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

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. 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 Cosmos: - Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator - Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants - Listen to the YouTube version - Read our blog - Check out our GitHub - Join our Telegram - Follow us on Twitter - Sign up to the RSS feed Special Guest: Chad Barraford.Links:Apple ScriptBitcoinCantoCarl SaganCosmosDo KwonElon MuskHotstuffIOTAJack ZampolinLightning NetworkLitecoinOmniflixPale Blue DotPocket NetworkR StudioSkyy NetworkSteve JobsTendermintTerraTHORChain