Citizen Web3 Podcast

By 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, ... more

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April 24, 2025Decentralization, Assumptions and Honesty with Gabriel Coutinho de Paula
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
...more
1h 6min
April 10, 2025Reveneu, DePIN and Countering Dominance with Tom Trowbridge
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Tom Trowbridge from Fluence
Tom Trowbridge, champions decentralized technology as essential to preserving freedom in an increasingly centralized internet. He warns against the control of big tech and governments, urging the development of alternatives like Web3 to protect individual autonomy and resist centralized power.
Fluence Labs is building a decentralized computing protocol that enables peer-to-peer applications to run without centralized servers. By empowering developers to deploy apps on a permissionless network, Fluence aims to create a censorship-resistant, resilient infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem.
Timestamps
00:00 – 10:41 : Intro
10:41 -- 17:04 : Changing lives
17:04 -- 21:41 : The industry and surveillance
21:41 -- 26:05 : ELI5 what is dePIN
26:05 -- 31:40 : Decentralized infrastructure for networks
31:40 -- 41:50 : Revenue and memes
41:50 -- 45:35 : Closeness to fully decentralizing computing platforms
45:35 -- 53:35 : Uniting developers across blockchain
53:35 – 59:24 : The Blitz
We spoke to Tom Trowbridge about Fluence and:
Decentralized technology is super important for humanity
The internet has become more centralized
Web3 is an effective way to counter the dominance
Amazons term of service agreement, basically allowing them to turn you off
Incumbent on us to just be building the alternative
Government's DNA is to try and control
Power likes to get more power
Central bank digital currency
Crowdsourced physical infrastructure put together in a network
The most scaled decentralized application in history existed before Bitcoin
The Medici family
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Special Guest: Tom Trowbridge.
Links:
Akash
Amazon
Apple Daily
Arweave vs. Filecoin
Bangkok Blockchain Week
Berlin blockchain week
Bitcoin
Denver
DePIN
DePIN Events
Dune Analytics
Ethereum
Facebook
Google
Haseeb Qureshi
Hedera
Helium
Hong Kong
Java
Linux
Medici Family
Messari
Microsoft
Monero
Singapore Blockchain Week
Solana
Starlink
Swirlds
The Unincorporated Man
Wing Bits
...more
1h
March 27, 2025Privacy in Crypto, Memes and Distribution with Pavel Ravaga
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Pavel from Zano Ravaga
Pavel Ravaga embraces the cypherpunk ethos, advocating for privacy blockchains while critiquing government oversight, meme coin speculation, and the permanence of transaction histories. He sees crypto’s potential for financial freedom but acknowledges that mainstream users prioritize convenience over privacy.
Zano is a privacy-focused blockchain designed for secure, untraceable transactions and decentralized applications. It combines cryptographic techniques with a flexible architecture to enhance financial privacy while ensuring scalability and usability.
We spoke to Pavel Ravaga about Zano and:
Hardcore cryptocurrency
The cypher punks
Against the government and try to stay off the radar
Tin-head foil theories
Storing your personal wealth on privacy blockchains
Meme coins
Gambling addiction
Room to grow
Stealing games from Steam
People use tokens more than anything else
History of your transactions stored in blockchain forever
Normal people don't care about privacy
Timestamps
00:00 – 03:00 : Intro
03:00 -- 08:40 : Staying off the radar
08:40 -- 13:01 : Arriving in web3
13:01 -- 18:00 : Memes
18:00 -- 20:06 : Battling tribalism
20:06 -- 23:07 : Coin versus token
23:07 -- 28:29 : Privacy and libertarianism
28:29 -- 34:21 : Fears role
34:21 -- 40:00 : Advice on building a crypto project
40:00 -- 48:28 : Distribution
48:28 -- 51:01 : Building a community
51:01 -- 57:47 : Blitz
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Special Guest: Pavel Ravaga.
Links:
AI
BFT Consensus
Bitcoin
Boolberry (BBR)
Boxer from Dune Analytics
CoinJoin
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium Trailer
Ethereum
EVM
Francesco Cabana from Monero
McAfee
Netflix
Solana
Spotify
Steam
Tornado Cash
X (formally Twitter)
...more
58min
March 20, 2025Rebuilding the Internet, Risk Capital and AI Innovation with Aliaksandr Hudzilin
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Aliaksandr Hudzilin an Angel Investor
Aliaksandr "Sasha" Hudzilin, co-founder of Human Guild, is a blockchain and Web3 innovator focused on rebuilding the internet and navigating the fast-moving AI and crypto landscapes. He values cultural understanding, risk-taking, and personal balance through activities like hiking and reading.
