Building A Better Ponzi with Ameen Soleimani | Layer Zero

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Ameen Soleimani is the Founder and CEO of SpankChain, the co-creator of MolochDAO, and the co-founder of Reflexer Labs, which created RAI.

David and Ameen chat about Moloch, coordination, DAOs, and what DAOs can do for both Ethereum and the broader world. Additionally, they get into Ameen’s recent fight against the Federal Reserve.

This is a mind-expanding discussion that you won’t want to miss. Enjoy!

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
5:25 Ameen’s Crypto Perch
7:22 Ethereum’s Culture
9:55 Ameen’s Activity in the Space
14:03 Moloch Meme’s Origin
22:03 Moloch DAO & PTSD(AO)
31:31 Ability to Freely Exit
35:20 Organizational Change
42:55 Slaying Moloch
50:25 Global Settlement Layer
54:20 Sticks vs. Carrots
59:18 RAI, the Fed, Ponzis, & the Dollar
1:10:32 Thomas Jefferson & Slavery
1:15:34 Dollar Printing Gone Wrong
1:18:00 Invading Iraq
1:19:50 Ignoring, Overreacting & the Dollar
1:27:18 How Ethereum Fixes Things
1:34:11 Closing

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Resources:

Ameen Soleimani
https://twitter.com/ameensol

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