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  • #46 – Andrew Miller on TEEs, account delegation, research, and the early days in Bitcoin

    #46 – Andrew Miller on TEEs, account delegation, research, and the early days in Bitcoin

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Andrew Miller who is working on product at Teleport, and is Associate Director at IC3 and Board Member at the Zcash Foundation.

    Timestamps:
    - (00:00:00) - intro
    - (00:00:59) - from bitcoin research to privacy, ZKPs, and MPC
    - (00:13:23) - trust models and threat vectors to TEEs
    - (00:21:16) - what is possible with trustless TEEs?
    - (00:38:37) - TEEs-based internet agents
    - (00:45:41) - Dstack, a p2p architecture for TEEs
    - (00:52:50) - learnings as a researcher
    - (00:58:42) - sponsor: Splits
    - (00:59:25) - pathfinding in research
    - (01:06:11) - 2011 bitcoin unboxing and the early bitcoin ecosystem
    - (01:17:54) - vision for the future
    - (01:21:22) - outro

    Links:
    - Andrew on X: https://x.com/socrates1024
    - Andrew on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Socrates1024
    - Andrew's research: https://soc1024.ece.illinois.edu
    - Personal site: https://soc1024.com
    - Zero Trust Execution Environments paper: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE
    - Zcash Foundation: https://zfnd.org
    - IC3: https://www.ic3.gov

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    - Splits: https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #45 – Quintus Kilbourn on TEEs and Secure Hardware

    #45 – Quintus Kilbourn on TEEs and Secure Hardware

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Quintus Kilbourn, researcher at Flashbots and currently working on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).

    Timestamps:
    - (00:00:00) - intro
    - (00:01:06) - what is a TEE
    - (00:12:23) - TEE use cases: one-shot transactions, autonomous AI agents
    - (00:25:27) - unbreakable hardware enclaves
    - (00:41:14) - physical hardware access as a threat vector
    - (00:47:20) - sponsor: Splits
    - (00:48:04) - defending against physical attacks
    - (00:55:57) - resources focused on TEEs
    - (01:10:25) - defending against supply chain attacks
    - (01:19:34) - hardware imaging
    - (01:28:48) - the roadmap
    - (01:32:53) - outro

    Links:
    - Quintus on X: https://x.com/0xQuintus
    - Flashbots: https://www.flashbots.net/
    - ZTEE: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    - Splits: https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

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  • #44 – Markus Haas on ethOS and building a crypto-native device

    #44 – Markus Haas on ethOS and building a crypto-native device

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Markus Haas, the CEO of Freedom Factory and cocreator of the dGEN1.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:28) - ethOS origin story
    (00:07:54) - the vision and values
    (00:09:56) - the need for an alternative to iOS and Android
    (00:15:30) - sponsor: Splits
    (00:16:14) - building on GrapheneOS
    (00:28:32) - dGEN1, an everyday carry device
    (00:37:05) - what's next for ethOS?
    (00:43:02) - the company, funding, profitability
    (00:49:00) - outro

    Links:
    - Markus on X: https://x.com/mhaas_eth
    - ethOS on X: https://x.com/EthereumPhone
    - GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/
    - Freedom Factory website: https://www.freedomfactory.io/

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    - Splits: https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #43 – Uma Roy on Succinct, STARKs, and zkVM architecture

    #43 – Uma Roy on Succinct, STARKs, and zkVM architecture

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Uma Roy, cofounder and CEO of Succinct.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:57) - origin story
    (00:02:19) - SP1 architecture
    (00:09:43) - STARKs, FRI, and hash-based cryptography
    (00:15:09) - recursion
    (00:21:12) - upgrading the proof system
    (00:33:11) - sponsor: Splits
    (00:33:54) - security in ZK systems
    (00:37:46) - converting optimistic rollups into zk rollups
    (00:43:39) - zkVM vs custom circuits
    (00:48:48) - ZK for scaling and interoperability
    (01:00:24) - the lifecycle of a proof
    (01:06:26) - hardware
    (01:10:57) - outro

    Links
    - Uma on X: https://x.com/pumatheuma
    - Succinct on X: https://x.com/succinctlabs

