Podcast Episodes

Bitcoin Lending | With Fred Krueger and Ben Sigman

Fred Krueger has always “followed the money” from Finance in the 80s, to software in the 90s, to the internet in 00s… and finally, to Bitcoin.A self-described “opportunist,” it was the networks-effec…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Protecting Bitcoin From "MEVIL" | With Matt Corallo

After starting full-time in Bitcoin straight out of college (as a co-founder of Blockstream… NBD) Matt Corallo is one of the most long-standing and prolific Bitcoin contributors in the world, having …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Orange Pilling Crypto With Cats and Wizards | With Udi Wertheimer

One of the most influential voices in “Bitcoin Season II,” Udi Wertheimer is one of the most controversial and, perhaps, most misunderstood figures in the Bitcoin community broadly. A self-identified…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Building Rollups on Bitcoin + the Battle for OP_Return | with Citrea

BITCOIN RAILS EPISODE #27: Building Rollups on Bitcoin + the Battle for ‘OP_Return’ | with @citrea_xyz founders @0x_orkun and @ekrembal_

The founders of Citrea were unlikely superstars in the Bitcoin…

Published on 4 months ago

The Untold Story of CTV | With Jeremy Rubin

The introduction of covenants to Bitcoin has been a long-standing debate—one recently brought back into consideration with the memetically-driven advocacy of “OP_CAT” by the Taproot Wizards.

In previo…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Birth of BitVM and the Fight for "End Game" Money I with Robin Linus

In early 2024, independent developer Robin Linus published a paper outlining how one theoretically could verify zero-knowledge proofs on native Bitcoin for near-trustless scaling. A feat long conside…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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 4 months, 3 weeks 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 5 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 5 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 5 months, 4 weeks ago