This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Gabriel from Cartesi

Gabriel Coutinho de Paula, a researcher at Cartesi, envisions a decentralized future where ecosystems are free from centralized control and nurtured by collaborative effort. He emphasizes honest validation, coordination to prevent the tragedy of the commons, and the importance of innovation—while reminding us not to take things too seriously.

Cartesi is a decentralized Layer 2 infrastructure that enables scalable, verifiable computation using standard software tools like Linux. By bridging traditional programming with blockchain, Cartesi empowers developers to build more complex, real-world dApps while preserving decentralization and trust.

Timestamps

00:00 – 06:36 : Intro
06:36 -- 10:30 : Personal vs professional challenge
10:30 -- 14:28 : Biting our own tail
14:28 -- 21:20 : Foundations
21:20 -- 26:46 : Researching in Web2 and Web3
26:46 -- 35:19 : Cartesi
35:19 -- 41:18 : Security, Decentralization and Scalability
41:18 -- 57:30 : An honest validator
57:30 – 01:05:07 : The Blitz

We spoke to Gabriel Coutinho de Paula about Cartesi and:

• Synthesizing drugs
• Challenge is very nice, but it doesn't hold you
• New industry that will revolutionize the world
• Beneficial for everyone to coordinate
• The tragedy of the commons
• Ecosystem should be free from any single influence
• The spirit of decentralization
• Gardeners that tend to this ecosystem and trying to make it grow
• An honest validator
• In the end, have assumptions and a first step
• Trusting the L1
• Getting reminded to not take things too seriously

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Special Guest: Gabriel Coutinho de Paula.

Links:

• AI
• Carl Sagan
• Cartesi
• Cosmos
• Ethereum
• Ethereum Foundation
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
• L2Beat
• Meditations on Moloch. By Scott Alexander
• Moloch
• Near
• Polkadot
• Solana
• Solidity
• TensorFlow
• The Evolution of Lua
• Vitalik

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features David Rakusan from Rockaway

David Rakusan is focused on revolutionizing finance by making it more inclusive and accessible, while recognizing the role of venture capitalists in supporting startups. He also highlights rapid AI advancements and challenges like the fragmentation of the Ethereum ecosystem.

RockawayX is a venture capital firm supporting top Web3 funds and founders, with a focus on long-term value through engineering, liquidity, and community support. Based in Dubai, London, and Prague.

We spoke to David Rakusan about Rockaway and:

• Innovate the financial world
• Revolutionize finance
• Opening the financial world to everyone
• VCs are not necessarily bad for the industry
• We're partnering with the startups
• We are the eyes and ears for the founders
• New competitor emerging
• The fragmenting of Ethereum ecosystem
• Not necessarily comparing apples to apples
• There has been incredibly fast progress in the AI space
• We are changing the world here

Timestamps

00:00 – 04:42 : Intro
04:42 -- 09:09 : What made you stay?
09:09 -- 15:05 : Keeping balanced
15:05 -- 19:18 : Advice for being a researcher or investor.
19:18 -- 25:22 : View of the market.
25:22 -- 36:00 : L2s and L1s sharing
36:00 -- 46:01 : Vanity metrics
46:01 -- 49:47 : When AI is better than humans
49:47 -- 52:09 : Damage to the industry from celebrities
52:09 -- 55:03 : Getting noticed
55:03 – 57:25 : The Blitz

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Special Guest: David Rakusan.

Links:

• Arbitrum Stack
• Berlin
• Brussels
• ChatGPT
• Cosmos
• Dogecoin
• ETHCC
• Ethereum
• ETHVC
• Europe
• Lisbon
• Meme Coins
• MiCA regulation
• Paris
• PayPal
• Polkadot
• Polygon Stack
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad
• Solana
• Stripe
• TPS
• TVL
• Vitalik Buterin
• ZK Stack