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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June 20, 2024Keep it Simple, Stay Focused and Battle Test with Brian Crain
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Brian from Chorus One
Brian is an entrepreneur and blockchain researcher focused on scalable decentralized applications and cross-chain connectivity. He advocates for privacy and envisions a future where AI and blockchain empower individuals to control their assets and lives.
Chorus One has been pioneering Proof-of-Stake technology since 2018, advancing a $300 billion economy by building and operating core infrastructure to replace inefficient legacy systems with an open, permissionless financial system.
We spoke to Brian about Chorus One and:
The battle test
Scalable decentralized application
Connecting across the chains
Question around privacy
Surveillance increased
Risk for investors, there's risk for developers
If you engage in a private sector and protocols, assume guilt
Preserving of privacy
Decline of large nation states
AI
People having more control assets, lives, and decision making
Keep it simple
Stay focused
Timestamps
00:00 – 02:53 : Intro
02:53 -- 06:20 : Thoughts on how things have changed.
06:20 -- 09:10 : Interoperability
09:10 -- 24:04 : Safety vs Privacy
24:04 -- 32:42 : Validator journey over the past
32:42 -- 35:50 : Saying no to networks
35:50 -- 39:30 : The vision
39:30 -- 47:18 : Bare metal?
47:18 -- 51:27 : Ledger support
51:27 -- 56:05 : One thing to do and one thing not to do.
56:05 – 01:01:04 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Brian Fabian Crain.
Links:
Amazon
AWS
Axelar
Binance
Bitcoin Wallet Founders Held Under Laundering Charges
Buddhism
Cosmos
Ethereum
Google Cloud
HSM UBHSM
IBC
Mingyur Rinpoche
Past Chorus One episode
Radical Honesty
Obsidian
Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested
Solana
Steve Jobs
Stride
Tornado Cash
Tornado Cash Founders Charged with Money Laundering
Wormhole
...more
1h 2min
June 13, 2024Humanity, Stupid Decisions and AI with Oldcat
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Oldcat from Oldcat Validator
Oldcat emphasized the importance of fostering freedom and individual control, urging patience and realistic expectations, while recognizing the trade-offs of centralization and the potential of blockchain.
A professional validator devoted to the Cosmos Ecosystem, Oldcat lives in HK and wants it to remain a free place forever.
We spoke to Oldcat about Oldcat Validator and:
Make people to be more free
Control more on our own
Not expecting things happen fast
Centralization, its efficiency, but you sacrifice freedom
Blockchain is not fast enough
Humanity has always made stupid decisions
The community may grow and learn a lot and do better
Beyond our imagination
Freedom to choose
AI
Do some research
No matter how small, treasure it
Timestamps
00:00 – 07:59 : Intro
07:59 -- 15:04 : Why did Oldcat become a Validator?
15:04 -- 22:49 : Thoughts on governance.
22:49 -- 34:24 : Thoughts on intergalactic governance.
34:24 -- 36:54 : Opinion on setups bare metal cloud.
36:54 -- 40:41 : What would happen if they started shutting down nodes?
40:41 -- 43:11 : What cloud services does Oldcat like?
43:11 -- 50:00 : Automatization tools, monitoring, and alerting.
50:00 -- 01:02:01 : Surviving as a validator.
01:02:01 – 01:09:25 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Oldcat.
Links:
Australia
Bitcoin
China
Cosmos
Discord
Ethereum
GigHub
Hong Kong
Likecoin
Litecoin
Osmosis
Polkadot
Snapshot
Starbucks
Trial of Socrates
X (Twitter)
Zabbix
...more
1h 10min
June 06, 2024Thinking Differently, Having Fun and Managing Assets with Daniel 42Money
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Daniel from 42Money
Daniel is a forward-thinking advocate for financial innovation and responsible cryptocurrency use, emphasizing authenticity and the philosophical aspects of money. He challenges traditional banking structures and overly progressive trends, aiming to help people manage their assets better.
FortyTwo will be the leading app for crypto users seeking personalized, automated portfolio management, offering a comprehensive array of strategies and the most convenient user experience, while also inspiring people to use crypto through simple, fun, low-risk, and lucrative opportunities.
We spoke to Daniel about FortyTwo money and:
FTX crash
Being real and authentic
Having fun
Pushing the boundaries with technology
Crypto and snake oil to avoid
Think differently
Thoughtless acting
New financial rails of the future
Finance has existed for thousands of years. And it's people's livelihood
Debt actually predates money
Do we need banks?
