THORChain Livestream Podcast

In this episode, Denny and Kenton sit down with Aaluxx to discuss why Maya forked THORChain and the value of having two protocols for redundancy. They break down how the TCY and Maya tokens work, explore Aztec.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:06:00 Aaluxx Starts00:09:00 The Goal Was to Complement00:11:00 TCY Recap and Outcome00:15:00 TCY Was Built Based on the Idea of MAYA00:25:00 Fee Revenue Was THORChain's Superpower00:27:00 $MAYA Token Explanation00:30:00 How Do We Buy $MAYA?00:32:00 Always Learn From Other Swap Providers00:36:00 What Does Maya Protocol Do Differently?00:39:00 POL Coming to Maya Protocol?00:42:00 Audience Question: What Is Node Distribution?00:45:00 BLOs Coming to Maya Protocol00:47:00 Similar Asset Support Provides Good Redundancy00:54:00 Starsquid Is Very Cautious About Adding Shielded Zcash to THORChain00:57:00 Aztec's Intent-Based System Design01:02:00 Why Is Decentralizing a Sequencer Difficult?01:06:00 What About the Solvers? How Do You Know They're Not Centralized?01:09:00 Will Solvers Be Decentralized and Allow Anyone to Participate?01:10:00 Can THORChain and Maya Protocol Be Solvers for NEAR Intents?01:13:00 Best Interfaces for Maya Protocol: Native Swap, Edge Wallet, and THORWallet01:19:00 What Makes You So Committed to This Ecosystem?01:30:00 Why We Will Win

In this episode, Denny, Kenton, and Chad break down the Binance hack and discuss how a single compromised employee laptop can put billions of dollars at risk. They compare centralized exchanges to THORChain’s model, and discuss privacy, censorship resistance, and how node operators could protect themselves. The conversation also gets into multiple vaults, multisig signing pools, AI monitoring and fixing node issues, and making node operator commissions easier to access.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:04:00 Chad's Idea of Explaining How THORChain Works00:06:00 Responding to People Online00:11:00 THORChain Not Existing Doesn't Change Obfuscation00:15:00 Compliance Conversation: Let's Exchange00:19:00 Screenshare of an Individual Who Talked About How THORChain Helps People00:24:00 BTC Mining Event in the Past About Not Observing Certain Transactions00:27:00 Clearing Up the Misconceptions About BTC00:32:00 Result of Trying to Stop a Decentralized System00:34:00 How the Hack Happened and Why THORChain Is the Solution00:38:00 Multisig Design and Monovault?00:42:00 AI Node Operators?00:46:00 AI, Space, and Technology00:57:00 Space Discussion Continues01:03:00 The Ethos of Freedom and Permissionlessness01:08:00 Current State of the Network01:10:00 XMR Network and Decentralized Network01:18:00 Maya Protocol01:29:00 The Importance of Not Having Dependencies01:33:00 POL Discussion: Resource Allocation01:38:00 Base Pause, 3.2201:43:00 3.21.2: SOL Can Be Reenabled01:45:00 Memoless Can Be Turned Back On01:48:00 Bond Yield Discussion01:56:00 Bonding Discussion02:05:00 RevShare02:09:00 Optimization Discussion02:13:00 Quote Experiment

In this episode, Eric from Moca explains how businesses can accept crypto payments through THORChain and settle in their preferred asset. They discuss merchant adoption, compliance, referral incentives, and Moca’s upcoming launch. We also apologise for the technical difficulties we experienced.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:22 Marketing Update00:05:07 MOCA Introduction00:11:07 Friction in Finance Leads to Losing Customers00:13:03 MOCA Is a Point-of-Sale App00:16:45 Does MOCA Require Both the Merchant and Customer?00:20:26 APIs That Wallets Can Integrate in Less Than One Day00:22:47 Building Circular Economies00:31:53 Stablecoin Adoption Is Bullish for MOCA00:34:12 MOCA's Technology and Decentralization00:39:34 MOCA Is a Trojan Horse for Freedom00:41:08 MOCA Is No-KYC00:44:17 What Languages and Local Currencies Does MOCA Support?00:47:01 Bitcoin Cash and Dash Communities Are Excited About MOCA00:48:28 MOCA's Marketing Strategy00:54:57 The Cost Savings00:55:23 How Are People Compensated for Promoting MOCA?00:59:30 Why Crypto Communities Are Incentivized to Promote MOCA01:07:27 Exploring MOCA's Future Utility01:14:39 MOCA Platform Demonstration01:22:18 What's Coming Next for MOCA's Point of Sale?01:27:34 MOCA Is Almost Ready to Go01:38:12 Final Thoughts

