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March 26, 2024

Mempool Sniping, MEV on Bitcoin, Private Mempools & Game of Blocks wi…

In this chat we discuss: - The growing problem of mempool sniping and what to do. - MEV on Bitcoin - Private Mempools - Game of Blocks A relaxed and wide ranging chat with Charlie Spears, Bob Bodily, Donny and …

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March 21, 2024

Anduro: A Bitcoin Sidechain Ecosystem with Jullian Duran - Product Le…

The halving is right around the corner. Miners have to adapt to the revenue reduction and stay profitable. That's what we're talking about today with a new initiative Marathon, a large public Bitcoin miner, is starting called Anduro. Creating an …

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March 18, 2024

Bitcoin Kickback Show: BRC20 "2.0" vs Runes, OPI Indexer Upgrades, Ho…

Latest Bitcoin Kickback chat with the gang! We discuss: - Charlie Spears joins Blockspace Media - OPI Indexer Upgrades - BRC20 "2.0" vs Runes - How Runes Transfers Work - Long-Term Viability of Fungible Tokens on L1

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March 1, 2024

Rootstock in Bitcoin Season 2 with Daniel Fogg - CEO of IOV Labs

Rootstock is an OG of the Bitcoin L2 space. They were the earliest in the market to focus on merge mining, EVM compatibility, and Bitcoin DeFi. In this interview, Daniel talks about the growth and what is happening within the …

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Feb. 23, 2024

Mercury Layer: Statechains Explained with Nicholas Gregory - Co-Found…

Scaling Bitcoin is hard. Statechains are one potential way to scale it in a cheap and private way with minimal people to trust. Nicholas and his team at Mercury Layer are at the bleeding edge of developing Statechains. Follow Nicholas …

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Feb. 19, 2024

Bitcoin Weekly Chat - Merlin Chain, Runes, Universal Bitcoin Symbol

The usual suspects of Charlie, Donny, Bob and I discuss latest Bitcoin topics: - Merlin Chain. New Bitcoin L2. - Latest Runes Alpha - The Universal Bitcoin/Sats Symbol - EVMs as Bitcoin sidechains - Rootstock as the best EVM sidechain …

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Feb. 16, 2024

Non-Custodial BTC L1 <> L2 Swaps with Kilian - Co-Founder of Boltz Ex…

Moving from chain to chain is a pain in the ass. Layer on custodian risk and this area is ripe for better solutions. That is what Boltz is working on with their non-custodial cross-chain/multi-layer swaps from different Bitcoin focused chains. …

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Feb. 7, 2024

BitVM meets ZK Rollups on Bitcoin with Orkun Kilic - Co-Founder of Ci…

Orkun is the co-founder of Citrea. A new Bitcoin L2 leveraging the latest ZK Rollup tech and BitVM to connect to the Bitcoin L1. Follow him on Twitter: @0x_orkun How best to scale Bitcoin is a hotly debated topic. One …

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Feb. 2, 2024

Rollups on Bitcoin, BitVM Bridges and Finding Consensus with Bob, Cha…

In this open-format chat. Charlie Spears, Donny, Bob Bodily, and myself discuss a few interesting topics including: - How close ZKrollups are to coming to Bitcoin - Building better bridges for L2s with BitVM - The Taproot Wizards BIPLand - …

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Nov. 17, 2023

Is The Seed Phrase Era Over? with Louise Ivan - CEO & Co-Founder of R…

In 2023, managing your crypto wallet is still a big pain in the butt. Seed phrases are a single point of failure no normal person wants to use. Enter the Ryder One. They have rethought the experience of what a …

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Oct. 14, 2023

E125: RGB Deep-Dive & Scaling Bitcoin with Hunter Beast - Director of…

What is RGB? That is the question we are answering today. RGB is an off-chain solution that brings smart contracts to Bitcoin. It's a radically different approach to the global-state blockchains we're used to. Hunteris the Director of Engineering at …

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Oct. 2, 2023

E124: Bitcoin Startup Investing with Mike Jarmuz - Managing Partner a…

Mike Jarmuz is the Managing Partner at Lightning Ventures. A Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm supporting early-stage founders. He has invested in over 1,500 startups to-date. We discuss: - Biggest mistakes he sees founders make when pitching - Anti-VC sentiment in …

