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In this episode of Empire, Jason and Santi are joined by Sunny Aggarwal (Osmosis co-founder) and Derek Hsue (Reverie co-founder &amp; "I Pledge Allegiance" co-host) to discuss the future of Osmosis, appchains and protocol governance. Show highlights include:- Learnings from the CeFi fallout- How protocols should re-think token incentives- Thoughts on dYdX moving to Cosmos- Why applications should launch their own chain- One of the biggest shortfalls of rollups- Osmosis as the interchain DEX- Mars protocol on Osmosis- Why Cosmos governance is so active- Experimenting with a DAO's org structure- Osmosis exploit and learnings- The Osmosis roadmap- What Sunny and Derek are looking forward to- -Follow Sunny: https://twitter.com/sunnya97Follow Derek: https://twitter.com/derek_hsueFollow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitzFollow Santi: https://twitter.com/santiagoroelFollow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepodSubscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2jSubscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw- -Referenced in the show:"I Pledge Allegiance" podcast co-hosted by Derekhttps://tinyurl.com/493vrmpp- -ParaSwap:If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out paraswap.io. ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices and lowest slippage.Visit paraswap.io/beta to learn more about Paraswap's new app.- -Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/--(00:00) Introduction(00:50) Lessons Learned From CeFi Fallout(03:04) Rethinking Capital Spend(06:17) Osomosis Incentive Structure (08:04) dYdX Moves to Cosmos(10:27) The Downside of Rollups Today(15:38) Why Projects Should Launch Their Own Appchain(18:56) The Cosmos Hub and Shared Security (22:09) Appchains Will Expand Their Scope (26:38) Paraswap Ad(27:48) Applications on Osmosis (31:00) The Fat Application Thesis(33:47) Active Governance in Cosmos (37:54) Governance Is Not the Goal(40:22) What Should DAOs Be Used For?(42:41) DAO Org Structures(47:30) Osmosis Exploit &amp; Learnings(50:35) The Osmosis Exploit &amp; Learnings(1:00:55)The Osmosis Vertical Integration Bet(1:05:40) The Future of DeFi(1:14:40) Web of Trust &amp; zk Applications--Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this episode of Empire, Jason and Santi are joined by Sunny Aggarwal (Osmosis co-founder) and Derek Hsue (Reverie co-founder &amp; "I Pledge Allegiance" co-host) to discuss the future of Osmosis, appchains and protocol governance. Show highlights include: - Learnings from the CeFi fallout- How protocols should re-think token incentives- Thoughts on dYdX moving to Cosmos- Why applications should launch their own chain- One of the biggest shortfalls of rollups- Osmosis as the interchain DEX- Mars protocol on Osmosis- Why Cosmos governance is so active- Experimenting with a DAO's org structure- Osmosis exploit and learnings- The Osmosis roadmap- What Sunny and Derek are looking forward to- -Follow Sunny: <a href="https://twitter.com/sunnya97" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sunnya97</a>Follow Derek: <a href="https://twitter.com/derek_hsue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/derek_hsue</a>Follow Jason: <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz</a>Follow Santi: <a href="https://twitter.com/santiagoroel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/santiagoroel</a>Follow Empire: <a href="https://twitter.com/theempirepod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theempirepod</a> Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j</a>Subscribe on Apple: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7</a> Subscribe on Spotify: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw</a>- -Referenced in the show:"I Pledge Allegiance" podcast co-hosted by Derek<a href="https://tinyurl.com/493vrmpp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/493vrmpp</a>- -ParaSwap:If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out <a href="http://paraswap.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paraswap.io</a>. ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices and lowest slippage.Visit <a href="http://paraswap.io/beta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paraswap.io/beta</a> to learn more about Paraswap's new app.