In this episode, the team discusses the latest SwapKit revenue share results, THORChain 3.21.1 and the upcoming Monero launch, and a proposal to make the protocol more financially self-reliant. Hans and Pragmatic Monkey also join to explain Rujira’s proposed Kaiyo blockchain, its relationship with THORChain, and how both ecosystems can remain aligned.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:05:00 Four API Key Requests00:11:00 3.21.1 Coming Very Soon and XMR00:12:00 Dynamic Fee Update00:13:00 SwapKit RevShare00:16:00 Number Breakdown00:22:00 Idea About Decreasing Reliance on the Treasury00:30:00 Treasury Discussion Continues00:39:00 Transition to the App Layer00:43:00 Kaiyo00:50:00 Design Possibilities01:10:00 Lengthy Debate01:44:00 Boone Joins02:05:00 Bonding on Layer 2 Discussion02:18:00 BLO Discussion

In this episode, Cozy from ZODL joins the team to discuss Zcash’s privacy technology and how ZODL makes shielded transactions easier to use. They explore ZODL’s roadmap for spending, saving, and running infrastructure, its business model, the future of private payments, and potential integration with THORChainSwap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:04:00 Cozy's Introduction00:10:00 What Is Zcash and Why Cozy Enjoys It00:12:00 Why Zcash Instead of Monero?00:18:00 History of the ZODL Wallet00:23:00 Is There a Token for ZODL?00:25:00 How Is ZODL Unique?00:27:00 Why Use ZODL and What's Coming?00:28:00 Three Core Concepts: Run, Spend, Send00:32:00 How Does ZODL Make Money?00:38:00 Can Regular Zcash Be Swapped?00:42:00 Quantum Resistance00:46:00 Privacy by Default in the Future?00:54:00 Pokémon Cards as a New Currency01:00:00 60 Minutes at the ZCON Conference01:03:00 KYC-Lite Onboarding

In this episode, the team discusses THORChain’s marketing and AI search visibility, Router v6, faster block times, and improvements to testing and code reviews. They also cover SwapKit revenue sharing, a new visual code review tool, security improvements, POL and liquidity rewards.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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.https://gitlab.com/thorchain/misc/visual-reviewTimestamps:00:00:00 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:06:00 We're Winning on AI Search Results and Getting Lots of API Requests00:08:00 Advertising on ChatGPT?00:11:00 Chad B Starts: BSC on Router V6, Churnless Chain Addition in the Next Release, and 2-Second Block Times?00:16:00 Continued Block Time Discussion: Maybe in the Next 2 Months00:17:00 Screenshare of More Tests Available for AI00:20:00 Audience Question About LLMs Using Formal Verification00:28:00 SwapKit Revenue Update: Scaling With 3.2100:31:00 Dynamic Fee Changes and Web View00:34:00 A Visual Guide to the Upcoming Changes00:39:00 This Website Will Show Precise Code Changes and Explain Everything00:45:00 Continued Demonstration00:51:00 Explanation of the Small Attack We Encountered With the IBC Attack Vector00:55:00 Adding Additional Accounting Defense Mechanisms?01:00:00 Nodes Voting to Cancel Yield to Pools01:08:00 Yield and Ethos Discussion01:15:00 XMR Update!01:17:00 Audience Question About an XMR Reorg01:21:00 MR Question01:22:00 Kenton Talks About the Swapping Experiment01:25:00 Reserve RUNE Question: Why Is There Extra?01:28:00 When ZANO?01:34:00 Shielded Zcash Pool?01:40:00 AI Code and a Change of Culture01:45:00 Everything Is Going to Be Automated

