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Licensed to Shill: Designing Decentralization: Governance, Power, and the Validator Problem (Tanisha Katara) | Blockcast 86

March 3, 2026·35 min
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This episode digs into what actually happens after a protocol says it’s “decentralized.” Not the whitepaper version. The operational version. Tanisha Katara joins Taka, Lisa J.Y. Tan, and Nikhil Joshi to unpack how governance works once real money, real validators, and real incentives are involved. The conversation moves from academic theory to validator wealth concentration, then into AI agents negotiating with each other inside governance systems. Connect with Tanisha Katara: LinkedInTwitte...

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