Way too woke
Philosophy of money
We're all in a big simulation
Help people manage their assets better
Timestamps
00:00 – 06:08 : Intro
06:08 -- 10:40 : How did this happen?
10:40 -- 13:16 : Helping the community.
13:16 -- 19:49 : Different financial rails
19:49 -- 24:03 : Abandoning the current system.
24:03 -- 27:40 : The value of money?
27:40 -- 32:00 : Berkeley
32:00 -- 40:50 : Building the project after massive changes.
40:50 -- 48:48 : Personal goal and AI
48:48 -- 52:26 : Things you should not do.
52:26 – 57:33 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Daniel.
Links:
AI
Berkeley
Binance
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Debt, the first 5000 years by David Graeber
Ethereum
Evmos
FTX crash
Kernel program from Gitcoin
Morpheus AI
Nelson Mandela
Paul Graham from why I combinator
Polkadot
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson YouTube cheat :-)
Weezer
Wink and Grow Rich
...more
58min
May 30, 2024Being Responsible, Sanctions and Alternatives with Leo MoneyEvery3Days
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Leo from MoneyEvery3Days
Leo critiques Bitcoin's lack of innovation and advocates for cryptocurrency as a means of financial autonomy, criticizing the traditional banking system and costly education. He highlights the advantages of cryptocurrencies in uncertain times and emphasizes personal responsibility in managing funds.
MoneyEvery3Days emphasizes personal responsibility and offers strategies for financial stability and advantages in uncertain times. MoneyEvery3Days is focused on passive income, and advocate for financial autonomy through cryptocurrency.
We spoke to Leo about MoneyEvery3Days and:
ICO bubble
Bitcoin has failed
Bitcoin is just not able to innovate
A curious mind
Bitcoin the perfect currency to get access to cannabis
Cryptocurrency it's about taking ownership of your funds
Being responsible
The banking system is a moral hazard
Taxpayers are on the hook for excess speculation
Boom bust cycle
Alternative to the banking system
People with crypto realize they have an advantage that they didn't have before
Stability of the world is not going to be the norm
Mind-boggling variety of sounds
How people treat other people
The education system is very narrow focused
Universities cost too much and are not fit for purpose
Implementing sanctions
Timestamps
00:00 – 04:53 : Intro
04:53 -- 08:55 : Bitcoin today and on the narrative
08:55 -- 11:29 : How did you even get into crypto?
11:29 -- 13:04 : What are you personally trying to fight for?
13:04 -- 19:32 : Has crypto changed anything over the years?
19:32 -- 21:50 : What a name for your validator.
21:50 -- 27:17 : Awesome music background experience.
27:17 -- 34:08 : Questions about Tezos
34:08 -- 40:57 : Bare metal or cloud and why?
40:57 -- 50:50 : Why do we need UBI?
50:50 -- 53:59 : Staking rewards?
53:59 -- 56:00 : What is the role of a validator?
56:00 – 01:03:46 : The Blitz
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Special Guest: Leo Treasure.
Links:
Ableton live
Bitcoin
Bitwig
Coinbase
Cosmos
Decentralized Pictures
Erica Synths
Ethereum
Eurorack gear
Evmos
Horcrux
ICO bubble
Julian Assange
Kraken
Mid Journey
Silk Road
R.D. Laing
Reason
Suno
Tezos
UBI (unconditional basic income)
...more
1h 4min
May 16, 2024Monopoly on Privacy, Passive Income and Community with FreQniK
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features FreQniK from Mathnodes
FreQniK, a pseudonymous crypto advocate, promotes Monero for better privacy over Bitcoin. Active with Monero influencers, they support decentralized networks, advanced encryption, NFTs, and passive income, while warning against government surveillance.
MathNodes offers a global network of VPS and dedicated servers to ensure online privacy with Sentinel dVPN nodes. Helping users conceal their identities from corporations like Google and Facebook and surveillance states.
Timestamps
00:00 – 01:01 : Intro
01:01 -- 09:40 : Tells his story of getting to this point.
09:40 -- 12:51 : Talks about small and large validators.

12:51 -- 14:43 : Homomorphic encryption blockchain and Zephyr
14:43 -- 19:55 : Why he doesn’t care about the same things other validators do.
