This is my conversation with Jake Chervinsky, Chief Legal Officer at Variant, and previously the Chief Policy Officer at Blockchain Association and General Counsel at Compound Labs.

Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) intro
- (00:01:15) ELI5: how the US government works
- (00:10:44) DOGE and the powers of the executive
- (00:19:27) DUNAs, DAOs, and decentralized governance
- (00:27:55) how the law reacts to new technology
- (00:40:19) sponsor: Splits
- (00:41:02) incentives and philosophies of regulators
- (00:48:10) lobbying and goals for the next administration
- (01:01:58) advice for crypto founders
- (01:13:39) personal motivations
- (01:19:30) outro

Links:
- Jake on X: https://x.com/jchervinsky
- Variant Fund: https://variant.fund/
- DeFi Education Fund: https://www.defieducationfund.org/
- Fairshake PAC: https://www.fairshakepac.com/
- Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org/

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.

This is my conversation with Andrew Miller who is working on product at Teleport, and is also 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.