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    - Splits: https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #42 – Andrew Huang on Conduit and scaling onchain compute

    #42 – Andrew Huang on Conduit and scaling onchain compute

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Andrew Huang, the founder and CEO of Conduit.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:42) - onchain and cloud compute
    (00:05:20) - parallel execution
    (00:09:08) - the application's perspective
    (00:16:14) - scaling the sequencer
    (00:26:52) - sponsor: Splits
    (00:27:36) - interoperability
    (00:33:11) - rollup economics
    (00:42:33) - moving from tech to crypto
    (00:47:43) - Georgios Konstantopoulos
    (00:52:02) - outro

    Links:
    Andrew Huang: https://x.com/KAndrewHuang
    Conduit: https://www.conduit.xyz
    Conduit on X: https://x.com/conduitxyz

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    Splits - https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #41 – Georgios Konstantopoulos on Reth, engineering management, and feedback loops

    #41 – Georgios Konstantopoulos on Reth, engineering management, and feedback loops

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Georgios Konstantopoulos, General Partner and CTO at Paradigm.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:47) - iterating on rollups
    (00:07:52) - Reth architecture
    (00:25:44) - sponsor: Splits
    (00:26:27) - feedback loops with performance, stability, extensibility
    (00:36:14) - feedback loops with the team
    (00:49:17) - writing for thinking
    (00:54:47) - the big vision
    (01:10:49) - outro

    Links:
    Georgios Konstantopoulos on X - https://x.com/gakonst
    Georgios Konstantopoulos on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gakons
    Paradigm on X - https://x.com/paradigm
    Tailscale Blog: The New Internet - https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    Splits - https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
    Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #40 – Vitalik Buterin on political philosophy in the 21st century

    #40 – Vitalik Buterin on political philosophy in the 21st century

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:33) - the crypto lens on political philosophy
    (00:15:12) - the transition from the 20th to the 21st century
    (00:24:29) - sponsor: Splits
    (00:25:12) - the dimensions of uncertainty
    (00:46:14) - the duality between being idealistic and effective
    (00:58:46) - outro

    Links:
    Vitalik Buterin on X - https://x.com/VitalikButerin
    Vitalik Buterin on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth
    Vitalik Buterin on making sense in a changing world - https://www.intothebytecode.com/26-vitalik
    Vitalik Buterin on retroactive public goods funding - https://www.intothebytecode.com/1-vitalik-buterin-karl-floersch-retroactive-public-goods-funding

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    Splits - https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
    Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #39 – Eric Alston on the US constitution

    #39 – Eric Alston on the US constitution

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.


    Timestamps:

    (00:00) - intro(01:29) - choice in institutions matters(08:53) - secondary rules as rules for making rules(17:41) - constitutional moments(20:41) - how the US constitution has endured(28:39) - the characteristics of the US constitution(34:18) - sponsor: Splits(35:01) - the economic balance between federal/state govts(47:24) - presidential vs parliamentary systems(01:01:13) - blockchains as experimental ground for governance(01:13:50) - outro


    Links:
    Eric Alston - https://x.com/incompleterules
    Eric Alston on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alston

    Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
    Splits – https://splits.org

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer:
    This podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #38 – BaseCamp 001: Jesse Pollak (Base), Ben Leventhal (Blackbird), Julian Holguin (Doodles), Yele Bademosi (Onboard)

    #38 – BaseCamp 001: Jesse Pollak (Base), Ben Leventhal (Blackbird), Julian Holguin (Doodles), Yele Bademosi (Onboard)

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak (creator of Base), Ben Leventhal (founder/CEO of Blackbird), Julian Holguin (CEO of Doodles), and Yele Bademosi (cofounder/CEO of Onboard).

