Citizen Web3 Podcast

Scammers, Evolution and DeFi design with Chad Barraford

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Chad Barraford A Core Dev from THORchain a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol that allows users to swap assets between blockchain networks. THORChain is a settlement layer that facilitates swaps between Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Cosmos Hub, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin.

We spoke to Chad about THORchain and:
  • Early AI and their uses
  • Crypto as a vehicle for furthering human rights and empowering the people.
  • A 10-hour work week
  • Problem solving in computational science
  • The birth of THORChain from a hackathon
  • Identifying and solving hair on fire problems
  • Unique Web3 lending
  • Shifting the Web3 lending paradigm
  • The Origins of The Twitter Spam Assassin
  • The importance of separating money from state
  • Defining a scammer in Web3
  • Challenges around scalability
  • Learning through a freedom of exploration and building on past failures
  • When does a Defi design become too dangerous?
  • The imperative of the Crypto community to explore
  • Honesty as a lynchpin of ethical development
  • Bare metal for security
  • Evolution of automobiles and protocols
  • Tax mistakes
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      • Special Guest: Chad Barraford.

      Links:

      • Apple Script
      • Bitcoin
      • Canto
      • Carl Sagan
      • Cosmos
      • Do Kwon
      • Elon Musk
      • Hotstuff
      • IOTA
      • Jack Zampolin
      • Lightning Network
      • Litecoin
      • Omniflix
      • Pale Blue Dot
      • Pocket Network
      • R Studio
      • Skyy Network
      • Steve Jobs
      • Tendermint
      • Terra
      • THORChain
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