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