19:55 -- 25:39 : Corruption in governments and war mongering
25:39 -- 31:15 : The best way to select chains
31:15 -- 34:11 : How he is attracting delegations
34:11 -- 40:50 : Thoughts on rare metal and cloud
40:50 -- 46:01 : Building a community
46:01 -- 48:29 : Closing a validator
48:29 -- 54:54 : Improving knowledge and lowering toxicity
54:54 -- 1:05:43 : The Blitz
We spoke to FreQniK about Mathnodes and:
Kind of hacking Bitcoin
Pseudonymous and not fully anonymized transactions
Twitter influencers of Monero
Cypherpunk venture
Wake up to realize that everything they're doing is surveyed
Monero influencers
NFTs and collectibles
Decentralized public infrastructure
Anybody can host their own node
Make passive income
Pure-to-pure Digital cache
Homomorphic encryption blockchain
Monopoly on privacy
Cloud versus bare metal
Redundant architecture
Never trust anything the government ever tells you ever
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Special Guest: freQniK.
Links:
Akash
Alosha Kamazroff
Bertrand Russell
Bitcoin
Brendan Kittredge
Chaos Communication Congress
Cosmos
Derek Wills
Don Quixote
Edward Hunter
Emile Zola
Good Life by Kevin Sanderson
Hetzner
Horcrux
Ingmar Bergman movie Persona
Jackal
Jaguar by Rolando Original-Mix
Lawrence of Arabia
Liberty Solution by Derek Wills
Litecoin
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Wormwood
...more
1h 6min
May 02, 2024Answers, Research and Community with Nimit Girnaar
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Nimit from Girnaar Nodes
Nimit, an entrepreneur, prioritizes bare-metal infrastructure over mainstream cloud providers, emphasizing the synergy between technology and capital. He champions decentralization, community, and continuous learning as key drivers of innovation, advocating for efficient compute power utilization through research-backed solutions.
Girnaar Nodes offers staking services designed to facilitate passive income generation and the expansion of your crypto portfolio, all while dedicated machines and expert teams handle the heavy lifting.
00:00 – 01:06 : Intro
01:06 -- 03:58 : Nimit tells us about himself.

03:58 -- 05:31 : Talks about involvement with LIDAR Finance
05:31 -- 08:19 : Take on centralized and decentralized networks.
08:19 -- 11:00 : The correct way to act to a story like Juno?
11:00 -- 15:54 : The mission and values of Girnaar
15:54 -- 21:42 : What a decentralized validator would look like.
21:42 -- 30:57 : Capital and increasing it with other revenue streams.
30:57 -- 33:31 : Thoughts on bare metal and cloud
33:31 -- 35:55 : Decentralized cloud projects
35:55 -- 39:15 : The biggest challenge and what helped
39:15 -- 44:30 : How do you build the community
44:30 -- 49:58 : Showing your value to the community
49:58 -- 54:22 : How does a staker today should find the right validator?
54:22 -- 57:26 : The Blitz
We spoke to Nimit Bavishi about Girnaar Nodes and:
Cloud credits
Never build on AWS or Microsoft
Bare metal or nothing
Compute power into money
2017 bull market
The right thing to do is decentralizing
Who have the capital?
Success is limited
The capital can't override the tech
The tech can't override the capital
Staking a positive flywheel effect
Account abstraction
Community
Learning was mindset
The answer is research
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Special Guest: Nimit Bavishi .
Links:
Avail
AWS
Azure
Citizen Cosmos
DeFi Llama
Ethereum
Ginar
Girnaar Nodes
Helium Decentralized Cloud
Justin Drake
Lido
Microsoft
Podcast with P2P founder
Polygon
Polygon 2.0
RPCs
Silicon Valley
Snapshot
Stakepool
Start-Up
Tenderize
TVL
Web3
...more
58min
April 25, 2024Trust, government and Sound money with Peter Daic
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Peter Managing Director and Co-Founder from Daic
Peter, a passionate advocate for cryptocurrency, as the future of money while cautioning against scams. Based in Austria, he prioritizes green energy for servers and explores diverse signing technologies. Despite skepticism towards government, Peter values trustworthy communication and tech innovation in the digital realm.
DAIC is a premier Web3 infrastructure provider, offering non-custodial staking and investment services alongside community validators and educational content. DAIC equip Web3 enthusiasts with essential tools and resources for decentralized success.
