Citizen Web3 Podcast

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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, ... more

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September 11, 2025Ignoring Experts, Recklessness and Freedom with Vik Sharɱa
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Vik Sharɱa from Cake Wallet
Vik Sharma, believes cryptocurrency must remain permissionless, self-custodial, and truly connected to the blockchain, empowering people rather than surveillance companies. His mission is to make crypto accessible, human, and private for everyone, guided by the idea that the will of the people ultimately wins out.
Cake Wallet is a self-custody, privacy-focused crypto wallet that makes using Monero, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies simple and accessible for everyone. Designed to balance ease of use with powerful privacy features, it helps users stay in control while protecting their financial freedom.
We spoke to Vik Sharɱa about Cake Wallet and:
Permissionless self-custody money
A true blockchain wallet to communicate with the blockchain
Traceability being practiced by chain analysis companies
Will of the people does win out
Making cryptocurrencies less intimidating for non-techie people
Do what your gut tells you
Don't listen to other people
We just want to belong as human beings
We're to provide privacy for everyone
Timestamps
00:00 – 03:01 : Intro
03:01 -- 08:30 : Combining steel and Monero
08:30 -- 14:14 : Importance of privacy
14:14 -- 16:37 : Winning the war on privacy
16:37 -- 18:50 : The paradox
18:50 -- 22:00 : Private and Public, Citizens and Governments
22:00 -- 28:50 : The goal
28:50 -- 36:01 : Regrets and/or challenges
36:01 -- 45:20 : Adoption and infrastructure
45:20 -- 48:17 : Talking about this space to others
48:17 -- 51:30 : Building community
51:30 -- 56:30 : Tribalism
56:30 – 01:00:57 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Vik Sharɱa.
Links:
2008 Financial Crisis
Berlin Zoo
Bitcoin
Coinbase
Cosmos
COVID
Donald Trump
Dubai
Ethereum
EU
Exodus Wallet
George W. Bush
Hong Kong
Liberty Steel
Lisbon
Litecoin
Mexico
Monero
New York
PayPal
Pittsburgh
Polkadot
Prague
Reddit
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Russia
Stack Wallet
Steve Jobs
Taking Back Power, Critical Thinking and Privacy with Seth for Privacy
Tesla Robots
The Chaos Communication Congress
Tornado Cash
Uniswap
University of Pittsburgh library
Vegas
Venmo
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett's biography called The Making of an American Capitalist
X (Formally Twitter)
Zcash
...more
1h 1min
August 28, 2025Adoption, Cyberpunk Values and the Shift in Power with Temujin Louie
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Temujin Louie from Wanchain
Temujin Louie, warns that while compromise is inevitable, the industry must not abandon its original cyberpunk values and should focus on solving fundamental problems rather than chasing unsustainable trends. He stresses moving beyond token bridges, avoiding proprietary infrastructure, and aiming for true innovation that delivers lasting, open solutions.
Wanchain is a blockchain interoperability project connecting nearly 40 chains, enabling seamless cross-chain transactions and decentralized applications. Its mission is to replace fragmented, proprietary systems with open, sustainable infrastructure that drives real adoption and innovation.
We spoke to Temujin Louie about Wanchain and:
Fear of technology
Shift on power
Undoubtedly there will have to be some compromise
Solve fundamental problems first or cut ourselves out by the knees
Adoption and losing some of these values
The original vision
Cyberpunk values
99% of the industry is not sustainable
The next innovative thing that's going to happen
Move away from purely just token bridges
Replacing core infrastructure with proprietary product is never a good idea
An actual win outcome in solving this problem
Timestamps
00:00 – 07:50 : Intro
07:50 -- 09:50 : Shift of power
09:50 -- 11:45 : Social networks
11:45 -- 16:40 : Spectrums
16:40 -- 21:30 : Adoption and values
21:30 -- 26:03 : Growing from the community
26:03 -- 33:25 : Difference between Web2 and Web3
33:25 -- 40:50 : Blockchains bring in real revenue
40:50 -- 46:15 : Bridges and failure point
46:15 -- 52:04 : Cross-chain developer community and tribalism
52:04 -- 53:56 : Biggest myth or misconception about bridges
53:56 -- 58:59 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Temujin Louie.
