web01.fireside.fm Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:20:53 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Citizen Web3 Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Liquid Staking” https://podcast.citizenweb3.com/tags/liquid%20staking Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 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/ en episodic Conversations with Web3 Builders, Thinkers and Contributors serejandmyself 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/ no web3, blockchain, ethereum, cosmos, polkadot, l1, l2, layer two, protocol, eth, podcast, crypto podcast, staking, technology, reward, tendermint, IT, finance, serejandmyself, citizen cosmos, citizen web3, crypto, decentralization, cryptocurrency, atom, ecosystem, community, interchain, the great web, how to stake, earn rewards for staking, validator, pos, securing networks, ecosystem development, defi, dao, privacy, bitcoin, internet of blockchains, infra, infrastructure, citizen web3 validator, citizen web3 staking, show, podcast about blockchain, blockchain podcast best, explaining cryptocurrency, what is blockchain podcast, best cryptocurrency podcast, cryptocurrency podcast for beginners, alts, nodes, web3 business, web3 project, what is web3, how web3 works, how does web3 work, web3 help, how to enter web3, passive income, how to stake, communication, what blockchain should i invest in, should i learn blockchain, blockchain when to use, blockchain where to start, blockchain basics serejandmyself citizenweb3@protonmail.com Liquid Staking, Privacy and Revolutionizing Money with Vish Modali http://podcast.citizenweb3.com/vishmodali 683e1833-5c2b-4d01-88b2-27ab5ad77606 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 serejandmyself full serejandmyself This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vish Modali, Co-founder at Quicksilver 55:46 no <hr> <p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vish Modali, Co-founder at Quicksilver</p> <p>Quicksilver.zone is a permissionless, sovereign Cosmos SDK zone providing liquid staking for the Interchain ecosystem. According to Quicksilver, it allows you to retain your voting rights through its Governance by Proxy feature.</p> <hr> <h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/vishwakat" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Vish Modali</strong></a> about <a href="https://quicksilver.zone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Quicksilver</strong></a> and:</h5> <ul> <li>Monetary Paradigms</li> <li>Revolutionizing Money</li> <li>Liquid Staking</li> <li>Defining Value</li> <li>Working towards the greater goal</li> <li>Government’s influence in Web3</li> <li>The cost of centralization</li> <li>Peer to peer economic relationships</li> <li>Governance</li> <li>True Decentralization</li> <li>Reasons to opt out of Privacy</li> <li>Oversight</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://youtu.be/zdxseCHJ6xE" 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> Special Guest: Vish Modali.</li> </ul> blockchain, finance, web3, serejandmyself, podcast, citizenweb3 , crypto, cryptocurrency, technology, mass adoption, Quicksilver, Vish Modali, liquid staking, governance, privacy, India, monetary policy, inflation, SEC, what is liquid staking, crypto regulations, dangers of liquid staking, ELI5 liquid staking, is privacy a human right, government overreach

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vish Modali, Co-founder at Quicksilver

Quicksilver.zone is a permissionless, sovereign Cosmos SDK zone providing liquid staking for the Interchain ecosystem. According to Quicksilver, it allows you to retain your voting rights through its Governance by Proxy feature.

We spoke to Vish Modali about Quicksilver and:
  • Monetary Paradigms
  • Revolutionizing Money
  • Liquid Staking
  • Defining Value
  • Working towards the greater goal
  • Government’s influence in Web3
  • The cost of centralization
  • Peer to peer economic relationships
  • Governance
  • True Decentralization
  • Reasons to opt out of Privacy
  • Oversight
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Vish Modali.

Links:

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vish Modali, Co-founder at Quicksilver

Quicksilver.zone is a permissionless, sovereign Cosmos SDK zone providing liquid staking for the Interchain ecosystem. According to Quicksilver, it allows you to retain your voting rights through its Governance by Proxy feature.

We spoke to Vish Modali about Quicksilver and:
  • Monetary Paradigms
  • Revolutionizing Money
  • Liquid Staking
  • Defining Value
  • Working towards the greater goal
  • Government’s influence in Web3
  • The cost of centralization
  • Peer to peer economic relationships
  • Governance
  • True Decentralization
  • Reasons to opt out of Privacy
  • Oversight
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Vish Modali.

Links:

]]> Market Strategy, Liquid Staking and Startups with Valerie Tetu http://podcast.citizenweb3.com/lido 94f68d2a-4630-410c-b4ef-86abf1962c28 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 serejandmyself full serejandmyself This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Valerie Tetu Go-to-Market & Marketing Strategist at Lido Finance - DeFi's leading suite of Liquid Staking protocols and assets across multiple networks, including Cosmos and Ethereum 47:44 no <hr> <p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Valerie Tetu Go-to-Market &amp; Marketing Strategist at Lido Finance - DeFi's leading suite of Liquid Staking protocols and assets across multiple networks, including Cosmos and Ethereum.</p> <p>Lido Finance enables users to earn Proof-of-Stake rewards without compromising access to the liquidity of their funds. The Lido protocol issues its native Liquid Staking Assets to stakers on a 1:1 basis that can be used in composable DeFi strategies to earn additional rewards.</p> <hr> <h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/ValerieTetu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Valerie</a> about <a href="https://lido.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lido</a> and:</h5> <ul> <li>Entrepreneurship and how to find and fill a need in the market</li> <li>DeFi</li> <li>Liquidity as a driving force for economics</li> <li>How liquid staking works</li> <li>Risks of liquid staking</li> <li>The plans to allocate voting rights and dilute the power of validators</li> <li>How to onboard new users using empathy and need</li> <li>Personal Philosophy and aligning it with the projects that we are involved with</li> <li>Public Good</li> <li>Record Keeping stuck in the past for legal and medical businesses, where data storage, indexing and security are key</li> <li>The semantics around pegged assets vs backed assets</li> <li>Startups </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://youtu.be/KQbVd31n8_k" 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> Special Guest: Valerie Tetu.</li> </ul> citizenweb3, blockchain, finance, web3, serejandmyself, podcast, staking, validators, citizen cosmos, crypto, cryptocurrency, technology, ecosystem, self sovereignty, web2, stable coins, defi, liquid staking, lido finance, go to market, lido fi, lido, val tetu, valerie tetu, liquidity, public good, semantics, backed assets, pegged assets, voting power, validators and voting

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Valerie Tetu Go-to-Market & Marketing Strategist at Lido Finance - DeFi's leading suite of Liquid Staking protocols and assets across multiple networks, including Cosmos and Ethereum.

