockchains, backed by strong Swiss-based infrastructure. Committed to decentralization, they actively engage in governance, develop community tools, and support other validator teams in the open-source spirit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;h5&gt;We spoke to &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslafaille/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Thomas&lt;/a&gt;  about &lt;a href="https://x.com/HighStakes_CH" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;High Stakes&lt;/a&gt; and:&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Seeing about a million dollars that just vanished&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bored out of my mind&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You couldn't buy a GPU because of all the miners&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Foundations, the fastest way of securing a position&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Only get involved with interesting projects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It's about a broad assessment &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reading the white paper&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hobo asking for money&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multiple parameters, quality of the infrastructure, also the cost&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Being Batman&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Timestamps&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;00:00 – 05:20 : Intro &lt;br&gt;
05:20 -- 10:41 : The switch&lt;br&gt;
10:41 -- 13:02 : Deciding to go that way&lt;br&gt;
13:02 -- 22:01 : What not to do and chain selection&lt;br&gt;
22:01 -- 29:20 : Validators contributing to adoption&lt;br&gt;
29:20 -- 36:08 : Cosmos and goals&lt;br&gt;
36:08 -- 51:00 : Setup &lt;br&gt;
51:00 – 55:37 : The Blitz&lt;/p&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/E-0f6KWHGqg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;YouTube version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow us on &lt;a href="https://x.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: Thomas Lafaille.&lt;/li&gt;
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<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Thomas from High Stakes</p>

<p>Thomas reflected on the crypto space, from vanishing millions and GPU shortages to the importance of strategic positioning through foundations. For him, success comes down to a broad assessment—analyzing white papers, infrastructure quality, and costs—while only engaging in truly interesting projects, all with a bit of a Batman mindset.</p>

<p>High Stakes provides reliable, secure validator services for multiple blockchains, backed by strong Swiss-based infrastructure. Committed to decentralization, they actively engage in governance, develop community tools, and support other validator teams in the open-source spirit.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslafaille/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas</a>  about <a href="https://x.com/HighStakes_CH" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">High Stakes</a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Seeing about a million dollars that just vanished</li>
<li>Bored out of my mind</li>
<li>You couldn't buy a GPU because of all the miners</li>
<li>Foundations, the fastest way of securing a position</li>
<li>Only get involved with interesting projects</li>
<li>It's about a broad assessment </li>
<li>Reading the white paper</li>
<li>Hobo asking for money</li>
<li>Multiple parameters, quality of the infrastructure, also the cost</li>
<li>Being Batman</li>
</ul>

<p>Timestamps</p>

<p>00:00 – 05:20 : Intro <br>
05:20 -- 10:41 : The switch<br>
10:41 -- 13:02 : Deciding to go that way<br>
13:02 -- 22:01 : What not to do and chain selection<br>
22:01 -- 29:20 : Validators contributing to adoption<br>
29:20 -- 36:08 : Cosmos and goals<br>
36:08 -- 51:00 : Setup <br>
51:00 – 55:37 : The Blitz</p>

<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/E-0f6KWHGqg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://x.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: Thomas Lafaille.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Android" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.android.com/">Android
</a></li><li><a title="Band Protocol" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bandprotocol.com/">Band Protocol
</a></li><li><a title="Batman" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman">Batman
</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin
</a></li><li><a title="Binance" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.binance.com/">Binance
</a></li><li><a title="Celestia" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/celestia">Celestia
</a></li><li><a title="Coinbase" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.coinbase.com/">Coinbase
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos SDK" rel="nofollow" href="https://v1.cosmos.network/sdk">Cosmos SDK
</a></li><li><a title="Dogecoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://dogecoin.com/">Dogecoin
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="France" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France
</a></li><li><a title="Geneva" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva">Geneva
</a></li><li><a title="Injective" rel="nofollow" href="https://injective.com/">Injective
</a></li><li><a title="iOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS">iOS
</a></li><li><a title="Kraken" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/">Kraken
</a></li><li><a title="P2P" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/p2p">P2P
</a></li><li><a title="persistence" rel="nofollow" href="https://persistence.one/">persistence
</a></li><li><a title="Robert A. Heinlein" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein
</a></li><li><a title="Scaleway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scaleway.com/en/customer-testimonials/smart-chain/">Scaleway
</a></li><li><a title="Stakefish" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/stakefish-adoption">Stakefish
</a></li><li><a title="Story" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.story.foundation/">Story
</a></li><li><a title="Switzerland" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland
</a></li><li><a title="Terra" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.terra.money/">Terra
</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Thomas from High Stakes</p>

