Into the Bytecode Sina Habibian

This is my conversation with Rish, cofounder of Neynar, building infrastructure for Farcaster.

Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 intro
- 00:01:51 sponsor: Optimism
- 00:03:01 the idea maze for Neynar
- 00:12:46 exit, building blocks, and monetization models
- 00:17:20 how Neynar is architected
- 00:21:52 handling Frames Friday
- 00:25:04 scaling infrastructure by mapping requests to resources
- 00:35:05 sponsor: Privy
- 00:36:25 taking good risks as a startup
- 00:41:55 iteration and planning ahead, breadth vs depth-first search
- 00:45:36 the channel protocol spec
- 00:51:26 why build Frame Studio
- 00:56:55 companies become extensions of their founders
- 01:05:53 working on the Base team
- 01:10:28 having a tight feedback loop with users
- 01:15:18 cofounder relationship with Manan
- 01:19:25 outro

Links:
Rish - https://warpcast.com/rish
Neynar - https://neynar.com

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

Into the Bytecode:
Twitter -    / sinahab 
Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Other episodes - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Sreeram Kannan, founder at EigenLayer.
Timestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:21 sponsor: Optimism- 00:02:42 the AVS economy- 00:05:24 blockchains separate trust and innovation- 00:16:53 sponsor: Optimism- 00:18:02 specialized services and SaaS on EigenLayer- 00:24:50 rollups are open verifiable web servers- 00:41:35 rollup economics and business models- 01:55:14 the transition from academic to builder/operator- 01:06:38 impact per unit action- 01:10:26 outro
Links:Sreeram Kannan: https://twitter.com/sreeramkannanEigenLayer: https://twitter.com/eigenlayer
Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.io
Into the Bytecode:Twitter -  https://twitter.com/sinahabFarcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahabOther episodes - https://intothebytecode.com
Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Doug Petkanics and Eric Tang, cofounders of Livepeer.
Timestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:45 sponsor: Optimism- 00:03:55 Livepeer origin story- 00:11:54 FFmpeg and the video infrastructure stack- 00:17:07 compute capacity and cost in open vs closed systems- 00:22:59 GPUs as the supply side, working at NVIDIA- 00:40:27 finding latent demand- 00:46:10 sponsor: Privy- 00:47:30 learnings on go-to-market, Livepeer Studio, AI video processing- 01:00:54 AI subnets in the Livepeer network- 01:07:51 doing whatever it takes to get it done- 01:13:19 interacting with the market- 01:18:51 the inner game- 01:24:30 outro
Links:Doug Petkanics - https://twitter.com/petkanicsEric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtangLivepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeerLivepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudio
Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.io
Into the Bytecode:Twitter -  https://twitter.com/sinahabFarcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahabOther episodes - https://intothebytecode.com
Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Martin Köppelmann, cofounder of Gnosis.
Timestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:47 sponsor: Privy- 00:03:08 Gnosis Pay as an onchain bank account- 00:13:49 security, passkeys and recovery- 00:21:19 privacy, Tornado Cash- 00:28:25 sponsor: Optimism- 00:29:35 AI agents as a new form of life- 00:36:43 training with prediction markets as RLHF- 00:46:00  agents and prediction markets as interconnected concepts- 00:56:21 why now for prediction markets- 01:09:08 outro
Show notes:- Martin Köppelmann: https://twitter.com/koeppelmann- Prediction Prophet, an agent by Polywrap in collaboration with Autonolas and Gnosis: https://predictionprophet.ai/
Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.io
Into the Bytecode:Twitter -  https://twitter.com/sinahabFarcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahabOther episodes - https://intothebytecode.com
Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Varun Srinivasan - cofounder of Merkle Manufactory, the company building the Farcaster protocol and the Warpcast client.
Timestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:34 sponsor: Optimism- 00:02:44 Farcaster origins- 00:05:59 sufficient decentralization, namespaces, hubs and CRDTs- 00:16:02 type 1 vs type 2 decisions- 00:21:23 the protocol, channels, clients, spam- 00:30:13 direct messaging and end-to-end encryption- 00:36:38 a turing complete social protocol- 00:41:58 sponsor: Privy- 00:43:19 why frames- 00:52:14 Facebook, Twitter, Farcaster- 01:03:25 backstory, growing up in India, Microsoft, YC- 01:08:11 learnings from Coinbase- 01:15:13 building a company- 01:18:53 doing the one thing that matters- 01:28:07 outro
Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.io
Into the Bytecode:Twitter -  https://twitter.com/sinahabFarcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahabOther episodes - https://intothebytecode.com
Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Rebecca Rettig and Michael Mosier. Rebecca is the Chief Legal and Policy Officer at Polygon Labs. Michael is cofounder of Arktouros and partner at Ex Ante.
Timestamps:- 00:00:00 intro- 00:01:38 sponsor: Privy- 0:02:59 Rebecca's background, the Silk Road case, Aave, Polygon- 00:07:22 Michael's background, Department of Justice, FinCEN, Espresso Systems, the White House, ex/ante - 00:15:12 the current regulatory regime, Bank Secrecy Act, sanctions laws, miners/validators- 00:29:30 sponsor: Optimism- 00:30:40 genuine DeFi vs onchain CeFi, critical infrastructure- 00:44:54 Uniswap contracts, app vs protocol, wallet risk scoring, OFAC, Lazarus Group- 00:54:19 the Security Alliance (SEAL), white hats, working with the FBI- 01:08:04 why do this work, the ability to innovate in the US is a freedom- 01:12:13 crypto policy bootcamp- 01:14:00 outro
Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.io
Into the Bytecode:Twitter -  https://twitter.com/sinahabFarcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahabOther episodes - https://intothebytecode.com
Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.