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  1. Boone Discusses THORChain ADR29 | Podcast #212

    1d ago

    Boone Discusses THORChain ADR29 | Podcast #212

    Since we had a technical problem with Amir, Boone joined the podcast and discussed ADR 29. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required.

    1h 29m
  2. THORChain Resumes Trading, AI & Energy Consumption, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #211

    4d ago

    THORChain Resumes Trading, AI & Energy Consumption, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #211

    In this episode, we provide a marketing update, discuss AI & energy consumption, and finish with a discussion on protocol-owned liquidity. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:00 Marketing update 00:07:00 Reach out to communities about adding ERC-20s? Easy to do! 00:08:00 Working on Keplr Wallet 00:09:00 Platform to hire KOLs 00:11:00 KOL platform breakdown 00:13:00 Chad B: May be a bot dream 00:15:00 KOL drama 00:19:00 Forewarning for drama 00:20:00 Chad's talk about Monerotopia 00:23:00 Someone who is into XMR will probably understand the mission 00:27:00 Chad B: The attack we suffered is very hard to recover from — but we have! 00:29:00 New version is coming! Fix for Solana so we can churn and XMR 00:32:00 Kenton: The cynical view doesn't make sense 00:33:00 Failure should be expected 00:34:00 TSS will be open-sourced, probably mid-July 00:36:00 Huginn's code auditing is surprisingly good 00:37:00 Moving to DKLS is a priority 00:39:00 The idea is to move to FROST and DKLS 00:41:00 How we would transition cryptographies 00:43:00 We need to find a new version of FROST if we want to add it to THORChain 00:44:00 Multisig on each vault — combining cryptographies. Still entertaining that idea? 00:47:00 DKLS would be first if any changes were going to be made 00:48:00 Question: Can we add AI payment rails and support for precious metal derivatives? 00:51:00 agentsfirst.dev analytics breakdown 00:57:00 Delegation is so hard for startups 00:59:00 These days are still early for AI 01:01:00 Will AI be a bunch of specialist models or a more general model? 01:04:00 Energy consumption versus efficiency of AI 01:06:00 Chad B is bullish when it comes to increased electricity usage 01:09:00 Energy scale is beyond comprehension 01:13:00 Life arose so quickly when Earth was formed 01:17:00 Planet talk — geeking out 01:21:00 Bringing it back to THORChain, THORChain is a good foundation for a better system 01:23:00 When XMR goes live, Kenton will wait about a month before really pushing it out 01:26:00 What happens post-churn when it comes to POL? 01:30:00 Kenton acknowledges Boone for getting the math incorrect 01:33:00 Boone joins and says it is Economic Mimir 01:34:00 Increasing BPs fee is probably the move (Boone) 01:36:00 Kenton gives the case for POL advantages 01:37:00 Kenton floats 25% to POL 01:39:00 POL is a burn, technically 01:42:00 Burn conversation regarding sell pressure 01:46:00 POL conversation continues 01:49:00 POL is an asset, not a liability 01:52:00 New hat!! 01:53:00 POL pitch 01:56:00 POL also buys and burns their asset too 01:58:00 Per-asset minBPS idea (Boone) 02:02:00 Anything else? Direct ERC-20 memoless, TAO 3.20 02:03:00 Reserve hard cap discussion 02:06:00 Reserve income and dispersed

    2h 11m
  3. Fernando from xolosArmy & Tonalli Wallet | eCash ($XEC) Pool on THORChain | Podcast #210

    Jun 21

    Fernando from xolosArmy & Tonalli Wallet | eCash ($XEC) Pool on THORChain | Podcast #210

    xolosArmy is a decentralized community and project built around eCash (XEC) cryptocurrency. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:00 Diving talk 00:07:00 Getting on THORChain — what it takes 00:12:00 When you are on THORChain, you have access to the most wallets — hundreds of millions! 00:14:00 Only have a token on THORChain? 00:16:00 What would happen if THORChain was the central point of liquidity? 00:21:00 Fernando starts 00:22:00 Fiat is an instrument of control — BTC solved this 00:24:00 Use THORChain for sovereign liquidity and add connections to the rest of the world 00:25:00 Fork of Bitcoin Cash 00:26:00 We have instant finality — sub-second 00:27:00 Our tech is deterministic from beginning to end 00:29:00 XolosArmy is a project working on eCash — they want to bring the ethos of BCH to eCash 00:31:00 THORChain is much better than CEXs 00:32:00 eCash is a fork of BCH 00:34:00 eCash is not a stablecoin 00:37:00 eCash screen share 00:40:00 Throughput of eCash? 00:43:00 Subnets discussion 00:44:00 Is eCash similar to TAO when it comes to subnets? 00:46:00 eCash subnets explained 00:48:00 What is the cost of an eCash daemon? 00:51:00 What is the vision for eCash getting on THORChain? 00:54:00 We have NFTs and utilize IPFS 00:56:00 XEC can be connected to fiat 00:59:00 We have a $100 million market cap 01:00:00 StarSquid says the chain client is ready 01:01:00 Kenton explains adding liquidity to THORChain 01:04:00 More liquidity seeding discussion 01:08:00 $50k is a good target 01:09:00 Is it on chainnet?

