Discussing Pseudonymity in DeFi
summary
A panel of pseudonymous builders lists concrete products and timelines: a Bitcoin yield aggregator expanding cross-chain, a Solana decentralized-auction product targeting end of Q3, an audited Alchemix v2 adding self-repaying loans with multi‑collateral and LP tokens, and a Sushi Trident AMM aiming for September with multi-asset pools and range‑LP options. They stress opsec tradeoffs (some team members are known, Gemini required KYC), recommend multisig/time‑locks and ossified contracts, and predict rapid multi‑chain and NFT–DeFi convergence.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:40Introductions
- 2:03Guest Introductions
- 3:29Why Anonymous
- 4:52Why Crypto
- 6:00Keeping Your Identity Secret
- 6:50DaPWhisper
- 7:56Badger
- 8:30Oxmaki
- 9:07Scooby
- 12:06NFT Controversy
- 13:47Who Knows Who You Are
- 15:40What Can Anonymous Builders Do
- 17:52Building Trust
- 19:17Discussing Pseudonymity
- 20:31Reputation
- 21:56Running a team of 250
- 22:53Being nonanonymous
- 24:48Risks of being anonymous
- 27:33How do anonymous devs stay accountable
- 29:26What happens if you do something wrong
- 32:45Exchanges asking for personal information
- 34:31Cryptopunks
- 36:44Pseudonymity at conferences
- 40:03Trident
- 41:25Roadmap
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