Links:
3 Body Problem
AT&T Hacker 'Weev'
Bitcoin
ByBit Hack
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Goku
Linux Foundation
London School of Economics
London’s Stock Exchange
Monero
Netflix
Power: A Radical View by Steven Lukes
Silk Road
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Tornado Cash
...more
59min
August 14, 2025Governmental Criminals, Humanity and Philosophy with Seun Lanlege
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Seun Lanlege from Hyperbridge
In an interview, Seun Lanlege shared bold views on philosophy, science, blockchain, and politics—ranging from calling math “alchemy” to claiming Nigeria has the worst election fraud and that the government is the “biggest criminal.” He criticized Ethereum, praised Solana, warned that states could destroy humanity, and touched on profit, capitalism, and the moral compass of life.
Polytope Labs is a blockchain R&D company focused on interoperability, privacy, and scalability, best known for its Hyperbridge protocol. Backed by Web3 Foundation and Polkadot grants, it develops infrastructure to securely connect decentralized networks.
We spoke to Seun Lanlege about Hyperbridge and:
Philosophy is all about asking questions
Science is downstream from philosophy
The language of math, is a description of the universe
Math is this like alchemy
Nigeria has the worst election fraud
Doubling down on why Ethereum sucks
Solana is where Ethereum it’s at
Maximizing profit
Market always does capitalism
Grifters and all kinds of unsavoury characters
Blockchains inevitably will inherit the legal frameworks of countries
The right way, the hard way
Taxation
Biggest criminal, which is the government
The state is going to destroy humanity
Timestamps
00:00 – 03:36 : Intro
03:36 -- 10:20 : Being a developer and philosophy
10:20 -- 13:19 : Involvement with Polkadot and Ethereum
13:19 -- 15:30 : Mad scientist is born
15:30 -- 19:30 : Seeking truth
19:30 -- 26:19 : There are there only two
26:19 -- 34:30 : Use case for Tron
34:30 -- 36:10 : Getting people to want to make the world better
36:10 -- 42:02 : Government and legislation
42:02 -- 47:41 : Community building
47:41 -- 53:55 : Hacks and bridges
53:55 – 01:00:03 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Seun Lanlege.
Links:
Africa
AI
Asia
Axelar
Bitcoin
C++
Chat GPT-5
CoinGecko
Cosmos
Department of Defense
Derek Wills
Dr. Strange
Dune Part 1
Dune Part 2
Eastern Europe
Elon Musk
Ethereum
Ghana
HyperBridge
India
Linux Kernel
Middle East
Near
Nigeria
Paradigm
Polkadot
Radiohead
Ripple
Rust
Simulacra Simulacrum by Jean Baudrillard
South America
Steve Jobs
The National Anthem by Radiohead
Vitalik Buterin
WeChat
...more
1h 1min
July 31, 2025A Fairer World, Trust and Breakthrough Technology with Zac Williamson
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Zac Williamson from Aztec
Zac Williamson, co‑inventor of the PLONK zero‑knowledge proof system, is a former Oxford particle physicist who calls himself a “physics refugee.” He leads the development of privacy‑focused blockchain tools to make money a form of autonomy and agency, aiming for fairer systems as breakthrough technologies reshape trust and justice.
Aztec Labs is a Layer‑2 network on Ethereum that uses zero‑knowledge proofs to enable private, scalable smart contracts. Its goal is to give users more autonomy and fairness in digital finance through privacy‑preserving technology.
We spoke to Zac Williamson about Aztec and:
Physics refugees
Breakthrough technology, it becomes a gold rush. And you get scammers.
Trust infrastructure technology
I want things to be more fair
Software you can run only once
Quantum computers
Play to your strengths
Find people to cover for your weaknesses
The arc of history always tends towards justice
Money is autonomy, it's agency
Timestamps
00:00 – 01:17 : Intro
01:17 -- 06:11 : Physics to Web3
06:11 -- 15:20 : Explaining the values of Web3
15:20 -- 17:05 : P2P
17:05 -- 24:24 : What it looks like in five years
24:24 -- 28:40 : Breaking the system
28:40 -- 34:00 : Cryptography
34:00 -- 41:15 : ADHD
41:15 -- 46:30 : Semantics and privacy
46:30 -- 53:19 : Fear
53:19 -- 57:02 : Filling the gaps
57:02 -- 58:30 : The next generation
58:30 -- 01:03:00 : Increasing decentralization
01:03:00 – 01:05:15 : Data centres
01:05:15 – 01:16:20 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Zac Williamson.