    1h 21m
  4. Steps to Resume Trading, Dynamic and Referral Fees, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #209

    Jun 19

    Steps to Resume Trading, Dynamic and Referral Fees, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #209

    In this episode, we provide a marketing update, followed by a brief update on the exploit. We then dive deeper into a couple of bigger topics, such as dynamic and referral fees, protocol owned liquidity. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Marketing update 00:04:00 "KOL" talk and bang for buck 00:06:00 Getting new chains added is super important for getting brand-new users 00:09:00 New Affiliate page on swap.thorchain.org 00:11:00 Kenton is thinking the affiliate API should be permissioned 00:12:00 Chad B starts, 3.19.1 fully adopted 00:14:00 1 day, enable signing and churn 00:16:00 KeyVerify talk — when should we move on if it doesn't work? 00:17:00 KeyVerify will be disabled after this moment 00:18:00 Kenton asks about the exact order of turning things back on 00:20:00 THORChain is decentralized — it's obvious 00:21:00 Nodes had to do a lot of steps with developers 00:23:00 AI made this so much faster for us 00:24:00 Over time, we will have a more professional node operator base 00:26:00 Devs have been working nonstop on separate issues 00:27:00 Post-mortem is coming, hopefully within 2–3 weeks 00:29:00 We do a very good job being public, but that is often used against us 00:30:00 When we get going again, we will be testing the dynamic fee model with select partners 00:31:00 Applies to all THORNames 00:34:00 Chad says he is not sure who is correct on dynamic fees 00:37:00 Start simple and tweak it as we get more info 00:39:00 Kenton: It should be obvious 00:40:00 SwapKit rev-share program discussion 00:45:00 Stable-to-stable swaps should be neutral but result in more volume 00:46:00 Kenton: Stablecoin idea should be great 00:48:00 Denny: Stable-to-stable will be amazing for point-of-sale applications 00:50:00 Kenton: Dynamic fees may be really helpful for direct integrations 00:51:00 These features are bound to "click" with partners 00:54:00 Lots of exciting things are coming! 00:55:00 XMR testing update: Going well! 00:56:00 Huginn update: Pointed it at Serai 00:57:00 Monero may be coming within 1–2 months 00:59:00 XMR actually works!! 01:01:00 RUNE question from the audience about governance 01:03:00 Kenton breaks down liquidity pools 01:05:00 It is not hopium — THORChain has fundamentals 01:07:00 This protocol is actually real and useful 01:11:00 TON Wallet question from the audience 01:12:00 We are reaching out to everyone! 01:13:00 POL transition: Protocol-Owned Liquidity 01:14:00 Kenton thinks 25% POL is what is needed 01:18:00 Chad B: Where do you stand on POL? 01:20:00 Bull market POL could get very crazy 01:23:00 Dev fund could make much more money and the treasury could go away 01:25:00 We are moving away from a hard cap 01:27:00 Denny gives his thoughts on LPs 01:30:00 LPs withdraw when things turn around? 01:35:00 We didn't have data about AMMs when we first started 01:41:00 The scalability of THORChain in terms of liquidity and developers 01:45:00 Possible incentive pendulum tweaks 01:48:00 Price/volume graph comparison 01:53:00 Stock trading on-chain — KYC? 01:55:00 Perhaps companies will push for permissionless 01:58:00 Stocks 02:02:00 How have Maya devs been doing? 02:06:00 Outro 02:09:00 Attempt to attack Chad Barraford

