Social Capital, Consenus and Rewards with Youssef Amrani

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Youssef Amrani - Independent Cosmos Hub contributor & Advisor to Agoric.

He is an active co-author of ATOM 2.0 white paper and the initiator of a working group aimed at revamping ATOM tokenomics & growth strategy. Youssef’s area of focus: token supply, liquid staking, the role of ATOM in DeFi.

At Agoric, Youssef Amrani defines economic design, evaluates new collateral types and mitigates economic & regulatory risk.

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We spoke to Youssef Amrani about Cosmos and:

• Youssef’s background
• Importance of education
• Social capital
• Engagement
• Democracy as a consensus algorithm
• Proof-of-stake system
• Rewarding contributors
• Why do we still use dying fiat currencies?
• USDC in Cosmos
• How should we handle experiments?
• Top 3 projects
• Motivation

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Special Guest: Youssef Amrani.