Podcast Episodes

History of ZKProofs | With Eli Ben Sasson

The History of Zero-Knowledge Proofs | with ZK “Godfather” Eli Ben Sasson

In 2013, computer science professor Eli Ben-Sasson presented his research on zero-knowledge proofs at a small Bitcoin conferen…

Published on 3 months ago

Digital Property Rights & ZKPs | With Edan Yago

Edan Yago has been in the “Bitcoin DeFi” ecosystem since before that term was a thing. An early adopter of Rootstock, Yago developed the “largest DeFi ecosystem in Bitcoin” through DEX @sovryn before…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Problem With Bitcoin L2s | With Mike Casey

Michael Casey was brought on by MARA to address an often overlooked problem in the world of Bitcoin Layer 2s… they generally don’t contribute much to the security budget of Layer 1 Bitcoin. We often …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fee-Market Maximalism | With Rena Shah

Stacks was one of the first “Bitcoin L2s” (or “Bitcoin scalers” if you’ll call it that) that has stayed incredibly relevant in the Bitcoin Season 2 era. From conducting the first regulated token sale…

Published on 4 months ago

The Great Covenants Debate | With Red and Janusz

If you’re following Ordinals, you’ve likely heard the term “OP_CAT,” a proposed Bitcoin opcode popularized by the Taproot Wizards In this episode, I brought on Janusz and Red from Bitcoin Layers to b…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Make Bitcoin Quantum Resistant | With Hunter Beast

Is Bitcoin going to break? Don’t roll your eyes: quantum computing may be a more realistic threat to Bitcoin than you think, and it may only be a few years away. Thankfully, Bitcoin dev Hunter Beast …

Published on 5 months ago

Cracking The Bitcoin Bridging Problem | With Alexei Zamayatin

Build on Bitcoin (BOB) co-founder Alexei Zamayatin is older than he looks folks: he’s been researching how to build “trustless” Bitcoin bridge architecture since 2018, long before it felt anything cl…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Domo's Perspective & the History of BRC20 | With Domo

A particularly special episode—@domodata sits down with me for his first video interview ever—to recount the unique history of the BRC20 protocol.The first Bitcoin-native token standard ever created,…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alkanes Are Fueling Programmable Bitcoin | With Oyl Dynamics

Even after Ordinals, there’s a lot of infrastructure needed to make the Bitcoin economy work: wallets, indexers, interoperability, and programmable metaprotocols. Today's guests – Oyl Dynamics co-fou…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Future Of Bitcoin DeFi | With Dan Held And FarmerJoe

Bitcoin culture wasn’t always about eating red meat. The desire for L2s, DeFi, and experimentation are part of Bitcoin’s earliest roots, and those are the areas that the Asymmetric Bitcoin DeFi Ventu…

Published on 6 months ago