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Scammers, Evolution and DeFi design with Chad Barraford

Author
serejandmyself
Published
Thu 08 Jun 2023
Episode Link
https://www.citizenweb3.com/chadbarraford

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

If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:

Special Guest: Chad Barraford.

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