Taiko's Based Rollup Is Live, Now What?
There's been a lot going on in the zeitgest with regards to based rollups, pre-confirmations, MEV, and whether or not based rollups are going to make it in the longer term. We're about to find out. ...
28 Jun 202436min
ZK Acceleration: Pessimistic Proofs with AggLayer and Succinct
Is ZK real? Unironically, this was the first question Robbie asked our guests Uma Roy, founder of Succinct & Brendan Farmer, co-founder of Polygon. If you've been following the latest developments in...
27 Jun 202448min
Where Everclear Fits in The Modular Thesis
Everclear, formerly known as Connext, recently launched with a fresh focus as the Clearing Layer aiming to solve the ever-present modular fragmentation problem. Today we talked with Arjun Bhuptani, a...
26 Jun 202457min
Is sharding the path to achieving maximum scale?
Sovereignty or interoperability. Your choice, anon. In the recent zeitgest of crypto builders has been the idea of achieving sovereignty while also keeping interoperability. Today, weโre diving into...
25 Jun 202445min
Why Chain Abstraction is Inevitable
As large believers and proponents of the modular thesis, we (along with other voices in the space) have identified fragmentation as a kink in the armor of modularity. We think chain abstraction solve...
24 Jun 202459min
Bitcoin and Beyond EP12: Taproot Wizards, CatVM, and OP-CAT
For the final episode of our Bitcoin and Beyond series, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Taproot Wizards sorcerer and Bitcoin OG, Tyler Whittle. We took a deep dive into the world of Taproot ...
20 Jun 202444min
Bitcoin and Beyond EP11: Is economic security a meme?
Cryptoeconomic security has been an extremely hot topic as of recent. With the rise of restaking and the general concept of "extending economic security" to new applications/services, we have seen som...
18 Jun 202431min
Bitcoin and Beyond EP10: Programmable Native Bitcoin On Cosmos
As we wrap up our Bitcoin and Beyond series this week, we had a chance to sit down with Robert Zaremba of BitCosm. BitCosm is building a Cosmos SDK based appchain that allows for programmable (and na...
17 Jun 20241h
