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Kolten Bergeron

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Kolten Bergeron joins Mark11 in the studio to talk about everything Liquity! They dive into Kolten's crypto background, how DAO's differ from corporations, the growing pains of DAOs, the trade-offs associated with having a fee-based token vs a typical governance token like other protocols, and why every stablecoin is not the same.What they touch on:- What is Liquity? (2:41)- Distributed front-end operators (4:13)- Kolten’s crypto background (6:22)- Kolten and the Stellar Development Foundation (8:52)- First ETH &amp; BTC purchases (10:06)- Trails and tribulations of investing in crypto (11:31)- Defi Summer (12:32)- Kolten’s intro to OHM (13:50)- Kolten’s first impressions of Olympus (15:48)- How collateralized loans work and redemption mechanisms (18:41)- Taking loans out against your assets and its implications (23:26)- Liquity Frontend Operators (26:05)- Liquity roadmap (28:57)- Trade-offs of having immutable parameters (31:55)- The Liquity community (34:38)- Having a fee-capture token vs governance (37:14)- Can Liquity move to L2? (38:57)- DAO’s efficiency vs inefficiency when managing complex procedures and responsibilities (45:20)- What’s coming up for Liquity? (50:27)- Difference vs risks of other stablecoins (54:01)Links:- Liquity: http://www.liquity.org- Kolten: https://twitter.com/0xKoltenOlympus Agora:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/OlympusAgora- Medium: https://medium.com/@olympusagora- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr34Uxn8LwJUEJVBYBGzmog- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/olympusagoraHosts:- Dropkickdarren: https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren- Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETHIf you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp

Kolten Bergeron joins Mark11 in the studio to talk about everything Liquity! They dive into Kolten's crypto background, how DAO's differ from corporations, the growing pains of DAOs, the trade-offs associated with having a fee-based token vs a typical governance token like other protocols, and why every stablecoin is not the same.What they touch on:- What is Liquity? (2:41)- Distributed front-end operators (4:13)- Kolten’s crypto background (6:22)- Kolten and the Stellar Development Foundation (8:52)- First ETH &amp; BTC purchases (10:06)- Trails and tribulations of investing in crypto (11:31)- Defi Summer (12:32)- Kolten’s intro to OHM (13:50)- Kolten’s first impressions of Olympus (15:48)- How collateralized loans work and redemption mechanisms (18:41)- Taking loans out against your assets and its implications (23:26)- Liquity Frontend Operators (26:05)- Liquity roadmap (28:57)- Trade-offs of having immutable parameters (31:55)- The Liquity community (34:38)- Having a fee-capture token vs governance (37:14)- Can Liquity move to L2? (38:57)- DAO’s efficiency vs inefficiency when managing complex procedures and responsibilities (45:20)- What’s coming up for Liquity? (50:27)- Difference vs risks of other stablecoins (54:01)Links:- Liquity: <a href="http://www.liquity.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liquity.org</a>- Kolten: <a href="https://twitter.com/0xKolten" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/0xKolten</a>Olympus Agora:- Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/OlympusAgora" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/OlympusAgora</a>- Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@olympusagora" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@olympusagora</a>- Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr34Uxn8LwJUEJVBYBGzmog" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr34Uxn8LwJUEJVBYBGzmog</a>- Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/olympusagora" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/olympusagora</a>Hosts:- Dropkickdarren: <a href="https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren</a>- Mark11: <a href="https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH</a>If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!<a href="https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp</a>

I.O.W with Kolten Bergeron - Head of Growth at Liquity

Robert Lauko

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol that allows you to draw interest-free loans against Ether used as collateral. In addition to the collateral, the loans are secured by a Stability Pool containing LUSD and by fellow borrowers collectively acting as guarantors of last resort. Liquity as a protocol is non-custodial, immutable, and governance-free.We were joined by Robert Lauko, CEO &amp; Co-founder, and Kolten Bergeron, Head of Growth, of Liquity. We chatted about how the protocol is built and the mechanisms used, how to borrow, and the stability pool and liquidations.Topics covered in this episode:Robert and Kolten's backgrounds and how they got into cryptoWhat led Robert to create LiquityWhat Liquity is and the liquidation mechanism usedThe function of the stability poolThe process of existing troves taking on the debt of undercollateralized trovesLiquity vs Compound &amp; MakerDAOLUSD redemptionsHow the Recovery mode worksThe purpose of the LQTY tokenHow the algorithmic monetary policy worksEpisode links: LiquityLiquity docsLiquity on MediumLiquity on GitHubRobert on TwitterKolten on TwitterThis episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal &amp; Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/384

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol that allows you to draw interest-free loans against Ether used as collateral. In addition to the collateral, the loans are secured by a Stability Pool containing LUSD and by fellow borrowers collectively acting as guarantors of last resort. Liquity as a protocol is non-custodial, immutable, and governance-free.We were joined by Robert Lauko, CEO &amp; Co-founder, and Kolten Bergeron, Head of Growth, of Liquity. We chatted about how the protocol is built and the mechanisms used, how to borrow, and the stability pool and liquidations.Topics covered in this episode:<ul><li>Robert and Kolten's backgrounds and how they got into crypto</li><li>What led Robert to create Liquity</li><li>What Liquity is and the liquidation mechanism used</li><li>The function of the stability pool</li><li>The process of existing troves taking on the debt of undercollateralized troves</li><li>Liquity vs Compound &amp; MakerDAO</li><li>LUSD redemptions</li><li>How the Recovery mode works</li><li>The purpose of the LQTY token</li><li>How the algorithmic monetary policy works</li></ul>Episode links: <ul><li><a href="https://liquity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquity</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.liquity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquity docs</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/liquity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquity on Medium</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/liquity/liquity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquity on GitHub</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/robert_lauko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/KoltenB_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kolten on Twitter</a></li></ul>This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal &amp; Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/384" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/384</a>

Kolten Bergeron & Robert Lauko: Liquity – The Decentralized Borrowing Protocol