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Last Week Of April
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
4:19 Markets - Thanks Kraken
5:39 Total Crypto Market Cap
5:46 L2 Update - Brought to you by Mantle
https://l2beat.com/scaling/costs 
7:42 10M active wallets are using Ethereum ecosystem every week! 
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1782756457915506876 
8:19 Base is the #2 chain for USDC Supply - Coinbase trying make a payment chain
https://vxtwitter.com/jessepollak/status/1783503518156136498 
9:48 ENTER RUNES
Runes changed the game for a day 
https://twitter.com/mikealfred/status/1781684678782791830 
https://www.okx.com/web3/marketplace/runes?channelid=ACEAP6502255 
https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1782029205770744125?s=46 
https://twitter.com/hlopez_/status/1781501372200059336 
https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_fee 
22:56 ETF INFLOWS:
The inflows into BTC spot ETFs are not back yet 
https://twitter.com/carpenoctom/status/1783327357652042187 
https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1782740051929006496 
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/20/grayscale- reveals-015-fees-for-its-bitcoin-mini-tr 
https://twitter.com/thomas_fahrer/status/1781809562070442047 
28:03 Q1 ‘24 income statements for Ethereum and MakerDAO
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1782858613943321016 
33:01 CZ might spend 3 years in prison 
https://twitter.com/johnreedstark/status/1783107482325225947 
https://twitter.com/rizzn/status/1783199755541066103 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.328570/gov.uscourts.wawd.328570.8 
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783195468840697896 
40:21 Samourai wallet founders arrested
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783222828361281847 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering 
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783254322894999978 
46:39 Consensys sues SEC
https://twitter.com/fintechfrank  
52:56 Renzo announced its token launch! 
https://x.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1783277589525594231 
https://www.bankless.com/renzo-madness 
https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1783083767449432189 
https://twitter.com/dcfgod/status/1782978862772814000?ref=bankless.ghost.io 
https://twitter.com/Ian_Unsworth/status/1783163546857099730 
58:57 Telegram allows USDT payments
https://twitter.com/ton_blockchain/status/1781294475219812665 
https://twitter.com/cstanley/status/1782459974313988281 
https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1783541623839740030 
1:00:17 OP is releasing its multichain upgrade!
https://twitter.com/OPLabsPBC/status/1780987940526534943 
1:01:09 Liam Shiba Inu raised $12M for its new chain 
https://x.com/treatsforShib/status/1782490407655592242 
https://shibarium.shib.io/ 
1:02:32 Lido is starting with DVT - Stake with friends - making lido more decentralized?
https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1780317961854636384 
1:04:13 IRS keeps labeling self-custody wallets as brokers 
https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1781380879476043940 
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1099da--dft.pdf 
https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCPA/status/1781403340045197813 
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1782061785119367284 
https://x.com/lex_node/

Erik Torenburg and Haseeb Quereshi join us for today's debate.

Should we accelerate or decelerate our tech progress? How about when it comes to something as powerful as AI? This is not just a debate in tech circles - this is a political debate that poised to define the next decade. 

We’ve had leaders from both sides of the debate on the podcast - episodes with Elizer Yudkowski and Beff Jezos. You’ve heard what they think.

Today’s episode is a discussion and at times a debate on these opinions to help you think through where you stand on this issue - Haseeb Quereshi tends toward the EA side which favors more caution and regulatory intervention around AI while Erik Torenburg tends toward the e/acc side of the issue which favors faster progress and lighter touch.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Start
00:03:51 Intro To Haseeb and Erik
00:05:58 Definind EA
00:11:30 Reflecting on EA
00:19:23 Erik's Case For E/Acc
00:23:05 Defining E/Acc
00:27:18 The Problem with E/Acc & Humanism
00:34:20 How Big is This Debate Really?
00:46:31 AI Safety & Regulatory Capture
00:56:39 EA's Political Affiliation
00:59:43 Extinction Risk
01:11:04 Politicizing the Debate
01:19:56 The Pro Tech Case
01:24:08 Productive Tension
01:28:33 AI Ethics vs Safety
01:32:53 Pick a Side

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RESOURCES
Haseeb Qureshi
https://twitter.com/hosseeb 

