The Web3 Puzzle: Decoding Scammers, Web3 lending, and Scalability with Chad Barraford

Citizen Web3

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This episode of the #citizencosmos 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.

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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