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.
- 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.
