In this episode Rachel speaks with Muneeb Ali, co-creator of Bitcoin layer-2 Stacks and the co-founder and CEO of Trust Machines. Muneeb explains the evolution of Bitcoin, providing a brief history of BTC and then detailing how layer-2 protocols have come to play. He then explains the importance of layer-2 ecosystems for Bitcoin. Muneeb also touches on Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi). 

This week's guest(s):

Muneeb Ali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Trust Machines, the company building out the Bitcoin economy. He is the Co-Creator of Stacks, a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts. He received his Ph.D. in Distributed Systems from Princeton. He is one of the main characters in George Gilder's book Life After Google and was a technical advisor to the HBO show Silicon Valley.

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