Links:
AWS
Bitcoin
City of London
Dune Analytics and Boxer
Ethereum
Hetzner
Jens Groth
London
Louis de Broglie
Monero
Monero and Francisco Cabanas
Planck relation
Richard Feynman
Shakespeare
The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal M. Mitchell Waldrop
The Lord of the Rings
Vitalik Buterin
William Tyndale
Zcash
...more
1h 17min
July 17, 2025Code Replacing Banks, Convergence of Blockchain and AI with David Pinger
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features David Pinger from Warden Protocol
David Pinger envisions a future where AI and blockchain merge to enable trust-minimized, autonomous systems. Known for saying “blockchain isn’t for humans,” he challenges conventional thinking with a bold, machine-first perspective.
Warden Protocol is a Layer-1 blockchain designed for secure, verifiable AI integration with smart contracts and autonomous agents. It enables AI-driven applications to operate across multiple chains in a trust-minimized way.
We spoke to David Pinger about Warden Protocol and:
Decentralized trust minimized financial system
Converging of blockchain and AI
The shoes of the founder
Majority of startups fail
Blockchain as a panacea
Blockchain isn't for humans
Blockchain and AI can't naturally talk to each other
A wave of a new generation of applications
Exercise or go crazy
Timestamps
00:00 – 05:47 : Intro
05:47 -- 10:00 : Valuable lessons brought to Web3
10:00 -- 11:41 : Web3 vs Web2 founders
11:41 -- 13:40 : Developers vs community
13:40 -- 23:00 : Blockchain change
23:00 -- 27:20 : AI centralization
27:20 -- 33:25 : Hype
33:25 -- 38:33 : Optimism, Hope and technology
38:33 -- 48:00 : Tribalism and building community
48:00 -- 52:25 : To be a validator
52:25 -- 58:12 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: David Pinger.
Links:
AI
Arthur C. Clarke
Berlin
Binance
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Einstein
Ethereum
FTX
Github Warden Protocol Node Setup
Github Warden-Spex
Github Warden-Tools
Lehman Crisis
Lord of the Rings
NASA
Near
Niels Bohr
Polkadot
Shakespeare
Solana
Token 2049
Truth Terminal
Vitalik Buterin
X (Formally Twitter)
...more
59min
July 03, 2025Ideals, Web3 and Memes with Mayur Relekar
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Mayur Relekar from Arcana network
Mayur Relekar, entered crypto for the hype but stayed for its ideals, now advocating for pragmatic, business-driven approaches to Web3. He emphasizes that not everything needs to be fully decentralized and sees the future in users engaging with apps, not chains.
Arcana Network is a Web3 infrastructure startup focused on simplifying blockchain use through its Chain Abstraction Protocol, allowing users to manage and spend assets across multiple chains without bridges or gas fees. Its tools—like Arcana Auth, Gasless SDK, and Wallet—aim to make Web3 as seamless as Web2.
We spoke to Mayur Relekar about Arcana network and:
Got in with shitcoins and stayed for the tech
The ideals and the philosophies of crypto
Degenerating into just a pure casino
No money in Web3 gaming yet
Not everything needs to be pure Web3
No money in Web3 social yet
Making choices purely based on business requirements
The choice of building on so many more stacks
People start using apps instead of using chains
Timestamps
00:00 – 07:20 : Intro
07:20 -- 14:50 : Idealistic future we hoped for
14:50 -- 18:04 : Pure Web3 stack
18:04 -- 26:31 : Helping people
26:31 -- 36:40 : Decentralization and centralization spectrum
36:40 -- 42:48 : Binaries
42:48 -- 49:40 : Memes, community building and feeding developers
49:40 -- 54:13 : Maintaining security and efficiency
54:13 – 59:28 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Mayur Relekar.
Links:
Alibaba
Andrej Karpathy
Apple
Aptos
Arbitrum
Avalanche
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Bitcoin
Brian from Chorus One
Celestia
Cosmos
Ethereum
Fuel
Google
MacAfee
Monad
Near
Polkadot
Quantstamp
Samsung
Shawshank Redemption
Shounen Anima
Solana
Union
Uniswap
Urbit
Zcash
...more
1h
June 19, 2025Digital Ownership, First Principles and Arcane Dark Arts with Barry Plunkett
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Barry Plunkett from Skip Protocol
Barry Plunkett, advocates for reclaiming digital ownership and identity from big tech through first-principles thinking and decentralized systems. He sees Cosmos as a platform offering infinite ways to solve problems, where technology, community, and values-aligned tokens converge to reshape the digital future.
