Episodes
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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) - outroLinks
- Uma on X: https://x.com/pumatheuma
- Succinct on X: https://x.com/succinctlabsThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
Andrew Huang: https://x.com/KAndrewHuang
Conduit: https://www.conduit.xyz
Conduit on X: https://x.com/conduitxyzThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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-internetThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:
Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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-fundingThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:
Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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.
(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
Timestamps:
Links:
Eric Alston - https://x.com/incompleterules
Eric Alston on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alstonThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits – https://splits.orgInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer:
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. -
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/OnboardGlobalInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
Rish - https://warpcast.com/rish
Neynar - https://neynar.comThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
Sreeram Kannan - https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan
EigenLayer - https://twitter.com/eigenlayerThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroLinks:
Doug Petkanics - https://twitter.com/petkanics
Eric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtang
Livepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeer
Livepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudioThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroShow 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.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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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) - outroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:07) - sponsor: Optimism
(00:02:17) - micro prediction markets, community notes, AIs as participants
(00:14:13) - decentralized social networks, zk identity, Dark Forest, and Frogcrypto
(00:25:54) - the dense jungle
(00:30:08) - sponsor: Privy
(00:31:29) - political instability, technology
(00:34:16) - coordination and technology in climate
(00:36:13) - AI, debugging and drawing, agency, security
(00:44:02) - timeline for the singularity
(00:52:36 ) -living to a 1000 years old
(00:54:00) - brain-computer interfaces
(01:02:15) - LojbanThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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This is my conversation with Hart Lambur. We talk about Hart's path in building UMA (an oracle using schelling points to bring data onchain), Across (an intents-based bridge connecting ETH/L2s), and now Oval (MEV capture for oracle price updates).
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:29) - Sponsor: Privy (privy.io)
(00:02:50) - The idea maze, Goldman Sachs, RFQ systems, legal vs smart contracts
(00:11:03) - UMA, schelling point and optimistic oracle
(00:16:41) - Raising the seed round
(00:19:38) - Across, intent-based bridging architecture
(00:30:42) - Sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)
(00:31:52) - Oval
(00:46:15) - MEV capture for protocols
(01:01:22) - OutroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: 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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This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak. He led retail engineering at Coinbase for many years — building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet. More recently, he is leading the development of Base, Coinbase's L2 built on the OP Stack.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:43) - sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)
(00:03:07) - motivation behind Base
(00:11:12) - pitching Base to the Coinbase exec team
(00:14:24) - challenges of innovating on a schedule
(00:17:54) - failing repeatedly to find the right answer
(00:22:09) - decision to build an L2 with Michael
(00:23:30) - convincing Surojit Chatterjee, Coinbase’s CPO
(00:24:59) - launching Base internally
(00:31:58) - blockchains as serverless compute
(00:36:53) - uniswap as a serverless API for currency conversion
(00:39:30) - the power of small but leveraged teams
(00:42:31) - how to straddle product building in the onchain and offchain world
(00:45:25) - sponsor: Privy (privy.io)
(00:51:22) - the significance of THIS moment in Crypto
(00:53:56) - getting a 100M devs and 1B users onchain
(00:57:02) - how the NFT UX will change with Base
(01:10:13) - how crypto will be incorporated in applications
(01:14:00) - the risk of onchain heterogeneity
(01:17:27) - building privacy-oriented onchain platforms
(01:26:00) - upgrading the financial system
(01:28:33) - attending Quaker School
(01:34:43) - relentless positivity in life
(01:38:47) - building a better futureJesse Pollak:
jesse.xyz on ETH - https://jesse.xyz/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessepollak
Github - https://github.com/jessepollakLinks:
Base - https://base.org/
Coinbase - https://www.coinbase.com/
Brian Armstrong - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong
Surojit Chatterjee Coinbase’s CPO - https://www.coinbase.com/blog/welcome-surojit-chatterjee-coinbases-chief-product-officer
OP Stack - https://stack.optimism.io/
Uniswap - https://uniswap.org/
Goldfinch - https://goldfinch.finance/
Zora - https://zora.co/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comProduced by - https://spectral.to
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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