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Keep it Simple, Stay Focused and Battle Test with Brian Crain

Author
serejandmyself
Published
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Episode Link
https://www.citizenweb3.com/chorusone1

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Brian from Chorus One

Brian is an entrepreneur and blockchain researcher focused on scalable decentralized applications and cross-chain connectivity. He advocates for privacy and envisions a future where AI and blockchain empower individuals to control their assets and lives.

Chorus One has been pioneering Proof-of-Stake technology since 2018, advancing a $300 billion economy by building and operating core infrastructure to replace inefficient legacy systems with an open, permissionless financial system.

We spoke to Brian about Chorus One and:


  • The battle test

  • Scalable decentralized application

  • Connecting across the chains

  • Question around privacy

  • Surveillance increased

  • Risk for investors, there's risk for developers

  • If you engage in a private sector and protocols, assume guilt

  • Preserving of privacy

  • Decline of large nation states

  • AI

  • People having more control assets, lives, and decision making

  • Keep it simple

  • Stay focused

Timestamps

00:00 – 02:53 : Intro

02:53 -- 06:20 : Thoughts on how things have changed.

06:20 -- 09:10 : Interoperability

09:10 -- 24:04 : Safety vs Privacy

24:04 -- 32:42 : Validator journey over the past

32:42 -- 35:50 : Saying no to networks

35:50 -- 39:30 : The vision

39:30 -- 47:18 : Bare metal?

47:18 -- 51:27 : Ledger support

51:27 -- 56:05 : One thing to do and one thing not to do.

56:05 – 01:01:04 : The Blitz

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