Staking, the cost of freedom and business with Chris Remus

10/01/20 • 48 min

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features 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.

We spoke to Chris Remus about Chainflow and:

The differences between operators and validators
Their role and importance in the ecosystem
Why it's uber important to decentralize staking power
The monetary cost of freedom
Product management in the validation business
Decentralized projects

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We spoke to Chris Remus about Chainflow and:

The differences between operators and validators
Their role and importance in the ecosystem
Why it's uber important to decentralize staking power
The monetary cost of freedom
Product management in the validation business
Decentralized projects

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Stake with Citizen Web3 validator
Listen to the YouTube version
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Special Guest: Chris Remus.

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Drones, smart contracts and secrets with Tor Bair

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features 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.

We spoke to Tor Bair about Secret Network and:

Data privacy
Trust
Amazon drones
Blockchain privacy by design
Foundation for privacy projects
Privacy preserving smart contracts
Transactional privacy vs programmable privacy
Privacy gurus

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Internet quality, mesh networks and the radio with Deborah Simpier

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Deborah Simpier about networking technology, Althea blockchain, mesh networks and how these affect our daily lives. We also discuss controversial topics, such as, freedom and the cost and quality of an internet connection. Can internet access become a lifesaver? And, learn about, Deborah's personal ‘radio in the blood’ feeling.

Althea is built for a fast and affordable, locally run internet. Althea's unique cooperative vision for the internet brings peering from the data center to the field. Empowering communities to build multi-stakeholder networks faster and more affordably than legacy telecom models. The core technology behind Althea is a price-aware routing protocol and blockchain-based payment system that debits and credits funds based on a router’s bandwidth usage.

We spoke to Deborah Simpie about Althea Network and: