DROPS E20: @seunlanlege - founder of @hyperbridge reshaping how blockchains talk to each other. We talk about: - Building cross-chain infrastructure that acts like undersea cables for crypto - The failures of traditional bridges and how HyperBridge removes trust from the system - Lessons from working with Ethereum & @Polkadot co-founder @gavofyork - Why decentralisation and openness aren’t optional - they’re survival - How growing up in Nigeria shaped Seun’s drive to build trustless systems - The philosophy behind building open, verifiable systems - and rejecting gatekeeping And much more! Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Welcome To Drops 2:13 Language Attraction 3:08 Where Math Brain Comes From 4:40 Explain What You Do 6:04 Deeper Into Internet Example 7:35 Who Are You 8:41 Favorite Philosopher 10:30 Something To Build Trust 11:54 Chip On The Shoulder 14:36 How To Make Things Happen 17:39 Working With Ethereum Co-Founder 19:57 Self Teaching Blockchain Technology 21:15 One Lesson On Infrastructure 23:45 Something Gavin Doesn’t Understand 26:57 What The Hacks Exposed 30:00 What’s The Breakthrough 31:13 Analogy For HyperBridge To Click 34:08 No One’s Figured This Out, Why? 36:02 Going About Business Development 40:08 Why Bridges Are Necessary 40:36 Convincing Teams To Bet On You 42:05 Thinking Behind HyperBridge's Openness 44:08 Making HyperBridge A Sustainable System 44:49 Your Pitch To Convince Investors