Skip Protocol is a Cosmos-based infrastructure platform that helps blockchains and validators capture and distribute MEV through tools like sealed-bid auctions and block SDKs. Its mission is to democratize MEV while protecting users from harmful practices like frontrunning.
We spoke to Barry Plunkett about Skip Protocol and:
Try to always think from first principles
Data and our identities are in the custody by big tech
Taking back digital ownership rights
Communication is infinite
Cosmos gives an infinite number of ways to solve problems
Taking back digital property rights
Gun to my head, I'm probably picking the community
Arcane dark art
We just want to crush the narrative
Token that aligns with the technology platform and values of the ecosystem
Timestamps
00:00 – 10:32 : Intro
10:32 -- 20:10 : Coming to realization
20:10 -- 27:30 : Deleting others
27:30 -- 38:31 : Decentralized world
38:31 -- 41:40 : Developers or a large community
41:40 -- 50:30 : Things from the Cosmos
50:30 -- 55:20 : Education and leading by example
55:20 – 01:07:06 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Barry Plunkett.
Links:
Amazon
Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman
Apple
Aragon chain
Avalanche
Base
Binance
Cardano
Celestia
Chorus One
Circle
Coinbase
Cosmos
Dee Hawk
Do Kwon
Ethereum
Frank Slootman
George Carlin
Jeff Bezos
Julia
Linux
Microsoft
Near
Nigeria
One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization by Dee Hock
Philippines
Polkadot
P2P
Rust
Silicon Valley
Solana
Stake Fish
Tendermint
Terra
Washington DC
...more
1h 8min
June 05, 2025Freedom, Liberty and the State with Eric Brakey
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Eric Brakey from The FreeState Project
Eric Brakey, Executive Director of the Free State Project and former Maine State Senator, champions individual liberty, medical cannabis reform, and limited government. He believes New Hampshire is fertile ground for building a freer society based on the principle: “Don’t hurt people or take their stuff.”
The Free State Project is a movement to recruit 20,000 liberty-minded individuals to move to New Hampshire and create a stronghold for limited government and personal freedom. It aims to build a free society through peaceful activism, community-building, and principled resistance to state overreach.
We spoke to Eric Brakey about The Free State Project and:
Medical cannabis policy
The bureaucracy and special interests are relentless
The ground is fertile in New Hampshire for freedom
Building a free society
Don’t hurt people or take their stuff
You can look like a radical or you can advance radical things
Take every opportunity to question our understandings and assumptions
Liberty is one of the most beautiful ideas
The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance
State shrinking and I see Liberty expanding
Timestamps
00:00 – 03:47 : Intro
03:47 -- 10:00 : Moving from politics
10:00 -- 13:54 : New Hampshire
13:54 -- 22:57 : Building a libertarian community
22:57 -- 28:44 : Maintaining core principles
28:44 -- 39:50 : Moral convictions and bureaucracy
39:50 -- 46:00 : Does liberty need a state?
46:00 -- 51:25 : Liberty in a bubble
51:25 -- 57:38 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Eric Brakey.
Links:
Balaji
Bitcoin
Cato the younger
Cosmos
COVID
Delaware
Elizabeth Warren
Ethereum
FDR
Florida
Javier Milei
Julius Caesar
Massachusetts
Matt Kibbe
Michael Bloomberg
Milton Friedman
Murray Rothbard
New Hampshire
Nick Spanos
Pine Tree Riots
PorcFest
Rand Paul
Rhode Island
Ron DeSantis
Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign
Senator Angus S. King Jr.
Stoicism
Tribalism is Dumb by Andrew Heaton
Twitter Files
Vermont
Woodrow Wilson
Wyoming
...more
58min
May 22, 2025Decentralized AI, Cambrian Explosion and Persevering with Emmanuel Aldeguer
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Emmanuel Aldeguer from Axone
Emmanuel Aldeguer, champions decentralized AI as the ultimate revolution, emphasizing the shift from speculative ventures to meaningful, collaborative innovation. He envisions a Web3 "Cambrian explosion" where blockchain enables a new era of transparent knowledge sharing and coordination.