Human Guild, co-founded by Aliaksandr "Sasha" Hudzilin, supports creators and developers in building sustainable Web3 projects on NEAR Protocol. NEAR is a scalable, developer-friendly blockchain designed to enable decentralized applications with low fees and high performance.
We spoke to Aliaksandr Hudzilin about Near and:
Culturally understanding people locally
Yin and yang
Rebuilding the internet
Blockchain being used for all kinds of use cases
The AI space is moving really fast
Pre-training to reasoning models
Seeing cooler Web3 startups
Navigating the law
Building copycats
Killing whales
Risk capital
Hiking, reading, staying healthy
Learning Balance
Timestamps
00:00 – 03:20 : Intro
03:20 -- 06:50 : Making and keeping connections
06:50 -- 10:10 : Yin and yang
10:10 -- 24:50 : Opinions on blockchain apart from financial
24:50 -- 28:37 : Being airheaded
28:37 -- 31:10 : Fear
31:10 -- 45:30 : Advice for founders
45:30 -- 48:26 : Examples of Web3 investing
48:26 -- 54:50 : Removing that stigma
54:50 – 01:0:23 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Aliaksandr 'Sasha' Hudzilin.
Links:
AI
Angel List
Anthropic
Alexander Skidanov
Apple
Belarus
Berlin Blockchain Week
Bitcoin
China
Cisco
CoinMarketCap
Cosmos
Electric Capital
Ethereum
Facebook
Fraction AI
Freddie Mercury
FTX
Google
Human Guild
India
Intel
Kleiner Perkins
Konstantin Lomashuk
Llama
Meta
MetaMask
Mistral
Moby Dick
Monero
Naval Ravikant
Near
Oneinch
OpenAI
Polkadot
Queen
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Sasha.page
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sequoia
Silicon Valley
Single Store (Formerly MemSQL)
Solana
Sushiswap
Telegram
Tibetan Book of Dying and Living
Uniswap
VC The American Story
XAI
...more
1h 2min
March 13, 2025Government, Learning from Failures and Emerging Tech with Mohammed Patla
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Mohammed Patla from Secure Secrets
Mohammed Patla is a strong advocate for Web3, data sovereignty, and financial sustainability, emphasizing user choice, education, and learning from failures. He believes in balancing data sharing for benefits, challenges government transparency, and envisions a future where decentralization empowers individuals despite regulatory resistance.
Since 2019, Secure Secrets has helped build Secret Network’s infrastructure as a validator and developer. Committed to privacy, they see Secret Network as key to enabling programmable privacy in Web3.
We spoke to Mohammed Patla about 𝕊ecure 𝕊ecrets and:
We lose data on a daily basis
Give away some of your data for the benefits
Web3 is an emerging technology
Give people the choice
Education, learning to distinguish between the good and the bad
The governments and regularity bodies don't like it
Government can never be fully transparent
Getting my parents and friends onboarded
Financials are important
Learning from failures
Building towards sustainability
What the future could look like
Timestamps
00:00 – 07:00 : Intro
07:00 -- 15:30 : Privacy
15:30 -- 20:20 : Overcoming fear
20:20 -- 28:55 : Personal goal
28:55 -- 35:06 : Biggest challenge
35:06 -- 47:35 : Projects need to eat
47:35 -- 55:00 : Self hosting
55:00 – 59:34 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Mohammed Patla.
Links:
AI
AWS
Carter
Celestia
China
China Crackdown
Cosmos
Ethereum
Facebook
FTX
Iris Network
Meta
Nomad
Solana
Star Trek
Star Wars
Terra
Tor
Uniswap
Uptick
Witcher
...more
1h
March 06, 2025Solo Staking, Ethereum Foundation and Oceanography with Nixo
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Nixo from Ethereum Foundation
Nixo shared candid insights on trust in centralized exchanges, the small yet influential nature of Crypto Twitter, and the importance of following genuine interests over money. He also highlighted challenges in finding competent legal experts and how people are naturally inclined to pick sides in the crypto space.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Ethereum’s development, research, and ecosystem growth. While it doesn’t control Ethereum, it funds key upgrades, research, and community initiatives to ensure the network remains open, decentralized, and innovative.
