The Basilisk Eats FTX (feat. Roko)

On this extra special episode, the boys welcome Roko (~bacsul-lissyl) of Basilisk fame to discuss the FTX collapse, his hopes for Urbit, and how crypto can become more than a scam. The team also dives into the dangers of centralization and censorship (on Twitter and beyond), crowdfunding and dominant assurance contracts, and the optimism of personal AI. All this and more—don't miss it.

Timestamps:

• 0:00—Intro

• 1:29—Whence Roko?

• 3:43—FTX, crypto scams, and CEXs

• 9:25—The importance of trustlessness and censorship resistance

• 15:59—Roko's history pt. II and early internet nostalgia

• 18:19—Free speech on Urbit and AI censorship

• 22:15—Personal AI

• 26:44—Barriers to technological adoption (Urbit hosting, Trezors, etc.)

• 30;55—Censorship on Twitter

• 38:23—A positive future for crypto

• 42:201—Crypto crowdfunding and dominant assurance contracts

• 46:24—Better primitives and programmable capitalism

• 49:00—Ukraine war and geopolitics

• 54:28—We out!

Connect:

• ~bichul-ritsen (@bichulR)

• ~timluc-miptev (@basileSportif)

• ~nilrun-mardux (@AlephDAO)

• Roko a.k.a. ~bacsul-lissyl (@RokoMijic)

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