dYdX Foundation: Insights on Scaling an Appchain Ecosystem

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Episode Summary

In this episode of StablePod, we sit down with Josh Watts, Head of Governance & Strategic Initiatives at the dYdX Foundation, a team on a mission to support and promote the dYdX ecosystem by enabling communities, developers, and decentralized governance. In our conversation, Josh shares his journey to joining the Foundation, the unique culture of Cosmos, and dYdX Unlimited, an exciting upgrade coming to the protocol.

Time Stamps
  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:40 Josh Pre-Crypto

  • 03:50 Why Josh joined the dYdX Foundation

  • 05:06 What Josh focuses on in his role

  • 08:05 dYdX Progressive Decentralization

  • 08:57 dYdX Foundation's Notable Highlights

  • 13:02 Governance Complexity of Appchains

  • 18:01 Validators vs Delegates vs Contributors

  • 21:14 How dYdX Governance is different from other ecosystems

  • 23:19 dYdX SubDAOs' Progress

  • 30:05 Can SubDAOs become more?

  • 33:19 dYdX Delegation Program

  • 38:11 Attracting Top Ecosystem Participants

  • 39:30 dYdX Unlimited Protocol Upgrade

  • 42:08 The Megavault

  • 46:43 What's next for the dYdX Foundation

  • 48:57 Gustav's Parting Words of Wisdom

  • 49:39 Outro

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