Axone is a decentralized Layer 1 protocol, designed to orchestrate collaborative AI workflows by connecting data, models, and infrastructure across a trust-minimized, blockchain-powered network. Built on the Cosmos SDK, it enables participants to share and monetize AI resources securely and transparently, fostering a more equitable and open AI ecosystem.
We spoke to Emmanuel Aldeguer about Axone and:
Venture capitalists who are seeking quick exit
Speculative situation for everything
Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
Blockchain technology and the power of the decentralization
Nash equilibrium with blockchain
Decentralized AI the ultimate revolution
Data, information, and knowledge
Cambrian explosion of Web3
Timestamps
00:00 – 10:53 : Intro
10:53 -- 19:52 : Balancing life
19:52 -- 25:50 : Cambrian explosion of Web3
25:50 -- 29:04 : AI and decentralization
29:04 -- 34:40 : AXONE
34:40 -- 38:31 : Surveillance industry
38:31 -- 46:03 : The future
46:03 -- 50:37 : Tribalism
50:37 -- 01:00:01 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Emmanuel Aldeguer .
Links:
AI
Arthur C. Clarke
AXONE
Bitcoin
Boxer
Centaur
Chat GPT
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Deep Fake
Denzel Washington
Dune Analytics
Elon Musk
Eric Hughes
Ethereum
Francisco Cabana
FTX Collapse
Grok3
John David Washington
John Gilmore
Kobe Bryant
Luno
Monero
Nash
Polkadot
Solana
The Creator
Think Bigger: How to Innovate by Sheena Iyengar
Tim Berners-Lee
Vitalik Buterin
...more
1h 0min
May 08, 2025Propaganda, Parasitic Organizations and Cypherpunk with Sterlin Lujan
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Sterlin Lujan from Logos
Sterlin Lujan entered the blockchain space through activism, viewing the state as a parasitic, illegitimate institution upheld by cultural propaganda and public schooling. Embracing cypherpunk values and high risk tolerance, he sees blockchain as a tool for productive resistance and the foundation for emerging alternatives like network states.
Logos is a fully decentralized, privacy-focused, and politically neutral technology stack designed to support self-sovereign virtual territories and network states. It integrates blockchain-based protocols—Nomos for consensus, Codex for storage, and Waku for messaging—to enable the creation of borderless, trust-minimized institutions governed by voluntary communities.
We spoke to Sterlin Lujan about Polis Labs and:
Got into this space, because of activism
A good kid in paper prison
Why the system is so corrupt
State is this parasitic organization
Doing things that are active and productive rather than complaining
Being black-pilled
Government is an illegitimate institution that has the mystique of legitimacy
The problem is cultural indoctrination and propaganda
Public schooling is a propaganda machine
Propaganda and risk tolerance
Uncle Sam, the fatherland, the motherland
A lot of scams in Ponzi's
Cypherpunk values
Proliferation of network states
Having a tremendous amount of risk tolerance
Governance is not solved, it's an open question
Timestamps
00:00 – 09:16 : Intro
09:16 -- 14:20 : The why
14:20 -- 31:50 : Why don't people act?
31:50 -- 40:00 : Has the movement done anything?
40:00 -- 47:53 : What’s happening right now?
47:53 -- 54:19 : Why will it succeed?
54:19 -- 58:00 : Advice to keep core values
58:00 – 01:04:34 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Sterlin Lujan.
Links:
Alice Miller
Arrival
Bitcoin
Charles Tart
Collapse of FTX
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
David Friedmans Book, The Machinery of Freedom
Dryden Brown
Ethereum
FDA
For a new Liberty
For Your Own Good
Free Talk Live
Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC
Ian Freeman
Institute of Free Technology
Jacques Ellul called Propaganda
Jamie Redman
Jarrad Hope
Logos
Malaysia
MDMA
Monero
Murray Rothbard's book, Anatomy of the State
New Hampshire
Peace of West Folly Westphalian Treaty
Peter Thiel
Polis Labs
Porcfest
Prague
Praxis
Prussians
Roger Verre
Ronald Reagan
Ron Paul revolution
Ross Ulbrich
Seth for privacy
Silk Road
Stefan Molyneux
Terrence McKenna's The Archaic Revival
Texas
The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larkin Rose
Thomas Hobbes
Urbit
Václav Havel
Velvet Revolution
Vitalik Buterin
Waku
Walmart
Westphalian state
X (formally Twitter)
...more
1h 5min

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