In this episode, the team discusses SwapKit revenue share performance and its potential to boost THORChain volume, the v3.21 release and Monero integration, improving swap quote accuracy, and the risks of centralized stablecoins freezing.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:05:00 Dynamic Fee Update00:09:00 Screenshare of SwapKit RevShare and Explanation00:13:00 Performance and Potential to Scale00:18:00 If It Does So Well, We Can Reduce the RevShare00:20:00 Potential Bullish Case for RevShare00:22:00 Managing Expectations and Diminishing Returns?00:26:00 Is This a Moat?00:29:00 Wen 3.21?00:31:00 Another Screenshare of Rayanalytics and RevShare Performance00:33:00 How Do We Make Sure Others Give Accurate Quotes?00:35:00 Experiment With Rayyk: Quotes and Results00:41:00 Structure of the Experiment00:44:00 Wen XMR?00:47:00 Removing the Need for Churning to Add Chain Clients?00:48:00 Conversation About POL and Permissioned Assets Being Paused00:55:00 Tether CEO and Chad Spoke00:57:00 Chainflip Is Centralized Because It Relies on Tether01:02:00 How THORChain Would Respond to a Pool Pause01:06:00 Legal Consequences for a Centralized Entity Freezing Assets01:14:00 Making Another THORChain Fork to Add More Chains?01:20:00 THORNode Is Getting Faster by Scanning Live Daemons/Nodes01:25:00 Do Decreasing Block Times Increase Volume?01:30:00 Can Huugin Approve PRs?01:39:00 How Would You Trial This Idea to See How Huugin Performs?01:43:00 Sanity Checks Protect Against AI Mistakes01:47:00 Go to 1-Second Block Times? (Audience Question)01:48:00 Will THORChain Be the Ultimate Maintainer of Cosmos SDK?01:50:00 Could THORChain Move to a Different Blockchain if Needed?01:58:00 Add Hyperliquid?02:01:00 FROST Being Worked On and Added to BIFROST02:03:00 Replacing GG20 or Additive?

The discussion covers ZANO’s privacy-focused blockchain, the recent exploit, and Freedom Dollar (fUSD). The team also explores a potential THORChain integration, permissionless swaps, confidential assets, and ZANO’s upcoming developments.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:04:00 Introductions00:05:00 What Is ZANO?00:06:00 The Consensus Mechanism00:09:00 Is ZANO a Fork?00:11:00 What Happened With ZANO Recently?00:15:00 ZANO's Positive Reaction to the Exploit00:17:00 Everyone Will Be Made Whole00:21:00 Frozen Pools on THORChain00:22:00 Is ZANO Developing a Stablecoin?00:24:00 How Does Freedom Dollar Maintain Its Peg?00:26:00 Freedom Dollar Has No Blacklist Ability00:27:00 Due to Privacy, There Is No Way to Have a Blacklist00:29:00 Gateway Address Explanation00:32:00 Does the Gateway Address Need More Tweaking Because THORChain Churns?00:35:00 How THORChain Swaps Work: Everything Is Public00:37:00 How Do We Foresee ZANO Flourishing and Its Use Cases?00:40:00 Audience Question About Assets Backing Freedom Dollar00:42:00 Is There a Backdoor in ZANO? (No, LOL)00:45:00 Permissionlessness Is Essential00:47:00 What's Coming Next for ZANO? What Makes You Excited?00:49:00 Excited About Moving to Pure Proof of Stake00:52:00 Block Time Chatter00:54:00 What Is Zenith?00:56:00 How Do People Hold ZANO?00:57:00 Why ZANO Needs THORChain00:58:00 ZANO Has Almost Lost Its Non-KYC Access00:59:00 Can THORChain Become the Biggest Swap Protocol for ZANO?01:04:00 Philosophical Talk About the Importance of Privacy01:06:00 Do You Fear the Consequences of Providing Privacy?01:10:00 Anything Else Before Wrapping Up?01:12:00 When Are Gateway Address Improvements Coming?

Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Introductions00:02:00 Marketing Update00:05:00 Communication Refinements00:08:00 Chad Barraford Begins: Unchained Podcast00:12:00 Continued Discussion About the Interaction on the Podcast00:16:00 Discussion of Governance Structure00:20:00 Double Standards in Logical Arguments Made Against THORChain00:26:00 Pausing Doesn't Make Sense for Multiple Reasons00:32:00 Reaction to Unchained Podcast00:35:00 Chad's Thoughts on the Arguments and Misinformation00:40:00 Chad's Offer to Go on a Separate Podcast00:46:00 Node Operators Targeting Other Node Operators for Disagreeing? LOL. No!00:51:00 Graphic Screenshare of Online Metrics00:57:00 Screenshare of RevShare Dashboard00:59:00 A Few Wallets Asking About the RevShare Program01:03:00 RevShare Is Controlled by the Nodes01:08:00 AI and Recursive Self-Improvement: The THORChain Angle01:14:00 Faster Block Times?01:16:00 Encryption Concerns With Future AI Capabilities and ECDSA01:21:00 What Would It Look Like if ECDSA Got Cracked?01:25:00 3.21 Update01:28:00 Memoless Will Be Reenabled01:31:00 Edge Cases in XMR01:32:00 Wen Batched Outbounds?01:35:00 Who Will Enable Monero When It Goes Live?01:37:00 Over-Solvency Question01:49:00 What Can the Protocol Do About Nodes That Are Unresponsive in Ready Status?01:51:00 Any Communication Between Marketing or Core Devs and Governments?01:55:00 AI Shield Model From NEAR01:58:00 The Cyberpunk Ethos Is Gone From BTC02:02:00 Any Other Ideas for Increasing the Treasury?

In this episode, we have Aaron from Houdini Swap, who gives us an overview of what Houdini Swap is and how it works, including how swaps are executed and the regulations associated with them. After that, Kenton gives us an extended marketing update.Swap now https://swap.thorchain.org/?ref=g39yp9zwjslfTHORChain 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 Intro00:02:00 Koitsu Farewell00:04:00 Houdini Swap Introduction00:08:00 Kenton Talks About His Experience With the Stock Market and Manipulation00:11:00 Why the Idea of Houdini Swap Came Out00:17:00 Explaining the Ethos and What It's Like to Use Houdini Swap00:19:00 BTC Mining Entity Had Houdini Build a Custom API for Private Payments00:23:00 How Private Is Houdini Swap? Bulletproof?00:25:00 How Much Info Can Houdini Give to Third Parties if Requested by Authorities?00:34:00 It Is Not Houdini's Job to Ensure What Is Right or Wrong00:36:00 How Exactly Houdini Swap Works00:39:00 The Obfuscation Is Hard to Break!00:40:00 What Else Should the Audience Know?00:47:00 Houdini Swap Protects People and Saves Lives00:48:00 New Features?00:50:00 Houdini Pay Feature00:51:00 Houdini Screenshare00:59:00 Houdini Private Send Is Quickly Becoming the Preferred Feature!01:02:00 THORChain's Price Competitiveness vs. Other Exchanges01:05:00 Important to Keep THORChain as Cheap as Possible!01:10:00 How It Looks on STO01:15:00 DeFiLlama Has Been Doing Good Metrics So Far!01:19:00 ZEC Announcement Critique01:24:00 How Do We Announce XMR?01:30:00 Let's Work Together as a Community01:33:00 Harmonizing Financial Reports With Blockworks and Crypto Protocols01:38:00 I'd Like to Get in With Bitcoin Magazine01:40:00 Tangem Question01:46:00 Passkey Wallet01:49:00 Unstoppable Wallet Fork?01:53:00 Good AI Readiness Score01:58:00 If You See Any "Liquidity Protocol" Titles, Let Kenton Know So He Can Correct Them!