This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Tommy Eastman from foundry

Tommy Eastman advocates for permissionless innovation in technology and decentralization, navigating the frontier of emerging tech while emphasizing long-term vision amidst volatility. He champions OpenAI as a guiding principle and urges discernment between genuine utility and vaporware in the evolving landscape.

Foundry, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), empowers institutional miners, staking customers, and blockchain entrepreneurs with the essential tools to construct tomorrow's decentralized infrastructure.

00:00 – 04:44 : Intro

04:44 -- 07:41 : Why web3 and not the valley?

07:41 -- 08:49 : Cryptography

08:49 -- 13:44 : Opinion on Web3

13:44 -- 18:45 : Is there a solution for those priced out?

18:45 -- 24:59 : Solution to decentralize the market.

24:59 -- 30:00 : Spotting an AI project.

30:00 -- 34:26 : The division between AI and decentralized AI?

34:26 -- 38:42 : Interesting models to research

38:42 -- 42:08 : Are we ready for AI?

42:08 -- 46:29 : Why aren't you tribalistic?

46:29 -- 50:13 : Selecting chains

50:13 -- 57:59 : The Blitz

We spoke to Tommy Eastman about Foundry and:

• Supply permissionlessly and provide permissionless access


• Tech that's on the frontier


• The fundamentals of crypto are really strong


• Dog chasing its tail


• Decentralization is certainly a spectrum


• Centralization at some scale


• Out of government control


• Smaller players are priced out


• Everybody's priced out


• OpenAI as the North Star


• Quadratic voting


• Less is more.


• Trust nothing


• Federated learning exists in Web2


• Decentralized AI


• Everything inherently has bias


• People being innately good


• What is the token price today? What is the token price tomorrow?


• Expanding your scope to the long term


• Assessing vaporware versus utility is really important


• Symbiotic relationship

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Special Guest: Tommy Eastman.

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• Akash
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• Greg Osuri
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