Erik Torenberg
https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg 

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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
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Bankless Nation, we’ve finally got him… Anthony Pompliano is on the show. Pomp is an investor and media personality, best known to the crypto community for his relentless bitcoin evangelism.
Expect to learn about the Bitcoin Halving, the state of BTC EwTFs, the consequential institutional adoption and crypto tribalism. We wrap up the episode with a quick lightning round with Pomp and a peek into his 2024 investment portfolio.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
6:25 Bitcoin Halving
12:07 Institutional Adoption
24:08 Bitcoin ETF Aftermath
34:02 Institutional Dangers
41:49 Bitcoin Evangelism
49:44 Culture Wars
1:03:47 US vs Crypto
1:13:46 Bear Market Learnings
1:16:35 Pomp’s Focus
1:23:04 Pomp’s Portfolio
1:27:48 Lightning Round
1:31:59 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Anthony Pompliano
https://twitter.com/APompliano 
The Pomp Letter
https://pomp.substack.com/  
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Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup
3rd Week Of April
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:37 Bitcoin Halving
https://www.coinwarz.com/bitcoin-halving 
00:07:23 Bitcoin Runes
https://youtu.be/q9RDE8U6CkI 
00:08:56 Markets
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd
https://twitter.com/dunleavy89/status/1779120479233544261 
00:15:29 ETH Price Updates
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd
https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1779244625762394235 
00:19:18 L2 Updates
https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary
https://twitter.com/NTmoney/status/1780998133025226803 
00:24:27 World Chain Announcement
https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1780611997396095157 
https://worldcoin.org/blog/announcements/introducing-world-chain 
00:28:19 Dead Internet Theory 
https://x.com/tiagosada/status/1780616673172570532 
00:30:20 OKX X Layer Launch
https://www.okx.com/xlayer 
00:34:45 Kraken Wallet
https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1780612343354855625 
00:37:15 Hong Kong ETF Approvals
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/hong-kong-regulators-approve-spot-bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-.html 
https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1779867078603718970 
00:42:25 Ethereum Superwallets
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1778616483838669202 
https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1778522744919044442 
00:47:48 Eigenlayer Unpaused Restaking
https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1778885106960081116 
00:50:06 Alt Restaking
https://twitter.com/nektarnetwork/status/1778082320798380060 
https://twitter.com/Karak_Network/status/1777370872627831019 
00:54:24 Immutable Nexus
https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1777894966498607146 
00:56:58 Crypto The Game
https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1780994358260420807 
01:00:57 HeroGlyphs
https://twitter.com/hero_glyphs 
https://github.com/Finallyt/Heroglyph/blob/main/Heroglyph-Whitepaper.pdf 
01:05:35 Solana Upgrades
https://x.com/SolanaStatus/status/1779727821834686592 
https://twitter.com/rexstjohn/status/1779730912269500836 
01:07:34 Stablecoin Bill
https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-gillibrand-introduce-bipartisan-landmark-legislation-to-create-regulatory-framework-for-stablecoins/ 
01:10:40 Raises
https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1779564155327934811?s=46&t=dAxCjT2P_GIrJMvMgWIpfA 
https://x.com/nebrazkp/status/1780633313155457091 
01:13:40 Meme of The Week
https://vxtwitter.com/Timccopeland/status/1781012538911551808 
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Today’s episode is about exploring the frontier of tokens on Bitcoin with guest Casey Rodarmor. Casey is the creator of the Ordinals Protocol, a harmless protocol that simply allowed for arbitrary data to be inscribed into individual Bitcoin UTXOs, creating what are called Bitcoin NFTs. He is now also the creators of Runes, a second protocol, working to bring fungible tokens to Bitcoin. 
Bitcoin is changing and Casey appears to be one of main reasons for the change. Soon he’ll be unveiling a new protocol standard for Bitcoin - called Runes, which wants to be a bitcoin-native version of fungible tokens, on the Bitcoin L1 - which is going to be the topic of the show today.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
5:00 The Guy Who Changed Bitcoin
10:21 Why Casey’s Building
16:45 Ordinals Cultural Shift
22:43 Runes
31:40 The Ord Standard 
45:27 Bitcoin Blocks & Blockspace Limit
57:47 Bitcoin Innovation Implications 
1:02:41 Rune Parameters
1:11:20 The First Runes (Uncommon Goods) 
1:14:34 Timeline on Runes & Trading Ecosystem
1:17:12 The Future of Runes/Ordinals
1:19:48 The Bitcoin Renaissance 
1:21:34 Winning Over Bitcoin Maximalists
1:23:45 Casey’s Podcast    
1:24:58 Runes Team
1:26:37 Closing & Disclaimers 
 
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RESOURCES
Casey’s 1st Bankless Episode 
https://youtu.be/ktL77zEWcEc 
Casey’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/rodarmor  
Casey’s Hellmoney Podcast 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflejnUswWof6yEMk9dRzOA 
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Welcome back to Bankless Takes! On the show today we walk through David’s recent article on the unified architecture theory for Ethereum. 
Where does Ethereum stand in a world of many chains? How does ethereum compare to Bitcoin, Solana, Celestia, and many others are fighting for users in the space. The comparisons and top competitors might surprise you.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Start
02:08 Reason For This Article
06:32 Bitcoin Block Size Wars
17:51 Modern Day Big vs Small Blockers
22:06 Sophisticated Vs Primitive Blocks
33:19 Functionality Escape Velocity
37:17 The Root Of Trust
45:57 Cosmos, The Lost Tribe
56:02 Sovereignty Escape Velocity
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RESOURCES
Davids Article:
https://www.bankless.com/the-unified-architecture-of-ethereum 
Vitalik Article:
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/12/26/mvb.html?ref=bankless.ghost.io 
Ryans Tweet:
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778865602121060863 
L2 Beat:
https://l2beat.com/scaling/risk 
Cosmos Tweet:
https://twitter.com/hxrts/status/1774504453682405467 

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