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Governmental Criminals, Humanity and Philosophy with Seun Lanlege

Citizen Web3 Podcast·serejandmyself·14 August 2025·1h

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This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Seun Lanlege from Hyperbridge In an interview, Seun Lanlege shared bold views on philosophy, science, blockchain, and politics—ranging from calling math “alchemy” to claiming Nigeria has the worst election fraud and that the government is the “biggest criminal.” He criticized Ethereum, praised Solana, warned that states could destroy humanity, and touched on profit, capitalism, and the moral compass of life. Polytope Labs is a blockchain R&D company focused on interoperability, privacy, and scalability, best known for its Hyperbridge protocol. Backed by Web3 Foundation and Polkadot grants, it develops infrastructure to securely connect decentralized networks. We spoke to Seun Lanlege about Hyperbridge and: Philosophy is all about asking questions Science is downstream from philosophy The language of math, is a description of the universe Math is this like alchemy Nigeria has the worst election fraud Doubling down on why Ethereum sucks Solana is where Ethereum it’s at Maximizing profit Market always does capitalism Grifters and all kinds of unsavoury characters Blockchains inevitably will inherit the legal frameworks of countries The right way, the hard way Taxation Biggest criminal, which is the government The state is going to destroy humanity Timestamps 00:00 – 03:36 : Intro If you like what we do at Citizen Web3: Stake with Citizen Web3 validator Listen to the YouTube version Follow us on Twitter Sign up to the RSS feed Special Guest: Seun Lanlege.