#464: Adrian Brink, Co-Founder of Anoma and Namada, on Intents, Crypto Infrastructure, the Lack of Crypto Apps, and Sovereignty

Adrian Brink is co-founder of Anoma and Namada. Previously, he worked at Tendermint (Cosmos) as the 3rd core developer and Head of Partnerships, and at Web3 Foundation as a technologist. Before Anoma and Namada, Adrian also co-founded proof-of-stake validator Cryptium Labs and Metastate, an R&D team focused on protocol development, architecture, ZK cryptography, and programming languages.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The present state of crypto
- Almost every chain is a version of Ethereum
- What are intents and why are they so important?
- The decentralized nature of Anoma
- Why is there so much infrastructure but so few apps?
- What does Anoma’s mainnet rollout look like?
- Why is sovereignty the fundamental goal of the crypto movement?
- Surviving WW3 (if it happens)
- Becoming the “world computer”
- Moving the DMV onchain

Anoma
Website: anoma.net
X: @anoma
Discord: discord.gg/anoma

Namada
Website: namada.net
X: @namada
Discord: discord.gg/namada

Adrian Brink
X: @adrianbrink
LinkedIn: Adrian Brink

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