- -Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: <a href="https://blockworks.co/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blockworks.co/newsletter/</a>--(00:00) Introduction(00:50) Lessons Learned From CeFi Fallout(03:04) Rethinking Capital Spend(06:17) Osomosis Incentive Structure (08:04) dYdX Moves to Cosmos(10:27) The Downside of Rollups Today(15:38) Why Projects Should Launch Their Own Appchain(18:56) The Cosmos Hub and Shared Security (22:09) Appchains Will Expand Their Scope (26:38) Paraswap Ad(27:48) Applications on Osmosis (31:00) The Fat Application Thesis(33:47) Active Governance in Cosmos (37:54) Governance Is Not the Goal(40:22) What Should DAOs Be Used For?(42:41) DAO Org Structures(47:30) Osmosis Exploit &amp; Learnings(50:35) The Osmosis Exploit &amp; Learnings(1:00:55)The Osmosis Vertical Integration Bet(1:05:40) The Future of DeFi(1:14:40) Web of Trust &amp; zk Applications--Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Why Osmosis could be the interchain DEX | Sunny Aggarwal & Derek Hsue

In the inaugural episode of I Pledge Allegiance, a podcast about crypto governance, host Derek Hsue chats with Nick Cannon from Gauntlet and Getty Hill from GFX Labs. Nick leads Growth at Gauntlet, and Getty is a long-time Compound contributor and active governance participant. The focus of this episode is Gauntlet's recent "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal for Compound and how they see their role managing and monitoring risk for major DeFi protocols. Additionally, we compare existing approaches to risk management, as well as lessons on creating products and services for DAOs.  Show notes and links included below. ---- Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal: https://www.comp.xyz/t/dynamic-risk-parameters/2223/1 ---- Follow us on Twitter: @derek_hsue | @inkymaze | @getty_hill ---- Show Notes: (3:00) - Why is risk monitoring important for DeFi and Compound? What does it entail? (5:45) - What is Gauntlet's "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal? (7:19) - How Gauntlet thinks about its role determining risk levels and preferences.  (10:28) - Getty’s thoughts on the Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal, and where he thinks it could improve (19:23)  - On the possibility of Gauntlet as an early warning system for risk monitoring (25:09) - Getty on the difference between risk management Compound, Aave, and Cream (27:12) - How does Gauntlet think about its position working for both Compound and Aave (34:04) - Defining “Value at Risk” For Compound (37:10) - How Gauntlet designed the service fee (46:26) - How does B2DAO sales differ from the traditional B2B sales process? (50:00) - What other things should protocol treasuries spend money on? (55:00) - On the big hurdles and problems in governance-based contribution today.

In the inaugural episode of I Pledge Allegiance, a podcast about crypto governance, host Derek Hsue chats with Nick Cannon from Gauntlet and Getty Hill from GFX Labs. Nick leads Growth at Gauntlet, and Getty is a long-time Compound contributor and active governance participant. The focus of this episode is Gauntlet's recent "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal for Compound and how they see their role managing and monitoring risk for major DeFi protocols. Additionally, we compare existing approaches to risk management, as well as lessons on creating products and services for DAOs.  Show notes and links included below. ---- Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal: https://www.comp.xyz/t/dynamic-risk-parameters/2223/1 ---- Follow us on Twitter: @derek_hsue | @inkymaze | @getty_hill ---- Show Notes: (3:00) - Why is risk monitoring important for DeFi and Compound? What does it entail? (5:45) - What is Gauntlet's "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal? (7:19) - How Gauntlet thinks about its role determining risk levels and preferences.  (10:28) - Getty’s thoughts on the Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal, and where he thinks it could improve (19:23)  - On the possibility of Gauntlet as an early warning system for risk monitoring (25:09) - Getty on the difference between risk management Compound, Aave, and Cream (27:12) - How does Gauntlet think about its position working for both Compound and Aave (34:04) - Defining “Value at Risk” For Compound (37:10) - How Gauntlet designed the service fee (46:26) - How does B2DAO sales differ from the traditional B2B sales process? (50:00) - What other things should protocol treasuries spend money on? (55:00) - On the big hurdles and problems in governance-based contribution today.