We spoke to Nixo about Ethereum Foundation and:
I was like, of course, I trust centralized exchanges
Sketchy Russian exchange
Breeds of Oceanographers
Solo stakers
Go where you’re interested instead of following the money
Synthesizing cocaine
Finding competent lawyers and CPAs
Crypto Twitter is extremely small
Evolutionarily predisposed to picking a team
Timestamps
00:00 – 11:30 : Intro
11:30 -- 18:10 : Dream journey
18:10 -- 24:00 : Sirens are calling and the loss of physical cash
24:00 -- 29:20 : Changing lives
29:20 -- 36:10 : Overwhelmed and values
36:10 -- 41:50 : Tribalism and memes
41:50 – 55:40 : Data centres
55:40 – 01:00:01 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Nixo.
Links:
Bankless
Beacon chain
Bermuda
Bitcoin
BTC-E
Cardano
CIA headquarters
Cosmos
Doge
E-Trader
Ethereum
Ethereum Foundation
Hetzner
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Localbitcoins
Madeira
Near
P2P
Panda Ops
Polkadot
Poloniex
Reddit
Starlink
Steakfish
Solana
Tim Wu
Vitalik
X (formally Twitter)
YouTube
...more
1h 1min
February 27, 2025Foundations, Quality Infrastructure and Batman with Thomas High Stakes
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Thomas from High Stakes
Thomas reflected on the crypto space, from vanishing millions and GPU shortages to the importance of strategic positioning through foundations. For him, success comes down to a broad assessment—analyzing white papers, infrastructure quality, and costs—while only engaging in truly interesting projects, all with a bit of a Batman mindset.
High Stakes provides reliable, secure validator services for multiple blockchains, backed by strong Swiss-based infrastructure. Committed to decentralization, they actively engage in governance, develop community tools, and support other validator teams in the open-source spirit.
We spoke to Thomas about High Stakes and:
Seeing about a million dollars that just vanished
Bored out of my mind
You couldn't buy a GPU because of all the miners
Foundations, the fastest way of securing a position
Only get involved with interesting projects
It's about a broad assessment
Reading the white paper
Hobo asking for money
Multiple parameters, quality of the infrastructure, also the cost
Being Batman
Timestamps
00:00 – 05:20 : Intro
05:20 -- 10:41 : The switch
10:41 -- 13:02 : Deciding to go that way
13:02 -- 22:01 : What not to do and chain selection
22:01 -- 29:20 : Validators contributing to adoption
29:20 -- 36:08 : Cosmos and goals
36:08 -- 51:00 : Setup
51:00 – 55:37 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Thomas Lafaille.
Links:
Android
Band Protocol
Batman
Bitcoin
Binance
Celestia
Coinbase
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Dogecoin
Ethereum
France
Geneva
Injective
iOS
Kraken
P2P
persistence
Robert A. Heinlein
Scaleway
Stakefish
Story
Switzerland
Terra
...more
56min
February 20, 2025Data Ownership, Love of Tech and Playstorming with Sandy Carter
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Sandy Carter from Unstoppable Domains
Sandy Carter is a tech visionary who champions continuous learning, innovation without a "playbook," and the power of mindset in driving success. She advocates for blockchain, AI, and digital ownership while emphasizing customer obsession, creative “playstorming,” and the balance of purpose and profit in technology.
Unstoppable Domains aims to give everyone a user-owned digital identity through Web3 domains that empower individuals to control their data. These domains go beyond traditional use, offering unique capabilities in the decentralized web.
We spoke to Sandy Carter about Unstoppable Domains and:
I've always loved tech
AI is much broader than just chat GPT
A bucket list
No freaking playbook
Ask the question because nobody's done it
Continuous learner
It has to do with your mindset
Words that we need to adjust
Play storm
Not just Brainstorming it, Playstorming
Purpose and profit
Data ownership
People are naive about blockchain
You build it and they will come
Domains are the world's first real digital asset
Customer obsessed; user obsessed
Timestamps
00:00 – 04:12 : Intro
04:12 -- 08:00 : Internal driver
08:00 -- 15:18 : A day and missing the Web2 world
15:18 -- 23:50 : Adoption within our generation
23:50 -- 31:30 : Web3 and mass adoption
31:30 -- 37:00 : AI and power
37:00 -- 40:00 : Surveillances on chain
40:00 -- 46:01 : Devil’s Advocate question
46:01 -- 50:25 : How to decide
50:25 -- 53:30 : Working with community
53:30 – 01:00:21 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Sandy Carter.