00:00 – 03:56 : Intro
03:56 -- 10:40 : What is it important and matters?
10:40 -- 11:01 : What is you mission?
11:01 -- 14:18 : Human Nature
14:18 -- 17:03 : Being chain agnostic.
17:03 -- 19:53 : The development of blockchain technology
19:53 -- 22:37 : How did you guys decide that you're going to do bare metal?
22:37 -- 34:45 : Crazy scenario
34:45 -- 39:15 : How do you stop worrying about your hardware failing?
39:15 -- 43:07 : What does ‘new community validator model’ mean?
43:07 -- 47:32 : Is there other approach’s apart from the one you described to decentralized validators?
47:32 -- 50:59 : What's the most valuable tool and biggest challenge about public goods?
50:59 -- 55:04 : What's the role of a validator?
55:04 – 1:00:26 : The Blitz
We spoke to Peter Schöllauf about Daic and:
Sound money
Bitcoin is the next evolution of money
Everybody is trying to scam you
Don't close your eyes for any technology or blockchain
We need to be able to communicate and transfer value
Austria
Shout out to the crypto crew
Ensure that our servers are running with 100 % green energy
Trust the government
Different signing technologies, different operation systems, maintenance strategies
Discs are dying
Telegram bot
Strange stuff needs to be done
Currently, we still need humans
32 addresses to hex addresses
Curiosity
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Special Guest: Peter Schöllauf.
Links:
Bare metal
Bitcoin
Coinage host Zack Guzman
Comet BFT
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Crypto Crew
Elon Musk
Ethereum
H2O nodes
Horcrux
IBC
Jeff Bezos
Malta
Mica
Near
Oracle
Posthuman
Star Wars
Telegram
Thorchain
...more
1h 1min
April 18, 2024Decentralized AI, people being innately good and bias with Tommy Eastman
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Tommy Eastman from foundry
Tommy Eastman advocates for permissionless innovation in technology and decentralization, navigating the frontier of emerging tech while emphasizing long-term vision amidst volatility. He champions OpenAI as a guiding principle and urges discernment between genuine utility and vaporware in the evolving landscape.
Foundry, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), empowers institutional miners, staking customers, and blockchain entrepreneurs with the essential tools to construct tomorrow's decentralized infrastructure.
00:00 – 04:44 : Intro
04:44 -- 07:41 : Why web3 and not the valley?
07:41 -- 08:49 : Cryptography
08:49 -- 13:44 : Opinion on Web3
13:44 -- 18:45 : Is there a solution for those priced out?
18:45 -- 24:59 : Solution to decentralize the market.
24:59 -- 30:00 : Spotting an AI project.
30:00 -- 34:26 : The division between AI and decentralized AI?
34:26 -- 38:42 : Interesting models to research
38:42 -- 42:08 : Are we ready for AI?
42:08 -- 46:29 : Why aren't you tribalistic?
46:29 -- 50:13 : Selecting chains
50:13 -- 57:59 : The Blitz
We spoke to Tommy Eastman about Foundry and:
Supply permissionlessly and provide permissionless access
Tech that's on the frontier
The fundamentals of crypto are really strong
Dog chasing its tail
Decentralization is certainly a spectrum
Centralization at some scale
Out of government control
Smaller players are priced out
Everybody's priced out
OpenAI as the North Star
Quadratic voting
Less is more.
Trust nothing
Federated learning exists in Web2
Decentralized AI
Everything inherently has bias
People being innately good
What is the token price today? What is the token price tomorrow?
Expanding your scope to the long term
Assessing vaporware versus utility is really important
Symbiotic relationship
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Special Guest: Tommy Eastman.
Links:
Akash
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Badger
CoinGecko
Cosmos
Cryptography
Ethereum
Facebook
FLOC
Freedom GPT
Gemini
Golem
Google
GPT-3
GPT-4
Greg Osuri
Meta
ML
Near
Neuralink
Nvidia
OpenAI
Polkadot
The Hobbit
Tolkien
Vaporware
...more
58min
April 11, 2024Crypto is Cool, the Wild West and Faith with Blas
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Blas from Composable
Blas is fascinated by the crypto world's fast-paced innovation and boundless potential, seeing it as a thrilling opportunity to reduce friction, print money, and embrace risk while expanding the ecosystem through collective action and governance.
