Scammers, Evolution and DeFi design with Chad Barraford

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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.

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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.