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) - intro(00:50) - Jesse Pollak, Base(09:41) - how the Base team is structured(17:25) - how the mission and strategy came together(27:43) - the focus in year two(35:38) - Ben Leventhal, Blackbird(39:35) - the restaurant P&L(43:36) - identity and payments(51:25) - Flynet as an L3(53:11) - building an economy(55:46) - the current era of crypto(57:27) - Julian Holguin, Doodles(59:40) - the status quo and the new model(01:09:36) - people want to be a part of something(01:18:22) - Yele Bademosi, Onboard(01:23:48) - being an entrepreneur in Nigeria(01:29:34) - building Onboard(01:34:45) - outro
    Links:
    Jesse Polak - https://x.com/jessepollak
    Base - https://www.coinbase.com/, https://x.com/base
    Ben Leventhal - https://x.com/benleventhal
    Blackbird - https://www.blackbird.xyz/, https://x.com/blackbird_xyz
    Julian Holguin - https://x.com/jholguin
    Doodles - https://www.doodles.app/, https://x.com/doodles
    Yele Bademosi - https://x.com/YeleBademosi
    Onboard - https://www.onboard.xyz/, https://x.com/OnboardGlobal

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #37 – Colin Armstrong: Paragraph, writing onchain

    #37 – Colin Armstrong: Paragraph, writing onchain

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Colin Armstrong, the founder of Paragraph.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:49) - Substack network effects
    (00:03:53) - new business models
    (00:15:32) - the content layer and the economic layer
    (00:21:18) - sponsor: Privy
    (00:22:34) - mechanisms to think about as a writer
    (00:29:32) - markets and social networks as forces of chaos
    (00:33:42) - building for the crypto-native vs the general audience
    (00:40:43) - emails vs wallets
    (00:48:23) - ARPU is higher in crypto
    (00:51:52) - algorithm for finding product-market fit
    (00:57:10) - sponsor: Optimism
    (00:58:15) - focus + urgency
    (01:02:51) - learnings from Google
    (01:07:58) - creating is fulfilling
    (01:11:35) - outro

    Links:
    Colin Armstrong on X - https://x.com/colinarms
    Colin Armstrong on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/colin
    Paragraph - https://paragraph.xyz/

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #36 – Justin Glibert: from Economicus to Ludens

    #36 – Justin Glibert: from Economicus to Ludens

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Justin Glibert, CEO of Lattice and cofounder of 0xPARC.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:00:44) - digital physics
    (00:06:27) - changing physics + capitalism = theme parks
    (00:16:12) - objective functions are political
    (00:22:53) - sponsor: Optimism
    (00:23:58) - individual agency
    (00:27:25) - violence on the internet
    (00:39:17) - monoliths
    (00:47:24) - sponsor: Privy
    (00:48:40) - value systems
    (00:58:34) - homo economicus and homo ludens
    (01:10:50) - Emissary’s guide to worlding
    (01:16:55) - reading weird books
    (01:28:49) - outro

    Links:
    Justin Glibert - https://x.com/justinglibert
    Lattice - https://lattice.xyz/
    0xPARC - https://0xparc.org/

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #35 – Jonny Mack: Hypersub, building for the crypto-native creator

    #35 – Jonny Mack: Hypersub, building for the crypto-native creator

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Jonny Mack, Cofounder of Fabric and Hypersub.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:01:05) - motivations
    (00:05:43) - pooled capital for shared ownership and upside
    (00:09:24) - the computer and the casino, the purist and the tourist
    (00:13:59) - sponsor: Privy
    (00:15:15) - $higher, memecoins, cashflow, headless brands
    (00:24:38) - STP, Hypersub, minting time
    (00:32:29) - onchain memberships are legible
    (00:40:55) - creators are multi-dimensional
    (00:46:21) - sponsor: Optimism
    (00:47:25) - a network of networks
    (00:53:11) - authentic communities
    (00:59:31) - the difference between punk and hip hop, revenue vs GDP
    (01:06:41) - building in public is native to the medium
    (01:16:15) - outro

    Links:
    Jonny Mack - https://x.com/_nonlinear
    Hypersub - https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/
    Fabric - https://withfabric.xyz/

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #34 – Stephane Gosselin: OneBalance, credible accounts and credible commitments

    #34 – Stephane Gosselin: OneBalance, credible accounts and credible commitments

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Stephane Gosselin, cofounder of Flashbots, Frontier Research, and OneBalance.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:01:29) - sponsor: Optimism
    (00:02:34) - my existential question about crypto
    (00:07:13) - global consensus is the problem
    (00:14:27) - architecting a new system
    (00:21:56) - OneBalance and Credible Accounts
    (00:29:39) - credible commitment machines
    (00:34:20) - sponsor: Privy
    (00:35:35) - the user issues permissions for solvers
    (00:37:06) - the trust model
    (00:42:20) - the CAKE framework and the Credible stack
    (00:47:59) - privacy
    (00:54:54) - global consensus blockchains and LLM foundation models
    (00:58:55) - a company is a mirror on your state of being
    (01:08:26) - having a strong why
    (01:17:46) - outro

    Links:
    Stephane Gosselin - https://x.com/thegostep
    OneBalance - http://onebalance.io
    Frontier Research - https://frontier.tech/

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #33 – Molly Mackinlay: building Filecoin

    #33 – Molly Mackinlay: building Filecoin

    · Into the Bytecode

    This is my conversation with Molly Mackinlay, Head of Engineering, Product, and Research Development at Protocol Labs, and CEO at FilOz.

    Timestamps:
    (00:00:00) - intro
    (00:01:59) - sponsor: Privy
    (00:03:15) - motivation
    (00:09:30) - exabytes of network capacity
    (00:12:11) - edge computing, bringing compute to data
    (00:14:26) - the history of IPFS, libp2p, IPLD, Filecoin, FVM, L2s and IPC
    (00:20:08) - designing incentives in Filecoin
    (00:25:11) - designing the block rewards curve
    (00:27:28) - progress through time
    (00:31:19) - learnings from building production systems,
    (00:34:15) - EVM-compatibility, future-proofing and network upgrades
    (00:43:51) - sponsor: Optimism
    (00:44:56) - IPC, L2 scaling on Filecoin
    (00:48:55) - architecting applications on subnets
    (00:54:12) - business models on subnets
    (00:57:27) - the interface between a subnet and the internet
    (01:04:41) - FilOz as a public goods amplifier
    (01:07:10) - opening up the Protocol Labs network
    (01:12:23) - Edge Esmeralda, field building, neurotech, and education
    (01:21:04) - outro

    Links:
    Molly Mackinlay - https://x.com/momack28
    Protocol Labs - https://protocol.ai
    Filecoin - https://filecoin.io
    FilOz - https://www.filoz.org
    InterPlanetary Consensus - https://www.ipc.space/
    Textile Basin - https://basin.textile.io/
    web3.storage - https://web3.storage/
    Filecoin Virtual Machine - https://fvm.filecoin.io/

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

    Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

  • #32 – Rish: building infrastructure with Neynar

    #32 – Rish: building infrastructure with Neynar

    · Into the Bytecode

    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:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

  • #31 – Sreeram Kannan: building the verifiable cloud

    #31 – Sreeram Kannan: building the verifiable cloud

    · Into the Bytecode

    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/sreeramkannan
    EigenLayer - https://twitter.com/eigenlayer

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

  • #30 – Doug Petkanics & Eric Tang: open video infrastructure

    #30 – Doug Petkanics & Eric Tang: open video infrastructure

    · Into the Bytecode

    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/petkanics
    Eric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtang
    Livepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeer
    Livepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudio

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

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

  • #29 – Martin Köppelmann: AI agents as onchain actors

    #29 – Martin Köppelmann: AI agents as onchain actors

    · Into the Bytecode

    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.io
    Privy - https://privy.io

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

  • #28 – Varun Srinivasan: Farcaster, building a decentralized social network

    #28 – Varun Srinivasan: Farcaster, building a decentralized social network

    · Into the Bytecode

    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.io
    Privy - https://privy.io

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

  • #27 – Rebecca Rettig & Michael Mosier: genuine DeFi as critical infrastructure

    #27 – Rebecca Rettig & Michael Mosier: genuine DeFi as critical infrastructure

    · Into the Bytecode

    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
    (00:02:59) - 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.io
    Privy - https://privy.io

    Into the Bytecode:
    - Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
    - Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    - Into the Bytecode: 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.

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