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episode 404: Chris Spadafora: BadgerDAO – Bridging Bitcoin and DeFi
Badger is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) with a single purpose: To build the products and infrastructure necessary to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. BadgerDAO is extremely community focused and has succeeded in creating a seamlessly operating DAO out of a group of random people with a shared set of values and a mission.
BadgerDAO's founder, Chris Spadafora, joined us to talk about how he built this decentralized community, why Bitcoin & DeFi, and the products they have created including Sett and Digg.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Chris' background and how BadgerDAO came about
- How they successfully built a strong community
- Why Bitcoin and DeFi?
- Who is the target audience for Badger?
- The Sett vaults - strategies
- Digg - the rebase system
- Chris' thoughts on “DeFi on Bitcoin”
Episode links:
- Badger website
- BadgerDAO Wiki
- Discord
- Badger on Twitter
- Chris on Twitter
Sponsors:
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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/404