    2h 12m
  5. NanoGPT AI Aggregator Pay with Crypto | Podcast #208

    Jun 13

    NanoGPT AI Aggregator Pay with Crypto | Podcast #208

    Milan from NanoGPT joins Kenton and Denny to discuss his journey from central banking to building a privacy-focused AI platform powered by crypto. They explore NanoGPT's integration with THORChain, the future of AI payments, and why privacy matters in both finance and artificial intelligence. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:00 Kenton update, Churn, 3.19.1 00:04:00 Marketing update, signed an agreement with Sal the Agorist and Mark Edge ASK 00:06:00 Every single person watching that show should be using THORChain 00:07:00 Milan starts, NanoGPT 00:09:00 Milan worked for the central bank 00:11:00 The central bank was anti-crypto 00:12:00 The central bank wanted a button to stop transactions and KYC and the money issuing to be in their hands 00:13:00 Why did you decide to work at a central bank 00:16:00 Kenton had a friend that worked with the Bank of Canada 00:17:00 Milan did not have a good breakup 00:19:00 Milan thought subscriptions for AI models was a terrible idea 00:20:00 An early user was Erik Voorhees 00:21:00 NanoGPT has grown to include all AI models 00:22:00 Claude pulled Fable access for everyone 00:23:00 NanoGPT is an AI aggregator, 80 providers 00:26:00 NanoGPT is the same price or cheaper 00:27:00 Kenya man used Nano for medical questions 00:28:00 Neobanks are getting shut down, do you run that risk? 00:29:00 Big providers make a loss with subscriptions — many people share a subscription 00:31:00 They know what we are doing 00:32:00 How do customers choose what AI model to use? Automatic or custom? 00:34:00 AutoModel checks what kind of question it is and decides the prompt difficulty 00:38:00 Website feature 00:42:00 CEX story of getting paused 00:43:00 Iranian linkage because of $32 00:44:00 THORChain and NanoGPT are a great partnership 00:47:00 How did the Kenya man figure out you existed? 00:48:00 NanoGPT and Venice are competitors?

    2h 9m
  6. Exploit Update, Nakamoto Coefficient, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #207

    Jun 12

    Exploit Update, Nakamoto Coefficient, Protocol Owned Liquidity | Podcast #207

    In this episode, we provide a marketing update, followed by a brief update on the exploit. We then dive deeper into a couple of bigger topics, such as sectioning and censoring, followed by discussions on the Nakamoto Coefficient and decentralisation. Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 00:03:00 Kenton Marketing and Swap Interface Update 00:07:00 Chad gives a recovery update 00:08:00 KeyVerify has not been functional yet 00:10:00 GAIA IBC infinite mint bug was patched 00:11:00 KeyVerify is not necessary, but it's nice to be 100% safe 00:13:00 Is it a single node holding things up? 00:15:00 Ban Mimir discussion 00:18:00 Churn-out talk for nodes that are asleep at the wheel 00:19:00 How did the ban function work? 00:20:00 What if node or nodes could kick out other nodes? 00:21:00 The network will only allow 1/3rd to leave at a time 00:23:00 Badger protocol was attacked with a script on the website in the past 00:24:00 To Chad's knowledge, no one is being slashed 00:25:00 3.19.1 is coming today or tomorrow 00:27:00 Tuesday or Wednesday should be trading hopefully 00:31:00 Claude question from audience: Claude says it sees high risk of sanctions 00:32:00 AI psychosis 00:34:00 Fear-based content gets traction 00:37:00 THORChain cannot be used for money laundering 00:39:00 Who will sanction THORChain? 00:40:00 Crypto are individual nations with their own governance 00:45:00 THORChain could sanction others 00:47:00 The current economic system is definitely built to launder money 00:48:00 Sanctions are a sign the system is dying 00:51:00 Question: What if USDT froze the pools? 00:52:00 Smart contracts have been frozen 00:55:00 Game theory: If USDT goes crazy with freezing, they could get a bank run 01:00:00 Kenton: Positive articles will be coming once things calm down 01:00:00 Use tables and lists for better AI SEO—AI loves tables and lists! 01:01:00 It's expensive to sponsor content and it doesn't count towards SEO 01:03:00 Question: Can't we just ignore the unresponsive nodes? 01:04:00 Chad: When doing KeyVerify, we need 100% participation 01:05:00 Two forms of cryptography to secure the network? GG20 and DKLS? 01:09:00 Engineer in the office vs engineer in the field 01:10:00 The simpler a design, the less likely it can be attacked successfully 01:13:00 What other things are happening despite the current situation? 01:14:00 Zcash may be coming soon! And XMR!! 01:15:00 TAO is probably next. Need 3.20 first 01:16:00 THORChain is going to give people whiplash by coming back so well! 01:18:00 Still talking to Layer 1s and they still want to get listed! 01:20:00 POL: Let's make 25% 01:27:00 Question: What about burning? Are we getting rid of it? 01:31:00 RUNE is a better Bitcoin than Bitcoin 01:33:00 The winners will be determined when the crypto market gets proper saturation 01:34:00 Value is very subjective 01:35:00 Boone tries to correct Kenton's math, Kenton disagrees. NERD FIGHT!!! 01:40:00 Chad shares screen about most decentralized blockchain by Nakamoto Coefficient 01:46:00 Chad calculates THORChain's Nakamoto Coefficient 01:51:00 Deep dive into that calculation 01:58:00 Isn't THORChain the most complicated chain? 02:02:00 Mythos is out in the open with Fable 5? 02:04:00 Huginn is getting a more diverse skill set 02:06:00 Possible Serai fixes via AI