Links:
AI
Austin
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Base
Bitcoin
Carnegie Mellon
DePINs
Ethereum
EtherMail
Forbes
IBM
IoT (Internet of Things)
Metaverse
PayPal
Polygon
Propy Key
Seattle
Secret Networks with Tor Bair
Silencio
Solana
The Five Habits of Dysfunctional Teams
Yelp
...more
1h 1min
February 13, 2025Building Communities, Self-Hosting and Space Monkeys with Dymion
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Dymion from ValidatorVN
Dymion describes the leap from crypto trading to validation as a challenging, sleepless journey of self-hosting, community-building, and exploration beyond the Cosmos ecosystem. Amid the struggles, they find solace in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, embracing the beauty in perseverance.
ValidatorVN is a dedicated blockchain validator focused on secure, self-hosted infrastructure and organic community growth. Committed to exploring beyond the Cosmos ecosystem, they navigate the challenges of validation with resilience, technical expertise, and a passion for decentralization.
We spoke to Dymion about ValidatorVN and:
Monkey trying to go to space
Figure it out from scratch
One line of script everywhere right now
100% new
Building a community organically
Pump and dump
Pain of self-hosting
Exploring outside the cosmos ecosystem
The wonderful experience of two continuous months with sleepless nights
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1
Timestamps
00:00 – 07:00 : Intro
07:00 -- 13:05 : Overcoming fear of validation
13:05 -- 17:03 : First, Community or Validator
17:03 -- 19:30 : Goal
19:30 -- 27:35 : Investing into test nets
27:35 -- 29:18 : Slash protected
29:18 -- 30:50 : Self-hosting
30:50 -- 37:15 : Workarounds
37:15 -- 38:26 : Concentrating on just one or not
38:26 -- 41:15 : Selecting a chain
41:15 -- 46:25 : Public or private

46:25 -- 48:42 : The past three years
48:42 – 52:19 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Dymion.
Links:
Aptos
Asia
Aura Network
AWS
Bitcoin
C98
Cosmos
Digital Ocean
Forex
Halius Dev on Solana
Hezner
Linux
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 (YouTube)
Solana
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Tendermint
X (formally Twitter)
YouTube
...more
53min
February 06, 2025Taking Back Power, Critical Thinking and Privacy with Seth for Privacy
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Seth for Privacy.
Seth emphasizes that financial and personal privacy are essential for human freedom, highlighting how modern systems and governmental overreach erode individual autonomy. He advocates for reclaiming power through critical thinking, community collaboration, and pushing back against prevailing narratives.
Seth's blog provides a space for in-depth analysis and thought on the intersection of technology and privacy. He is dedicated to exploring how these advancements empower individuals to reclaim control of their digital lives and data.
We spoke to Seth For Privacy about Privacy and:
We're winning
Financial privacy is critical to human freedom
Personal privacy is broadly under attack
Giving back autonomy, giving back power to the individual
Laws are so nuts is because of the complexity of modern life
Money being broken
Privacy being broken
Laziness in us
Government continues harvesting resources from citizens
Taxes and money printing are the core funding systems for governments
Broken system
America is people renouncing their citizenship
Everyone has a natural inbuilt desire for community
Pushing back against the prevailing narratives
Offload critical thinking
People crave nuance
Make money or just have fun with it
Broken social media networks
Collaboration and partnership
Timestamps
00:00 – 06:24 : Intro
06:24 -- 11:20 : What is freedom?
11:20 -- 17:40 : Taxes
17:40 -- 25:24 : Jumping to conclusions
25:24 -- 35:11 : Memes and tribalism
35:11 -- 41:00 : Optimism
41:00 -- 45:50 : Education and semantics
45:50 -- 52:30 : KYC ‘Know your customer’
52:30 – 01:00:41 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Seth.
Links:
401k
Bitcoin
Boston Tea Party
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden Article
Ethereum
GitHub Privacy Basics
Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
Kagi
Litecoin
Monero
Permanent Record: How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
Roger Ver
Roger Ver Tucker Carlson Interview
Samurai Wallet
Scaling Wars
Signal
Simplex
Steemit
The Rage
Tornado Cash
Tron
VeChain
...more
1h 1min

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How many episodes does Citizen Web3 Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 190 episodes available.