10 episodes
The Gwart Show | Bitcoin Tech & Culture Gwarty
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Through conversations with crypto’s brightest lights, Gwart embarks on a one-man crusade to find the real value of cryptocurrency. Once weekly episodes with guests.
Pseudonymous, Gwart is a crypto-Twitter troll and thinkboi seeking answers to non-existent problems in blockchains. Follow along for the most colorful conversations in crypto.
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Laser Eyes Stay On With Allen Farrington
Allen Farrington, co-founder of Axiom, discusses Bitcoin scaling, the role of venture capital in Bitcoin's ecosystem, his thoughts on DeFi, NFTs, and stablecoins, and the potential for Bitcoin to supplant fiat money. He also shares his insights on the ordinals debate and the future of Bitcoin infrastructure.
00:00:00 Start
00:00:32 Allen intro
00:01:22 Allen's background
00:06:30 Investing in public Bitcoin companies
00:10:44 Axiom
00:13:26 What wrong with DeFi
00:20:38 How does Axiom decide what to invest in
00:24:11 Lightning gaming
00:28:49 Criticisms of lightning
00:33:02 Do L2s have to have trust tradeoffs?
00:36:00 Will BTC kill fiat?
00:38:52 How is Axiom NOT like other VCs?
00:42:23 Are tokens always silly?
00:48:56 Stablecoins
00:53:06 Are stablecoins doomed?
00:57:56 People want centralized stablecoins
00:59:42 What is DLCVM?
01:06:25 Rollups
01:10:47 Companies must ROI
01:19:20 Ordinals
01:27:25 The circular logic of scams
01:38:56 Wrap up
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Follow our host: @gwartygwart
👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities.
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A Chat With Mr. Tarun Chitra
In this podcast, Tarun shares his insights on ZK technology, DeFi governance, PoW vs PoS, Bitcoin L2s, and more. He discusses the challenges of marketing ZK tech, the importance of dynamic availability in PoW, and the potential for Bitcoin to adopt new opcodes. Tarun also shares his thoughts on the future of DeFi and the crypto industry as a whole.
Follow our guest on Twitter: @tarunchitra
Follow our host: @gwartygwart
👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities.
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:01:44 Tarun's background
00:02:04 Uniswap SEC case
00:04:47 Tarun's current focus
00:09:17 ZK tech's appeal
00:14:38 ZK tech applications
00:18:48 Solana fees & networking
00:25:44 State of DeFi governance
00:30:32 PoW vs PoS debate
00:40:31 Token voting & centralization
00:44:55 Token governance issues
00:49:55 PoW as better money
00:57:58 PoS issuance & staking
01:03:40 PoS & rational agents
01:09:11 ETF impact on staking
01:15:59 Tarun on Bitcoin L2 Alpen
01:18:54 Bitcoin ready for L2 tech?
01:21:03 OP_CTV & political will
01:22:46 Ideal Bitcoin L2 tech
01:25:02 Bitcoin Covenants (OP_CAT)
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Bitcoin Season 2 Is A Scam Part 2 With Alex B
Welcome back! In Part 2 of The Gwart Show, Alex B shares his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader crypto landscape. He discusses the flaws in Ethereum's proof of stake model, the cult-like phenomena in crypto, the reality of the Lightning Network, and the centralization concerns in DeFi. Alex also touches on the necessity of stablecoins and the constant innovation in crypto tech.
Published weekly on Sunday afternoons, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:03 Intro
00:02:44 Anything interesting in crypto?
00:15:50 Ethereum's proof of stake
00:23:48 Alex's Ethereum predictions
00:34:33 Ethereum staking derivatives
00:38:50 Bitcoin DLCs & lending
00:44:27 Decentralized finance challenges
00:48:30 Open source vs liquidity
00:53:42 Lightning Network marketing
00:59:27 Lightning elegant but limited
01:03:39 Stablecoins on Lightning
This show is produced by Blockspace.media -
Bitcoin Season 2 Is A Scam (Also Ethereum) With Alex B
Alex B, writer at Bitcoin Magazine and longtime Bitcoin Twitter user, joins The Gwart Show in this two part series on the heart and soul of Bitcoin maximalism, why it matters, if Bitcoin Season 2 is a sham and, of course, if Ethereum is a scam.
Follow our guest on Twitter: @bergealex4
Follow our host: @gwartygwart
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:18 Introducing Alex Be
00:05:41 Bitcoin scaling discussion
00:17:44 Necessary Bitcoin primitives
00:36:02 Protocols & Bitcoin economy
00:38:18 Incremental vs risky changes
00:48:30 Eric & Rudy's views
00:49:44 Bitcoiners' concerns
00:50:50 Defi's degeneracy
01:00:31 MEV on Bitcoin
01:02:03 Miners & economies of scale
01:09:55 Drive chains & merged mining
01:14:21 Meta protocols & centralization
01:18:55 Miners & meme coins
01:20:21 Ordinals' impact on Bitcoin
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Solana, What’s Right And What’s Wrong
Eugene Chen, co-founder of Ellipsis Labs, discusses the future of decentralized finance, Solana's vision for transforming traditional finance, and how Phenix aims to redefine on-chain trading. He also shares insights on the Ethereum vs. Solana debate and the challenges of optimizing blockchains for Defi applications.
Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.
00:00:00 Start
00:00:18 Eugene's background
00:01:17 Defi work before Ellipsis
00:02:21 From HFT to Defi
00:05:25 Competing with TradFi
00:08:07 Phenix as proof of concept
00:10:18 Providing better liquidity
00:13:48 Solana's issues & progress
00:16:47 Solana's research focus
00:19:24 Gita removes mempool
00:20:28 MEV: AMMs vs order books
00:23:43 Ethereum MEV direction
00:25:13 Solana's speed & MEV
00:29:07 Ellipsis' 5-15yr vision
00:35:09 Ideal decentralization
00:35:50 Solana token & platform
00:38:16 Economic security as meme
00:41:33 Defi's on-chain strengths
00:44:47 Rollups & interoperability
00:48:30 Valid Solana criticisms
00:51:31 Solana vs new fast chains
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The How And Why of AMMs With Alex Nezlobin
Mechanism this, mechanism that. Why does crypto infrastructure even matter? Gwart tunes in with Alex Nezlobin to discuss the history and importance of AMMs like Uniswap.
Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:01:11 Alex's Background
00:04:21 Problems in TradFi
00:06:29 Alex's Interest in AMMs
00:17:16 Robinhood & Payment for Order Flow
00:22:52 The Future of AMMs
00:27:31 Frontrunning & Insider Trading
00:37:31 AMM Landscape on Ethereum
00:46:46 Colocation & Latency
00:52:28 Builder Centralization
01:08:18 Fast Chains & AMM Losses
01:25:13 AMMs in 20 Years
01:34:36 Wrap-up