Anthony Sassano | Layer Zero
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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2021
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Anthony Sassano is undoubtedly one of the most committed individuals to the Ethereum ecosystem and the values that come along with it. Dropping newsletters and podcasts every weekday with his consistent fervor is inspiring as it is valuable.
In this episode Layer Zero, we dive into what drives Anthony. This opens up to a broader conversation of philosophy, longevity research, his thesis on life, and his beard oil company (?!)
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
4:20 Justin Drake & Layer Zero
6:30 You Need A Social Layer
9:24 Profit & Value
14:20 Anthony’s Story & Drive
22:10 Why Ethereum?
28:48 Ethereum Content In Perpetuity
32:04 Gathering Momentum and Energy
38:58 Manic about Ethereum
43:40 Grand Thesis on Life
52:00 Denial of Death
1:02:40 Security and Monetary Policy
1:06:17 Longevity Research
1:13:52 The Bleeding Edge
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Resources:
Anthony on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20
The Daily Gwei:
https://thedailygwei.substack.com/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Layer 0. |
| 0:15.0 | Layer 0 is a podcast of unscripted conversations with the people that make up the Ethereum community. |
| 0:21.0 | Ethereum is built by code but is composed by people and each individual member of the Ethereum community has their own story to tell. |
| 0:28.0 | CypherPunks understood that the code they write impacts the people that use it. |
| 0:32.0 | Layer 0 is a podcast that focuses on the people behind the code because Ethereum is people all the way down and it always has been. |
| 0:39.0 | Today I'm talking with Anthony Cezano and I always joke that Anthony, he would submit his own soul as a PR request to Ethereum if he had the chance. |
| 0:48.0 | Anthony does 5 30 minute YouTube videos a week and 5 articles a week all about updates and thoughts about the Ethereum ecosystem on his daily Gweiden newsletter and YouTube channel. |
| 0:58.0 | In today's conversation with Anthony, we talk about what he finds meaningful about working for a decentralized protocol. |
| 1:05.0 | How does he find purpose in working for Ethereum? |
| 1:08.0 | This leads to a conversation about values and working towards something greater than oneself and ultimately finishes with a broader conversation about why humans form tribes, |
| 1:16.0 | join organized teams and rally around symbols. |
| 1:20.0 | When something like Ethereum promises to be around for countless generations, being a part of the early bootstrapping phase provides Anthony with immense purpose in his life and why he has an unceasing amount of energy to help promote the best of what this space has to offer. |
| 1:35.0 | While I've only met Anthony in real life once, he is a close friend of mine and it couldn't be more obvious that he's here in crypto for the right reasons. |
| 1:43.0 | So without further ado, let's go ahead and get right into the conversation with Anthony Susano. |
| 1:48.0 | But first, a moment to talk about some of these fantastic sponsors that make the show possible. |
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| 2:00.0 | Instead of a cumbersome order book system where trades are matched with other humans, Uniswap is an autonomous piece of software on Ethereum, which is what Ryan and I call a money robot. |
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| 2:19.0 | Something brand new in the Uniswap ecosystem is the Uniswap grants program is now accepting applications for grants. |
| 2:26.0 | We have been saying this for a while and we'll say it again. |
| 2:29.0 | Dows have money and they are in need of labor. |
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