Built on Bitcoin with Jacob Brown Jacob Brown
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Interviews with founders building on Bitcoin. Jacob takes an open-minded approach and talks with builders from all corners of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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BitSNARK, Grail Bridge & Bitcoin Rollups with Edan Yago - Core Contributor at Sovryn & Bitcoin OS
In this episode, Yago delves into the significance of the Bitcoin halving and its role in the consolidation of the cryptocurrency industry as Bitcoin begins to establish its dominance. He explores key technological advancements in Bitcoin, including Taproot and roll-ups, that position it as an operating system for a decentralized future. Additionally, Yago discusses Sovryn's multi-chain strategy aimed at creating a sustainable Bitcoin economy. He also examines the impact of tokens and decentralized finance (DeFi) in broadening Bitcoin's reach and ensuring its relevance in an evolving market.
We Discuss:
- What is BitSNARK, Grail & Bitcoin OS?
- Recent technical advancements thanks to Taproot
- Sovryn going multi-chain
- Is this Halving different?
and much more.
Follow Yago on Twitter: @EdanYago
Learn more about Bitcoin OS: https://sovryn.com/bitcoinos
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Samourai Wallet & Government Regulation with Orlando Cosme - Lawyer & Founder @ OC Advisory
The US government shook up the crypto world when it was announced the Samourai Wallet devs were arrested and the domain seized. This opened up a ton of questions around regulation clarity, non-custodial tools, what is and isn't a money transmitter, and a bunch more topics.
I brought on Orlando Cosme to help dissect and understand what's going on in this situation and how the government is viewing these things.
Follow Orlando on Twitter: @Orlando_btc
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Halving Reorgs, Runes Launch Failure, Samourai Wallet & Miner Centralization Cartel - Bitcoin Weekly Kickback
This week we are back and talk about:
- The hysteria around miners reorging the halving block and what actually happened
- How did the Runes launch go and what happens next?
- The Samourai Wallet situation and privacy
- New data on miner centralization in Bitcoin
As always, go follow us on Twitter:
Charlie: @cbsspears
Bob: @bobbodily
Donny: @itsdonnyok
Jake: @Jakeblockchain
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Bitcoin Meets Solana with Simple Swaps | Sylvie Durach & Adam Borcany Co-Founders of Atomiq
Could Solana be a solid Bitcoin L2? Is there value in making it effortless to swap between BTC and Solana assets?
The co-founders of Atomiq think so and have created an excellent product to eaisly swap between these assets with minimal risk.
Sylvie Durach and Adam Borcany of the co-founders of Atomiq. An atomic swap protocol that let's you swap assets from different chains with a dead simple interface.
Check out Atomiq: https://app.atomiq.exchange/
Follow Sylvie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sylvie0301
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Who Controls Bitcoin, L2 > Miner Incentives & UNCOMMON GOODS Game Theory
In this Bitcoin Weekly Kickback. Jake, Charlie, Donny, and Bob are joined by Matt Luongo to delve into:
- The role of nodes versus miners in controlling Bitcoin.
- The importance of fee revenue and NgU for different network users.
- Designing Layer 2 incentives that align with Layer 1 priorities.
- The Game Theory of UNCOMMON GOODS (The first Rune)
Follow these cats on Twitter: @itsdonnyok, @bobbodily, @cbspears, @jakeblockchain, @mhluongo -
Innovative Bitcoin Ordinal Lending with Robin Obermaier | Co-Founder of Liquidium
Ordinals have been huge for Bitcoin since launching early 2023. There is $100's of millions in value locked in these digital artifacts.
Liquidium allows users to borrow BTC using their Ordinal as collateral and lenders can earn a BTC yield lending to borrowers.
Robin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Liquidium.
Follow Robin on Twitter: @robin_liquidium
Take a loan on Liquidium: https://www.liquidium.fi/