This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Nimit from Girnaar NodesNimit, an entrepreneur, prioritizes bare-metal infrastructure over mainstream cloud providers, emphasizing the synergy between technology and capital. He champions decentralization, community, and continuous learning as key drivers of innovation, advocating for efficient compute power utilization through research-backed solutions.Girnaar Nodes offers staking services designed to facilitate passive income generation and the expansion of your crypto portfolio, all while dedicated machines and expert teams handle the heavy lifting.00:00 – 01:06 : Intro 01:06 -- 03:58 : Nimit tells us about himself. 03:58 -- 05:31 : Talks about involvement with LIDAR Finance05:31 -- 08:19 : Take on centralized and decentralized networks.08:19 -- 11:00 : The correct way to act to a story like Juno?11:00 -- 15:54 : The mission and values of Girnaar15:54 -- 21:42 : What a decentralized validator would look like.21:42 -- 30:57 : Capital and increasing it with other revenue streams.30:57 -- 33:31 : Thoughts on bare metal and cloud 33:31 -- 35:55 : Decentralized cloud projects35:55 -- 39:15 : The biggest challenge and what helped39:15 -- 44:30 : How do you build the community44:30 -- 49:58 : Showing your value to the community49:58 -- 54:22 : How does a staker today should find the right validator?54:22 -- 57:26 : The BlitzWe spoke to Nimit Bavishi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimitbavishi/?originalSubdomain=in) about Girnaar Nodes (@girnaarnodes) and:Cloud creditsNever build on AWS or MicrosoftBare metal or nothingCompute power into money.2017 bull marketThe right thing to do is decentralizing.Who have the capital?Success is limited.The capital can't override the tech.The tech can't override the capital.Staking a positive flywheel effectAccount abstraction.CommunityLearning was mindset.The answer is research.If you like what we do at Citizen Web3:Stake with Citizen Web3 validator (https://www.citizenweb3.com/staking)Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/oZitakaMCao)Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/citizen_web3)Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizenweb3.com/rss)Special Guest: Nimit Bavishi .