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Governmental Criminals, Humanity and Philosophy with Seun Lanlege

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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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