Citizen Cosmos

serejandmyself AKA Serj

Citizen Cosmos is an ecosystem developer in the web3 universe. We believe in the power of decentralized communities and the potential of blockchains to build a better world. For us blockchains are not just digital technologies, but they are similar to natural hives, forests, and patterns in the environment that allow us to communicate better. We value security, decentralization, privacy, and lack of enforcement. Open and verifiable blockchains should be viewed as digital nations and that our role is to help build and bring value to these nations. Our mission is to become the layer-0, a community bridge between ecosystems. We strive to run more nodes, create more content, form more partnerships, and validate more networks.

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Gavin from Figment Networks. Governance

Citizen Cosmos

04/06/20 • 43 min

Billy Rennekamp Tendermint vs ICF

Citizen Cosmos

09/09/20 • 59 min

Peng Zhong, Tendermint, management & decentralization

Citizen Cosmos

07/29/20 • 55 min

Chris Remus, Chaiflow & Staking

Citizen Cosmos

10/01/20 • 48 min

In this episode we catch up with Chris Remus from Chainflow & Staking defense. We discuss the differences between operators and validators, their role and importance in the ecosystem and why it's uber important to decentralize staking power. We talk about the monetary cost of freedom, product management in the validation business and about decentralized projects in general.

Chainflow believes in a decentralized future. They are optimistic that decentralization will decentralize power. That centralization of power causes many of the world’s biggest problems and that decentralization results in a fairer distribution of power, wealth, and opportunity. The Chainflow Staking Systems are a contribution toward manifesting a decentralized future.

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Special Guest: Chris Remus.

10/01/20 • 48 min

Tor Bair, privacy & secrets

Citizen Cosmos

09/14/20 • 50 min

In this episode we chat with Tor Bair from Secret Network. The episode contains plenty of secrets, just make sure to pay attention. We talk about privacy, trust, Amazon drones, privacy by design and learn how to lay out the foundation for privacy projects. We go to depth about more technical things, such as, privacy preserving smart contracts, transactional privacy vs programmable privacy and learn how to get involved in Secret Network for those who are interested.

Secret Network is a first-of-its-kind, open-source blockchain that provides data privacy by default. Secret is a decentralized network that solves the problem of privacy, helping to secure and scale the decentralized web. As the first blockchain to support encrypted inputs, encrypted outputs, and encrypted state for smart contracts, Secret Network allows for new kinds of powerful decentralized applications to be built. This can unlock substantial value across multiple verticals and industries.

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Special Guest: Tor Bair.

09/14/20 • 50 min

Billy Rennekamp, Tendermint vs ICF

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09/09/20 • 59 min

This time our guest is Billy Rennekamp, the grants manager at Interchain Foundation and the founder of Clovers Network. In this episode we discuss ICF’s functions as a vehicle and its role for the greater Cosmos ecosystem. The DLT project we chat about is Clovers Network. We also talk about citizenship in the (not so) distant future, tattoo machines and blockchain DNA.

Interchain Foundation is pushing boundaries on distributed networks and organizations. It's mission is to research, develop, and promote open, decentralized, network technologies like Cosmos, that provide greater sovereignty, security, and sustainability to the world’s communities. With the task to participate in research, development, product, community and social good initiatives which align with the vision and mandate, as well as providing funding towards these projects. Their particular interest is the Cosmos Project, which is unique in its maturity, modularity, and the sovereignty it provides to respective networks.

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Special Guest: Billy Rennekamp.

09/09/20 • 59 min

Josh Lee aka Dogemos

Citizen Cosmos

08/20/20 • 56 min

In this episode, we talk to Josh Lee aka Dogemos. He is a community advocate at Tendermint and the co-founder of Keplr. We talk about communities and chart-driven users. Envision the post-IBC world, interoperability as a state of mind and privacy issues among the most popular messengers in Korea. Oh, and Dogecoin of course!

Tendermint, a core contributor to the Cosmos Network. Building the most powerful tools for distributed networks. Tendermint is the gateway to the Cosmos ecosystem. Building critical infrastructure for open networks, like the Cosmos SDK, Tendermint Core, and Gaia. And leading developer experience by providing best-in-class tools to peer into an ever expanding Cosmos.

Chainapsis is the Korean-based company that is developing Keplt, a Metamask-like broswer extension for Cosmos-SDK based blockchains, that will help for smoother UX with interchain accounts and IBC.

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Special Guest: Josh Lee.

08/20/20 • 56 min

Peng Zhong, management & decentralization

Citizen Cosmos

07/29/20 • 55 min

In this episode, we catch up with Peng Zong to discuss the latest changes in the management of Tendermint and his personal views on various topics, such as, challenges of the CEO role, future plans, power abuse, project naming, the board of directors and a (not-so anymore) secret upcoming release. Peng is the newly appointed CEO of Tendermint.

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Special Guest: Peng Zhong.

07/29/20 • 55 min

Harriet Cao, IRIS Network & Hub

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07/13/20 • 43 min

In this episode, we speak to Harriet Cao. Harriet is the co-founder of Iris Network, Bianjie AI, and a member of the newly formed board of directors at Tendermint inc. We discuss how the Iris Hub helps to decentralize the Cosmos ecosystem. AI from the point of view of an expert with over 16 years of experience. And the specific requirements for blockchain projects in China. We also find out whether being an engineer is better than a doctor.

IRISnet (a.k.a IRIS Hub) is designed to be the foundation for the next generation distributed applications. Built with Cosmos-SDK, IRIS Hub enables cross-chain interoperability through a unified service model, while providing a variety of modules to support DeFi applications. IRIS Hub is designed to support not only token transfers across internet of blockchains, but also to allow consumption of data and computing resources across heterogenous systems mechanism, token economics, etc.)