This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Clemens from Crypto Crew

Clemens explains the journey from an OG Bitcoin Telegram group, to a large and successful valiator. He details the importance of values and how not having VC's helps them keep them on track to persue their vision to propel interchange scalability and adoption, while maintaining their contact with the community.

CryptoCrew Validators serves as a core contributor to various Cosmos chains, including the Persistence and Comdex networks, while maintaining close collaborations with other prominent projects, such as Osmosis Labs, Juno Core, Injective Labs, and Secret Labs, among others. Recently they emerged victorious in the Game of Chains Interchain Security incentivized testnet

Special Guest: Clemens Scarpatetti.

Links:

• Astroport
• AVAX
• Comdex
• Cosmos
• Ethereum Smart Contracts
• Evmos
• Horcrux
• IBC
• Injective
• Keplr
• Mirror
• Neutron
• Osmosis
• Persistence
• Secret Labs
• Strangelove
• Stride
• Tendermint
• Whisper Node

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features CO and Mr Sir from Orbital Apes. They both bring alot of experience and a fresh perspective to many things in web3. They episode highlights many challenges faced by grants programs and hopefully the lessons that projects applying for grants can learn in the future, it also shows how much effort the Orbital Apes team has put in to building community and helping other.

The Orbital Apes Validator is an Evmos Validator. The Orbital Apes Validator is part of the Orbital Apes Ecosystem, which includes an NFT collection, a general NFT marketplace, and potential Play-to-Earn game.

Special Guests: CO and Mr Sir.

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Chris, Tayo and Faith from 01 Node

With three knowledgable and passionate guests from different spheres within 01Nodes, they each provided insight into what it takes for a large validator to be successful. One aspect that shone through is he importance of community and how they approach community building is a secret sauce that we could all use.

01Nodes is a node infrastructure service that provides one-click node deployment for various blockchain networks. It aims to simplify the process of running nodes and participating in blockchain networks, making it more accessible to users with varying levels of technical expertise. The platform supports a range of networks, including Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos, and more.

Special Guests: Cristian Chirculescu, Faith Braide, and Tayo.

Links:

• Claudio CEO
• Cosmos
• Ethereum
• Near
• Sam Bankman-Fried
• Solana
• Terra

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Evan from Cuck

Encouraging open dialogue and collaboration is key to building connections. The directive to "ask questions, share ideas, and build connections with each other" sets the tone for inclusive communication. Validators like Cuck play a crucial role in maintaining the quality of discussions by providing impartial feedback. Cuck ensures that exchanges are respectful and contribute to a community founded on shared knowledge and understanding.

The League of Cuck does not charge any commission on projects aimed at serving the public good.

Special Guest: Evan.

Links:

• Bitcoin
• ChatGPT
• Celestia
• Con Limón y Sal, so with lemon and salt by Julieta Venegas
• Cosmos
• Derek Wills
• Dimension
• Ethereum
• Geth
• Lido Finance
• Mustafa Al-Bassam
• Osmosis
• Penumbra
• Persistence
• Stride
• Taylor Swift
• Tendermint
• Lee Cronin

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Max from Basement Nodes. He gave us his persepctive on what is needed to run a validator and how best to optimize resources for a smaller validator. As a validator who is in it for the tech, he opened up about his ethos and values in Web3. Max's mission is to show that anyone can take part in crypto and that everyone has an equal opportunity, unlike many other places in life and he is leading by example.

Special Guest: Max.

Links:

• Arch
• Cyber
• Decentr
• Docker
• Lavender five
• Linux
• Jacob
• Juno
• Nomic
• Osmosis
• Phoebe
• Ubuntu

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Jacob from Notional. Jacob gives a detailed history of the founding of Notional and his journey in web3. He highlights and gives respect and praise to the various people in his team and builder's in the space that have impressed him during this time.

Notional Labs, founded in 2021 by Jacob Gadikian, a former member of the Tendermint team, initially focused on relaying and validating the Osmosis network. The company expanded as Jacob recruited students from Hanoi University of Science and Technology to work on a technical issue he discovered. Operating from a small apartment in Hanoi, Vietnam, with Ricardo Ferreira and Khanh Nguyen, the team realized that on-site computers were more efficient for relaying and validating than centralized servers like AWS. This led to the creation of Notional Labs.

This inteview gives some insight into the public good that Notional and Jacob have done and have aimed to do.

Special Guest: Jacob Gadikian.

Links:

• Cosmwasm
• Cyber
• Fetch AI
• Hetzner
• Kang
• Jackal
• Juno
• Notional
• Osmosis
• Quicksilver
• Strangelove
• Stride
• Tendermint

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Dmitry Laier from Nodigy. Dmitry shared his journey, the importance of perseverance and his vision for what Nodigy is building. The topic of CBDC's was also discussed with some surprising results.

The Nodigy Project is a blockchain initiative that aims to simplify the process of setting up and managing nodes, by providing an intuitive interface, built-in monitoring tools, and a variety of node options.

Special Guest: Dmitry Laier.

Links:

• Aptos
• Bitcoin
• CBDC
• Everstake
• Horcrux
• Ledger Wallet
• Nodigy
• P2P
• Solidity
• Tron
• William Wallace
• 5th Element

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Gisele, Edouard and Del Rey from Stakin. Each member of the team brought a different perspective given their roles and backgrounds.

Stakin is an infrastructure operator for Proof-of-Stake public blockchains offering non-custodial delegation services. They enable PoS cryptocurrency holders to earn interests on their holdings, and shape the future of networks in which they believe.

Special Guests: Del Rey, Edouard Lavidalle, and Gisele Schout.

Links:

• Akash
• Cosmos
• Cosmoverse
• Ethereum
• Evmos
• Irisnet
• Juno
• Kava
• Persistence
• Regen network
• Terra

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Anton Pavlutsky and Reena Shtedle from Citadel One.

Citadel One is a validator and staking platform that offers services for various blockchain networks, including Cosmos, Solana, and Polkadot. They provide a non-custodial cross-chain staking platform with Ledger and Trezor support, and are developing a Crypto SuperApp with advanced portfolio management tools. Citadel One is known for its commitment to security and decentralization.

Special Guests: Anton Pavlutsky and Reena Shtedle.

Links:

• Akash
• Axelar
• Bitcoin
• Chorus One
• Cosmos
• Cosmos SDK
• Ethereum
• Juno
• Keplr
• Kleomedes
• Metagov
• Polkadot
• Posthuman
• Quicksilver
• Rockaway Labs
• Rango
• Stride
• SUI

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Sergey from Quokka Stake. Sergey showed a great passion for privacy and the founding ethos behind Web3. They go into the need for decentralized infrastructure, values and the importance of DYOR. If you enjoy conversations with people who really mean it when they say they are in it for the tech, this is definitely an episode for you.

00:00 -- 04:56 : Intro

Special Guest: Sergey.

Links:

• Celestia
• Cyber
• Hetzner
• Horcrux
• Likecoin
• Neutron
• Namada
• Stride
• Ted Lasso
• Zarko Milosevic
• Nym Technologies
• Nomic
• Sentinel