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Sept. 11, 2023

E123: Understanding Babylon Bitcoin Staking with David Tse (Co-Founde…

$500 billion in BTC is sitting mostly dormant. Proof-of-Stake chains need large amounts of capital to secure the network. David Tse is working to solve these two problems by allowing you to stake Bitcoin and secure a myriad of other …

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Aug. 21, 2023

E122: Decoding the Lightning Network with Jesse Shrader - CEO & Co-Fo…

The Lightning Network is heralded as the future of payments. However, several aspects of the network still require refinement. Amboss is one company doing that work. Jesse and his team are creating tools to make it more efficient to run …

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Aug. 4, 2023

E121: Educating The Next 10k Bitcoin Developers with Lisa Neigut - Co…

Lisa Neigut wears many hats. Lightning Protocol Engineer, Bitcoin Educator, and developer conference organizer just to name a few. She is the co-founder of Base58, an education platform focused on teaching beginner-to-advanced courses on different parts of Bitcoin. As well …

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July 28, 2023

E120: Building Sound Finance for Sound Money with Matthew Black - Co-…

Matthew Black is building non-custodial Bitcoin financial tools. He started on the otherside side of crypto before getting disenchanted with how things were being built and making the jump to Bitcoin. Since then, him and his team have been hard …

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July 21, 2023

E119: Sovereign Stablecoins & The Bitcoin Economy - Edan Yago Intervi…

Edan Yago is a core contributor to Sovryn. A DeFi protocol building financial tools for Bitcoin on the Rootstock sidechain. In this episode, we discuss: - The role of money - Practical ways to onboard new Bitcoiners - Satoshi's Hierarchy …

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July 14, 2023

E118: 5 Insights from 1 Year in Bitcoin VC - Jacob Brown

Its been just over a year since I switched careers entirely and got into the VC space with an analyst position a the Bitcoin Frontier Fund. Here are 5 things I learned that I was completely unaware of before I …

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June 10, 2023

E117: Understanding Fedimint & Federations with Kody Low - Head of Su…

Fedi is building community-empowering tech powered by Fedimint. An open-source protocol to custody and transact Bitcoin within a community (federation). This is a wide-ranging conversation with Kody Low who is the head of developer & product support at Fedi. We …

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June 3, 2023

E116: Ordinals, BRC20's, & Rollups Explained with Bob Bodily - CEO & …

A tsunami of innovation has crashed over Bitcoin in the past few months thanks to Ordinals. It's hard to keep up with the latest. Bob Bodily breaks down ordinals, inscriptions, BRC20s, rollups, and more. He and his team are also …

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May 12, 2023

E115: Building the Bitcoin Economy with Muneeb Ali - Co-Creator of St…

Muneeb needs no introduction. He is an OG in the Bitcoin space and has been building in the space for over a decade. He co-created the Stacks blockchain with Ryan Shea and currently is the CEO of Trust Machines which …

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March 31, 2023

E114: Stablecoins, Bitcoin and Building Protocols on Stacks - Philip …

Philip De Smedt is the co-founder and core contributor to Arkadiko. Arkadiko is a stablecoin protocol and lending platform built on Stacks, working to create better and more transparent finance tools for everyone. We discuss: - Why stablecoins aren't so …

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March 25, 2023

E113: Building a Bitcoin Bridge for All Chains - Alexei Zamyatin | Co…

Alexei Zamyatin is a Bitcoin enthusiast, researcher & software developer. He co-founded Interlay to solve the problem of getting Bitcoin to be used in as many places as possible in a safe, secure way. That lead them to build the …

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March 22, 2023

E112: This Week in Bitcoin for March 22nd, 2023 (Bitcoin, Lightning, …

Links to everything mentioned in this episode: https://builtonbitcoin.beehiiv.com/p/week-bitcoin-march-22nd-2023 Follow Built on Bitcoin on Twitter: @JakeBlockchain Stay updated to all new Bitcoin innovation: www.builtonbitcoin.xyz

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