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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslafaille/) about High Stakes (https://x.com/HighStakes_CH) 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.
