Chad Barraford on Thorchain, Rune, Mainnet, Thorswap DEX Aggregation & TOR Stablecoin

07/13/22 • 83 min

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Today I am excited to have an in depth conversation with Chad Barraford who is part of the core team, and the technical lead for Thorchain.
Thorchain has been in development for almost 4 years and I have been following their progress for over 2 years. It is one of the few projects in crypto which has built something that is unique and that no other project has managed to replicate. Thorchain is a decentralised cross chain immutable DEX that lets us swap native assets between chains in a permission-less trust-less way without any intermediaries. Basically it lets you swap BTC from the Bitcoin network, directly for ETH on the Ethereum network without the need for a bridge or a wrapped asset. It truly is critical infrastructure in the space and it also happens to work.
Chad has been working on the project from the start and has unique insights into how Thorchain operates, what makes it special, as well as what is in store for the future. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as i did.
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Chad Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/CBarraford
Thorchain Twitter 👉https://twitter.com/THORChain
Thorchain Site 👉 https://thorchain.com/

Previous Episode

Rob Montgomery (Revest Finance) on NFT Utility & Real World Use Cases - EP3

Welcome to Episode 3 of the DeFi Sparks Podcast. I created this podcast to facilitate conversations with some of the sharpest minds in DeFi around topics that I am curious about.
Today I am talking to Rob Montgomery, who is the founder of Revest Finance. Revest builds technology and solutions around using NFTs to unlock value in real assets. They have deployed a range of financial NFT’s that make illiquid positions liquid, and are expanding the product set across chains and protocols.
Rob is not only running the business but also technically minded, writing a lot of the code, which makes him interesting to talk to, because he can speak intelligently and realistically about where we are on the development curve.
His passion for innovation, and the fact that he has deployed workable solutions, instead of only theorising what is possible, is appealing to me as an investor and as a curious person in the space.
Today’s conversation will circle around some of the real world use cases that have been touted as ripe for disruption with NFT technology. I ask Rob to give us his thoughts about the status of these use cases, what the obstacles are, and what he thinks might happen next.
We discuss real estate, music rights, IP related to fashion & content, the Metaverse and gaming, as well as financial NFTs. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
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Nick Drakon Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/NickDrakon
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My Video on Financial NFTs 👉https://youtu.be/08mQXiokOik
Ron Montgomery Twitter 👉https://twitter.com/RobAnon94
Revest Finance App 👉 hhttps://revest.finance/
Revest Finance Discord 👉 https://discord.com/invite/TdJSzW9H4G
Revest Finance Twitter 👉https://twitter.com/RevestFinance

Next Episode

Bryan Gross Founder of ICHI on Evaluating DeFi Business Models - DEX, Stabe Coins & Lending

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ICHI Protocol 👉 https://ichi.org/
Bryan Gross is the founder of the ICHI suite of DeFi products and has worked at both Amazon & IBM in the last decade. In this episode we aim to give an honest and frank account of where DeFi stands in the content of the 3 main business models deployed.
We dive into what has or has not worked as well as some diagnosis around reasons for certain outcomes. We also talk about what Bryan thinks may happen next both in terms of potential consolidation but also further innovation.
The business models we discuss are:
► Exchange via Decentralised Exchanges (DEX)
► Stable coin issuance
► Lending