Composable Finance pioneers decentralized finance with interoperability solutions, enabling seamless interaction between protocols. Their platform empowers efficient, customizable financial applications, driving industry innovation and accessibility.
00:00 – 03:33 : Intro
03:33 -- 05:45 : Why Web3 when you could have done something else?
05:45 -- 06:55 : What is the least exciting thing about the crypto industry for you today?
06:55 -- 10:14 : What is driving you?
10:14 -- 12:37 : The mission of Composable Finance for Blas.
12:37 -- 16:29 : What if Composable doesn't succeed?
16:29 -- 20:24 : Javier Millet
20:24 -- 22:26 : Managing blockchain development and a founder's life with family.
22:26 -- 27:58 : Building a community that is blockchain agnostic.
27:58 -- 34:05 : Governance
34:05 -- 36:24 : The biggest success
36:24 -- 43:14 : Talking about security and bridges.
43:14 -- 45:12 : ZK proof for someone in high school.
45:12 -- 47:38 : What is IBC ‘based’ communication?
47:38 -- 50:18 : The future of cross chain.
50:18 – 57:12 : The Blitz
We spoke to Blas about Composable and:
Crypto is cool
Crypto is exciting and it moves so fast
An environment for innovation and creativity
AI
It's fun or it's interesting
Still the wild west
Mind boggling
Yet another industry to make money
Reduce friction of using technology
Evolution from professor to being a president
Powerful charisma
Leap of faith
Tribal
Try to grow the pie
Communities’ governance
What is the value of a vote?
You're printing money
You only live once
Taking risks and living on the edge
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Special Guest: Blas.
Links:
AI
Bitcoin
Buenos Aires
Charly García
Chihuahua Chain
Composable
Cosmos
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Ethereum
Evmos
IBC
Interlay
Javier Milei
Jito Labs
L2.watch
Lightning Network
Nomic
Polkadot
Polo
Solana
stable coins
...more
58min
April 04, 2024Banks, Crypto and Friendly People with Greg Weld
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Greg Weld from Crypto Lab Tech
Greg Weld advocates gamified learning as an effective approach to educate individuals about crypto, ultimately eliminating the need for banks as intermediaries, while also promoting sustainable living practices.
Crypto Lab Tech, is all about empowering individuals with crypto knowledge, paving the way for a future without banking intermediaries and promoting sustainable living. Validatin' and Educatin' all the way.
00:00 – 02:36 : Intro
02:36 -- 04:06 : Deciding to validate.
04:06 -- 06:35 : What is Greg’s personal goal?
06:35 -- 08:09 : Unbanked the banked or banked the unbanked?
08:09 -- 11:44 : Talking about 2011
11:44 -- 14:25 : What is the change in acceptance of the public towards Crypto?
14:25 -- 18:13 : Has anything changed in the last 10 years because of Crypto?
18:13 -- 28:07 : The role in adoption spectrum.
28:07 -- 31:00 : How did you get to where you are now?
31:00 -- 35:22 : Finding whales and chain selection
35:22 -- 37:56 : All bare metal
37:56 -- 39:13 : Running everything of network storage.
39:13 -- 50:36 : Experience using Starlink and solar power.
50:36 -- 52:23 : Role of validators and educating users.
52:23 – 01:02:08 : The Blitz
We spoke to Greg Weld about Crypto Lab Tech and:
Teach people how to get into crypto
Self-prophesy experience
Validator community in Cosmos is amazing
People are super friendly
Crypto is a superior form of money over fiat currency
Banks hate crypto
Unbanked the banked or banked the unbanked?
Stable coins and there's coins that are useful for other things
This is the wrong time to buy
Acceptance of the general public towards crypto
Politicians spin crypto to be an evil thing
Imaginary thing that can't be used in the real world
Gamified learning
Changing so much about education
So many reasons to use crypto over the regular banking system
Green energy
House efficiency
Spin up a metaverse
Helping other people
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Special Guest: Greg Weld.
Links:
Akash
Bitcoin
Coinbase
CoinGecko
Crypto Ceto
Discord
DVPN
Ethereum
Kepler
Lavender five nodes
Litecoin
Metamask
Metaverse
Nolus
Passage
PayPal
Phantom
Schultzie
Solana
Starlink
Mt. Gox
Tesla Powerwall
The Goonies
Tornado Cash
...more
1h 3min

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