In this episode, Alisia Painter, COO and Co-Founder of Botanix Labs, discusses how Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) is evolving. Botanix Labs is a Bitcoin layer-2 network that is helping advance Bitcoin DeFi use cases. Alisia goes in-depth on this topic and explains how the “Spiderchain” is ensuring decentralization and security for Bitcoin DeFi. She further discusses new use cases for Bitcoin and explains how the Bitcoin community has evolved with the help of Ethereum.

This is a great episode for both beginners and advanced listeners.

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Alisia Painter is the COO and Co-Founder of Botanix Labs, the team behind Spiderchain, the on-chain home of Bitcoin Finance. With a decade of experience in Ethereum, Alisia is a Bitcoiner at heart, focused on expanding its programmability for longtime Bitcoiners.

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