Be Less Worse: Richard Moore (ricmoo) - ethers.js

Timestamps 

00:00 - Welcome to the Human Protocol Podcast 
00:30 - “Random developer from Canada” and Canadian humility 
02:27 - Before crypto: Waterloo, Blackberry, Kindle, Amazon 
03:43 - Why the Kickstarter failed and what it taught him 
05:33 - The hackathon project that was not about crypto 
06:27 - The Bitcoin meetup that led to Ethereum 
07:42 - Why Bitcoin mattered for people without access to banking 
10:12 - Learning crypto by building wallets and writing BitcoinD in Python 
11:01 - The risky early Ethereum wallet and the 1 percent bug 
12:17 - Why Ethers was built to be smaller than Web3.js 
13:09 - Making Ethers work without syncing the whole blockchain 
14:21 - When Ethers first shipped publicly 
15:18 - How Gitcoin made open source funding feel real 
17:09 - Why growth felt gradual instead of overnight 
18:31 - Speaking at Devcon and becoming known in the ecosystem 
20:21 - The burden of maintaining critical code with millions of downloads 
22:42 - What he wishes he knew before public releases became high stakes 
23:26 - Why API changes are painful and why older versions linger for years 
26:07 - What anonymity and doxxing feel like from his side 
28:08 - What he sacrificed, and why he feels net ahead overall 
29:03 - Programming as a lifelong pastime 
30:19 - Woodworking, DIY, and buying land in the middle of nowhere 
31:48 - What happens if he stops tomorrow 
34:06 - Why AI will reshape the developer market 
36:19 - The frog he accidentally hit and still feels bad about 
37:33 - What ecosystem capture says about crypto funding 
39:33 - Hoping for a future ENS DAO reboot 
41:17 - A randomized system for resisting rule gaming 
44:00 - Why most people are not naturally greedy or predatory 
48:21 - Culture, marketing, and why values get reinforced early 
50:40 - Non negotiables: kindness and gratitude 
53:45 - Final takeaways: be kind, be happy, touch grass, be less worse