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  <title>Cypherpunks, Product Management and Jack's Dog with Jack Zampolin</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Jack Zampolin, co-founder of Sommelier finance &amp; Strangelove validator</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast featureto Jack Zampolin, co-founder of Sommelier finance &amp;amp; Strangelove validator.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strangelove Validation Services operates a secure validator node on the Cosmos network. Strangelove has been running the hub software (starting with testnets) since the summer of 2018.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;h5&gt;We spoke to &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jack_zampolin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Jack Zampolin&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href="https://sommelier.finance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Sommelier&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jack's professional path &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The importance of soft skills&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What inspires founders&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What do advisors do&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Economic models &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The technical aspects of Sommelier finance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Zero sum game in blockchain&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Feckups &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building teams&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Entrepreneurship culture&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jack's dog&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cosmos&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ecosystem development&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Communities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Professional journalism&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Validators&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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j1Ir87S4" 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: Jack Zampolin.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast featureto Jack Zampolin, co-founder of Sommelier finance &amp; Strangelove validator.</p>

<p>Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. </p>

<p>Strangelove Validation Services operates a secure validator node on the Cosmos network. Strangelove has been running the hub software (starting with testnets) since the summer of 2018.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/jack_zampolin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jack Zampolin</a> about <a href="https://sommelier.finance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sommelier</a> and</h5>

<ul>
<li>Jack's professional path </li>
<li>The importance of soft skills</li>
<li>What inspires founders</li>
<li>What do advisors do</li>
<li>Economic models </li>
<li>The technical aspects of Sommelier finance</li>
<li>Zero sum game in blockchain</li>
<li>Feckups </li>
<li>Building teams</li>
<li>Entrepreneurship culture</li>
<li>Jack's dog</li>
<li>Cosmos</li>
<li>Ecosystem development</li>
<li>Communities</li>
<li>Professional journalism</li>
<li>Validators</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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j1Ir87S4" 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: Jack Zampolin.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto" rel="nofollow" href="https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/">A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
</a></li><li><a title="Agoric" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/agoric">Agoric
</a></li><li><a title="Akash" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/akash">Akash
</a></li><li><a title="Cardano" rel="nofollow" href="https://cardano.org/">Cardano
</a></li><li><a title="Conversations with Jack" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCRG5sAp_Sc&amp;list=PLem9m7LMmHUeWBtXjTR91Ft-qni7vHZbB">Conversations with Jack
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Elon Musk" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk">Elon Musk
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ethereum.org/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="Evmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://evmos.org/">Evmos
</a></li><li><a title="Gravity DEX" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/gravity-dex/">Gravity DEX
</a></li><li><a title="IBC" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/cosmos/ibc">IBC
</a></li><li><a title="Juno" rel="nofollow" href="https://junochain.com/">Juno
</a></li><li><a title="Kava" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kava.io/">Kava
</a></li><li><a title="Osmosis" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/osmosis">Osmosis
</a></li><li><a title="Sommelier finance" rel="nofollow" href="https://sommelier.finance/">Sommelier finance
</a></li><li><a title="Strangelove Ventures" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.strangelove.ventures/">Strangelove Ventures
</a></li><li><a title="Tendermint" rel="nofollow" href="https://tendermint.com/">Tendermint
</a></li><li><a title="Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com">Twitter
</a></li><li><a title="Uniswap" rel="nofollow" href="https://uniswap.org/">Uniswap
</a></li><li><a title="Zaki Manian" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/zmanian">Zaki Manian
</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<hr>

<p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast featureto Jack Zampolin, co-founder of Sommelier finance &amp; Strangelove validator.</p>

<p>Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. </p>

<p>Strangelove Validation Services operates a secure validator node on the Cosmos network. Strangelove has been running the hub software (starting with testnets) since the summer of 2018.</p>

<hr>

<h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/jack_zampolin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jack Zampolin</a> about <a href="https://sommelier.finance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sommelier</a> and</h5>

<ul>
<li>Jack's professional path </li>
<li>The importance of soft skills</li>
<li>What inspires founders</li>
<li>What do advisors do</li>
<li>Economic models </li>
<li>The technical aspects of Sommelier finance</li>
<li>Zero sum game in blockchain</li>
<li>Feckups </li>
<li>Building teams</li>
<li>Entrepreneurship culture</li>
<li>Jack's dog</li>
<li>Cosmos</li>
<li>Ecosystem development</li>
<li>Communities</li>
<li>Professional journalism</li>
<li>Validators</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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j1Ir87S4" 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: Jack Zampolin.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto" rel="nofollow" href="https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/">A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
</a></li><li><a title="Agoric" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/agoric">Agoric
</a></li><li><a title="Akash" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/akash">Akash
</a></li><li><a title="Cardano" rel="nofollow" href="https://cardano.org/">Cardano
</a></li><li><a title="Conversations with Jack" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCRG5sAp_Sc&amp;list=PLem9m7LMmHUeWBtXjTR91Ft-qni7vHZbB">Conversations with Jack
</a></li><li><a title="Cosmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos
</a></li><li><a title="Elon Musk" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk">Elon Musk
</a></li><li><a title="Ethereum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ethereum.org/">Ethereum
</a></li><li><a title="Evmos" rel="nofollow" href="https://evmos.org/">Evmos
</a></li><li><a title="Gravity DEX" rel="nofollow" href="https://cosmos.network/gravity-dex/">Gravity DEX
</a></li><li><a title="IBC" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/cosmos/ibc">IBC
</a></li><li><a title="Juno" rel="nofollow" href="https://junochain.com/">Juno
</a></li><li><a title="Kava" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kava.io/">Kava
</a></li><li><a title="Osmosis" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.citizenweb3.com/osmosis">Osmosis
</a></li><li><a title="Sommelier finance" rel="nofollow" href="https://sommelier.finance/">Sommelier finance
</a></li><li><a title="Strangelove Ventures" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.strangelove.ventures/">Strangelove Ventures
</a></li><li><a title="Tendermint" rel="nofollow" href="https://tendermint.com/">Tendermint
</a></li><li><a title="Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com">Twitter
</a></li><li><a title="Uniswap" rel="nofollow" href="https://uniswap.org/">Uniswap
</a></li><li><a title="Zaki Manian" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/zmanian">Zaki Manian
</a></li></ul>]]>
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