    2h 13m
  7. Zephyr Private Stablecoin and Yield Bearing Token | Podcast #206

    Jun 7

    Zephyr Private Stablecoin and Yield Bearing Token | Podcast #206

    Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/ THORChain is a decentralized crypto exchange. THORChain is the first and biggest DEX for Bitcoin. You can use any self custody wallet to swap and there’s no KYC required. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:03:00 THORChain Marketing and Protocol Update 0:07:00 Zephyr Conversation Begins 0:11:00 Zephyr Presentation Starts 0:12:00 Supported Tokens and Where the Yield Comes From 0:14:00 What Is Zephyr? 0:16:00 Why Privacy Is Important and Necessary 0:18:00 Stablecoin Rails Currently Have an Off Switch 0:19:00 The Holy Grail of Crypto: A Decentralized Yield-Bearing Stablecoin 0:20:00 LUNA Mechanics Were Bad, the Idea Was Good 0:21:00 Stablecoin Reserve Mechanics 0:23:00 Dr. Future Explains Overcollateralized Mechanics 0:25:00 How Proof-of-Work Rewards ZRS Holders 0:27:00 Proven History of Hardiness and Stability 0:29:00 Community Incentives When the Zeph Price Drops 0:32:00 ZSD: Zephyr Stable Dollar Explained 0:38:00 ZYS: Zephyr Yield Share Explained 0:45:00 How Is It Sustainable? 0:48:00 Understanding the Risk Profile 0:49:00 No Lock-Up Periods 0:50:00 ZRS: Zephyr Reserve Breakdown 1:01:00 The Four-Asset Ecosystem 1:03:00 Block Reward Breakdown 1:04:00 The Zephyr Flywheel Thesis 1:08:00 Zephyr EVM Bridge 1:13:00 Could the ERC-20 Version Be Added to THORChain? 1:15:00 Audience Question: Is the ERC-20 Version Significant Enough to Scale? 1:20:00 The Best of Both Worlds Partnering Together 1:22:00 Where Is the Outside Money Coming From? 1:23:00 How Do You Acquire Zephyr Today? 1:24:00 Wallet Support 1:24:00 Stablecoin Swaps Will Be Free on THORChain 1:27:00 THORChain Fee Structure 1:30:00 Protocol-Owned Liquidity Growth and Considerations 1:38:00 Cost to Run Zephyr 1:42:00 Let's Get It on THORChain! 1:47:00 Stablecoin Speed and Finality 1:53:00 ZephFlow.live

    2 hr
  8. THORChain Still Paused, Zero Fee Stablecoin Trades, Limit Orders | Podcast #205

    Jun 5

    THORChain Still Paused, Zero Fee Stablecoin Trades, Limit Orders | Podcast #205

    In this episode, we provide a marketing update, followed by a brief update on the exploit and a discussion about privacy coins. The main topics, however, were the zero-fee stablecoin discussion and the dynamics between Rujira and base layer. Swap now on THORChain https://swap.thorchain.org/ without KYC or limits! THORChain is a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol that lets users swap assets directly between blockchains without wrapping or using centralized exchanges. Its app layer ecosystem means developers can build decentralized apps that tap directly into liquidity across chains. Unlike most platforms, it offers real ownership of your assets, deep liquidity, and fast swaps in one seamless network. To learn more about THORChain, check out more videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMbeCjNJ5Eo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M_4N9-3ZUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzHXrsaWT-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5v9XiXAJ7g Swap now on THORChain https://swap.thorchain.org/ without KYC or limits!

    3h 29m
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