This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Dymion from ValidatorVN

Dymion describes the leap from crypto trading to validation as a challenging, sleepless journey of self-hosting, community-building, and exploration beyond the Cosmos ecosystem. Amid the struggles, they find solace in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, embracing the beauty in perseverance.

ValidatorVN is a dedicated blockchain validator focused on secure, self-hosted infrastructure and organic community growth. Committed to exploring beyond the Cosmos ecosystem, they navigate the challenges of validation with resilience, technical expertise, and a passion for decentralization.

We spoke to Dymion about ValidatorVN and:

• Monkey trying to go to space
• Figure it out from scratch
• One line of script everywhere right now
• 100% new
• Building a community organically
• Pump and dump
• Pain of self-hosting
• Exploring outside the cosmos ecosystem
• The wonderful experience of two continuous months with sleepless nights
• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1

Timestamps

00:00 – 07:00 : Intro
07:00 -- 13:05 : Overcoming fear of validation
13:05 -- 17:03 : First, Community or Validator
17:03 -- 19:30 : Goal
19:30 -- 27:35 : Investing into test nets
27:35 -- 29:18 : Slash protected
29:18 -- 30:50 : Self-hosting
30:50 -- 37:15 : Workarounds
37:15 -- 38:26 : Concentrating on just one or not
38:26 -- 41:15 : Selecting a chain
41:15 -- 46:25 : Public or private

46:25 -- 48:42 : The past three years
48:42 – 52:19 : The Blitz

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Special Guest: Dymion.

Links:

• Aptos
• Asia
• Aura Network
• AWS
• Bitcoin
• C98
• Cosmos
• Digital Ocean
• Forex
• Halius Dev on Solana
• Hezner
• Linux
• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1
• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 (YouTube)
• Solana
• Southeast Asia
• Soviet Union
• Tendermint
• X (formally Twitter)
• YouTube

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Reda Berrehilli, the CEO and founder of Ki foundation, which are deploying a new currency and building a fund with the help of Cosmos-SDK blockchain technology and Tendermint.

The Ki foundation is a blockchain fund, consisting of 2 primary components. The Ki token, build on the Ki chain. The Ki Token is the backbone of value-sharing in the Ki Ecosystem. And Klub, which is a neo bank. Klub bases its reward system on the Ki token asset as a backbone.

We spoke to Reda about centralized economic models and centralized riches. Entrepreneurship skills and relationships with authorities. How to start a business in Morocco during your school time. Team building. Tokenomics and price. Silicon Valley projects and how they are inflated with VC money.

We spoke to Reda Berrehilli about Ki Foundation and:

• Centralized economic models
• Centralized riches
• Entrepreneurship skills
• Relationships with authorities
• How to start a business in Morocco during your school time
• Team building
• Tokenomics and price
• Silicon Valley projects and how they are inflated with VC money

If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

• Stake with Citizen Web3 validator
• Listen to the YouTube version
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Special Guest: Reda Berrehili.

Links:

• Bitcoin
• Celsius
• Coingecko
• Coinmarketcap
• Cosmos
• Cosmwasm
• Ethereum 2.0
• Ethermint
• Filecoin
• Kava
• Ki foundation
• Nexo
• Persistence
• Polkadot
• Rust
• Tendermint