This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Pavel Paramonov, Senior Research Analyst at Dewhales Capital. He gives a fresh perspective on VC's and the role they play in helping to drive projects and act as canary's in the coal mine for users when researching potential projects.

Dewhales Capital, is a venture capital firm focused on defi, invests in early-stage protocols with the aim of fostering disruption and growth. They are comprised of experienced investors and industry insiders, the firm leverages its extensive knowledge and network to identify promising projects and provide them with strategic guidance. Transparency and on-chain visibility are core values for Dewhales, as they believe in building a more open and equitable financial system through informed investment and community engagement.

We spoke to Pavel Paramonov about Dewhales Capital and:

• The power of persistence
• Creating your own luck
• Trustless systems
• The myth of work-life balance in web3
• Research Methodology
• The power of Twitter
• VC’s as a force for good
• User responsibility
• Discipline beating motivation

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Special Guest: Pavel Paramonov.

Links:

• Arbitrum
• Artemis
• Blast
• Blockless
• Celestia
• Chainlink
• Cosmos IBC
• Dewhales Capital
• Ethereum
• Farcaster
• Foundry
• Fusion
• Gravity Bridge
• Layer Zero
• Lens Protocol
• Lido Finance
• Optimism
• Paradigm
• Pavel Durov
• Polygon
• Requiem for a Dream
• Solana
• Uniswap