DeFi Risk Monitoring, featuring Gauntlet and Getty Hill

Erik is joined by two very exciting guests for this episode — Bill Tai, venture capitalist and director at Bitfury, and Derek Hsue (@derek_hsue), investor at Blockchain Capital.The three have a very engaging discussion about the mining landscape in cryptocurrencies, the similarities and differences between now and the early growth of the semiconductor industry, as well as the issues, obstacles and misconceptions standing in the way of new entrants to the mining sector.They get into the details on mining operations, how the architecture of certain coins impacts the equipment that mining can be done on, and how the underlying math is different between Ethereum and Bitcoin.There are also a number of impromptu history lessons courtesy of Bill, including how Wall Street got its name and went from a place to trade furs to the NYSE of today.They also discuss the future of exchanges, why buying into an ICO means buying into a community and a belief rather than something immediately valuable, and why we are headed for a massive reset of capitalism.Quotable lines from this episode: “In the start it’s kind of like riding a little bicycle and you see a pothole, you just go around it, but pretty soon you’re driving a freight train on a track and you can’t get off.” - BT“You’re going to have to come up with a check for 50-100 million dollars to be noticed by a semiconductor fab.” - BT“An upstart two years from now is probably going to have to take down 1000 megawatts just to start.” - BT“It’s really hard to get a venture type return from a mining operation, unless you’re really early on in a chain, or just extremely, much better than everyone else at producing hardware.” - DH “It all boiled down to, can you bribe a politician with an empty city in China to give you his power plant for a bit of money every month? …It turns out that Ethereum is a more concentrated mining ecosystem than Bitcoin.” - BT“Programming in Bitcoin is a bit like programming in assembly or DOS, where Ethereum is like programming in a high-level language that anyone that has done an iPhone app can work with.” - BT“If you look at the largest asset managers in the world, they don’t have a huge incentive to trade in a peer-to-peer manner.” - DH“It’s not about creating a product that is tailored to the world’s current behavior, it’s about providing that option for non-custodial and a trustless financial interaction.” - DH “We’re at that point today where we’re all standing under that buttonwood tree with our virtual assets, trying to figure out where to go.” - BT“The total of all debt in the world is 275 trillion, which is 3.18 times world GDP, it’s growing at 25 trillion a year, and is growing way faster than world GDP is growing.” - BT-Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Shawn Xu is our researcher, Colin Campbell is our audio engineer, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Erik is joined by two very exciting guests for this episode — Bill Tai, venture capitalist and director at Bitfury, and Derek Hsue (@derek_hsue), investor at Blockchain Capital. The three have a very engaging discussion about the mining landscape in cryptocurrencies, the similarities and differences between now and the early growth of the semiconductor industry, as well as the issues, obstacles and misconceptions standing in the way of new entrants to the mining sector. They get into the details on mining operations, how the architecture of certain coins impacts the equipment that mining can be done on, and how the underlying math is different between Ethereum and Bitcoin. There are also a number of impromptu history lessons courtesy of Bill, including how Wall Street got its name and went from a place to trade furs to the NYSE of today. They also discuss the future of exchanges, why buying into an ICO means buying into a community and a belief rather than something immediately valuable, and why we are headed for a massive reset of capitalism. Quotable lines from this episode: “In the start it’s kind of like riding a little bicycle and you see a pothole, you just go around it, but pretty soon you’re driving a freight train on a track and you can’t get off.” - BT “You’re going to have to come up with a check for 50-100 million dollars to be noticed by a semiconductor fab.” - BT “An upstart two years from now is probably going to have to take down 1000 megawatts just to start.” - BT “It’s really hard to get a venture type return from a mining operation, unless you’re really early on in a chain, or just extremely, much better than everyone else at producing hardware.” - DH “It all boiled down to, can you bribe a politician with an empty city in China to give you his power plant for a bit of money every month? …It turns out that Ethereum is a more concentrated mining ecosystem than Bitcoin.” - BT “Programming in Bitcoin is a bit like programming in assembly or DOS, where Ethereum is like programming in a high-level language that anyone that has done an iPhone app can work with.” - BT “If you look at the largest asset managers in the world, they don’t have a huge incentive to trade in a peer-to-peer manner.” - DH “It’s not about creating a product that is tailored to the world’s current behavior, it’s about providing that option for non-custodial and a trustless financial interaction.” - DH “We’re at that point today where we’re all standing under that buttonwood tree with our virtual assets, trying to figure out where to go.” - BT “The total of all debt in the world is 275 trillion, which is 3.18 times world GDP, it’s growing at 25 trillion a year, and is growing way faster than world GDP is growing.” - BT - Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at <a href="http://villageglobal.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Shawn Xu is our researcher, Colin Campbell is our audio engineer, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Crypto Stories: Bill Tai and Derek Hsue on Mining, Exchanges and the History and Future of Money