Lido Finance enables users to earn Proof-of-Stake rewards without compromising access to the liquidity of their funds. The Lido protocol issues its native Liquid Staking Assets to stakers on a 1:1 basis that can be used in composable DeFi strategies to earn additional rewards.

We spoke to Valerie about Lido and:
  • Entrepreneurship and how to find and fill a need in the market
  • DeFi
  • Liquidity as a driving force for economics
  • How liquid staking works
  • Risks of liquid staking
  • The plans to allocate voting rights and dilute the power of validators
  • How to onboard new users using empathy and need
  • Personal Philosophy and aligning it with the projects that we are involved with
  • Public Good
  • Record Keeping stuck in the past for legal and medical businesses, where data storage, indexing and security are key
  • The semantics around pegged assets vs backed assets
  • Startups
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Valerie Tetu.

Links:

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Valerie Tetu Go-to-Market & Marketing Strategist at Lido Finance - DeFi's leading suite of Liquid Staking protocols and assets across multiple networks, including Cosmos and Ethereum.

Lido Finance enables users to earn Proof-of-Stake rewards without compromising access to the liquidity of their funds. The Lido protocol issues its native Liquid Staking Assets to stakers on a 1:1 basis that can be used in composable DeFi strategies to earn additional rewards.

We spoke to Valerie about Lido and:
  • Entrepreneurship and how to find and fill a need in the market
  • DeFi
  • Liquidity as a driving force for economics
  • How liquid staking works
  • Risks of liquid staking
  • The plans to allocate voting rights and dilute the power of validators
  • How to onboard new users using empathy and need
  • Personal Philosophy and aligning it with the projects that we are involved with
  • Public Good
  • Record Keeping stuck in the past for legal and medical businesses, where data storage, indexing and security are key
  • The semantics around pegged assets vs backed assets
  • Startups
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Valerie Tetu.

Links:

]]> Liquid Staking, Berkeley and Tokenomics with Riley Edmund http://podcast.citizenweb3.com/stride 7898fb28-4f8e-415e-a561-8c943f23fda4 Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0100 serejandmyself full serejandmyself This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Riley Edmund - the co-founder of Stride Labs, a liquid staking protocol built with Cosmos SDK & Tendermint 54:39 no <hr> <p>This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Riley Edmund, the co-founder of Stride Labs, a liquid staking protocol built with Cosmos SDK &amp; Tendermint.</p> <p>Stride allows users to liquid stake any IBC-compatible cosmos SDK native appchain token. Under the hood, Stride leverages the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol, Interchain Accounts and Interchain Queries.</p> <hr> <h5>We spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/interchainriley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Riley</a> about <a href="https://stride.zone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Stride</a> and:</h5> <ul> <li>Liquid staking </li> <li>How to choose a validator </li> <li>Governance<br></li> <li>IBC </li> <li>Tokenomics</li> <li>Bridgewater </li> <li>Sustainable business models</li> <li>The path towards blockchain </li> <li>Blockchain Berkeley</li> <li>The team</li> <li>Issues with launching the project</li> <li>Advice on which mistakes to avoid</li> <li>Motivation</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://youtu.be/2JcSAsQisJw" 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> Special Guest: Riley Edmunds.</li> </ul> citizenweb3, blockchain, bridge, citizen cosmos, collection, cosmos, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, ecosystem, finance, interchain, it, marketplace, ibc, stride, platform, podcast, serejandmyself, serj and anna, validating, technology, tendermint, relaying, web3, liquidstaking, staking

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Riley Edmund, the co-founder of Stride Labs, a liquid staking protocol built with Cosmos SDK & Tendermint.

Stride allows users to liquid stake any IBC-compatible cosmos SDK native appchain token. Under the hood, Stride leverages the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol, Interchain Accounts and Interchain Queries.

We spoke to Riley about Stride and:
  • Liquid staking
  • How to choose a validator
  • Governance
  • IBC
  • Tokenomics
  • Bridgewater
  • Sustainable business models
  • The path towards blockchain
  • Blockchain Berkeley
  • The team
  • Issues with launching the project
  • Advice on which mistakes to avoid
  • Motivation
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Riley Edmunds.

Links:

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Riley Edmund, the co-founder of Stride Labs, a liquid staking protocol built with Cosmos SDK & Tendermint.

Stride allows users to liquid stake any IBC-compatible cosmos SDK native appchain token. Under the hood, Stride leverages the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol, Interchain Accounts and Interchain Queries.

We spoke to Riley about Stride and:
  • Liquid staking
  • How to choose a validator
  • Governance
  • IBC
  • Tokenomics
  • Bridgewater
  • Sustainable business models
  • The path towards blockchain
  • Blockchain Berkeley
  • The team
  • Issues with launching the project
  • Advice on which mistakes to avoid
  • Motivation
If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Riley Edmunds.

Links:

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