<p>Thomas reflected on the crypto space, from vanishing millions and GPU shortages to the importance of strategic positioning through foundations. For him, success comes down to a broad assessment—analyzing white papers, infrastructure quality, and costs—while only engaging in truly interesting projects, all with a bit of a Batman mindset.</p>

<p>High Stakes provides reliable, secure validator services for multiple blockchains, backed by strong Swiss-based infrastructure. Committed to decentralization, they actively engage in governance, develop community tools, and support other validator teams in the open-source spirit.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslafaille/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas</a>  about <a href="https://x.com/HighStakes_CH" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">High Stakes</a> and:</h5>

<ul>
<li>Seeing about a million dollars that just vanished</li>
<li>Bored out of my mind</li>
<li>You couldn't buy a GPU because of all the miners</li>
<li>Foundations, the fastest way of securing a position</li>
<li>Only get involved with interesting projects</li>
<li>It's about a broad assessment </li>
<li>Reading the white paper</li>
<li>Hobo asking for money</li>
<li>Multiple parameters, quality of the infrastructure, also the cost</li>
<li>Being Batman</li>
</ul>

<p>Timestamps</p>

<p>00:00 – 05:20 : Intro <br>
05:20 -- 10:41 : The switch<br>
10:41 -- 13:02 : Deciding to go that way<br>
13:02 -- 22:01 : What not to do and chain selection<br>
22:01 -- 29:20 : Validators contributing to adoption<br>
29:20 -- 36:08 : Cosmos and goals<br>
36:08 -- 51:00 : Setup <br>
51:00 – 55:37 : The Blitz</p>

<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/E-0f6KWHGqg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube version</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://x.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: Thomas Lafaille.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Android" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.android.com/">Android
</a></li><li><a title="Band Protocol" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bandprotocol.com/">Band Protocol
</a></li><li><a title="Batman" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman">Batman
</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin
</a></li><li><a title="Binance" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.binance.com/">Binance
</a></li><li><a title="Celestia" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/celestia">Celestia
</a></li><li><a title="Coinbase" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.coinbase.com/">Coinbase
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos SDK" rel="nofollow" href="https://v1.cosmos.network/sdk">Cosmos SDK
</a></li><li><a title="Dogecoin" rel="nofollow" href="https://dogecoin.com/">Dogecoin
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://ethereum.org/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="France" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France
</a></li><li><a title="Geneva" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva">Geneva
</a></li><li><a title="Injective" rel="nofollow" href="https://injective.com/">Injective
</a></li><li><a title="iOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS">iOS
</a></li><li><a title="Kraken" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/">Kraken
</a></li><li><a title="P2P" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/p2p">P2P
</a></li><li><a title="persistence" rel="nofollow" href="https://persistence.one/">persistence
</a></li><li><a title="Robert A. Heinlein" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein
</a></li><li><a title="Scaleway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scaleway.com/en/customer-testimonials/smart-chain/">Scaleway
</a></li><li><a title="Stakefish" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/stakefish-adoption">Stakefish
</a></li><li><a title="Story" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.story.foundation/">Story
</a></li><li><a title="Switzerland" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland
</a></li><li><a title="Terra" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.terra.money/">Terra
</a></li></ul>]]>
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