In this podcast, Tarun shares his insights on ZK technology, DeFi governance, PoW vs PoS, Bitcoin L2s, and more. He discusses the challenges of marketing ZK tech, the importance of dynamic availability in PoW, and the potential for Bitcoin to adopt new opcodes. Tarun also shares his thoughts on the future of DeFi and the crypto industry as a whole.

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Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:01:44 Tarun's background

00:02:04 Uniswap SEC case

00:04:47 Tarun's current focus

00:09:17 ZK tech's appeal

00:14:38 ZK tech applications

00:18:48 Solana fees & networking

00:25:44 State of DeFi governance

00:30:32 PoW vs PoS debate

00:40:31 Token voting & centralization

00:44:55 Token governance issues

00:49:55 PoW as better money

00:57:58 PoS issuance & staking

01:03:40 PoS & rational agents

01:09:11 ETF impact on staking

01:15:59 Tarun on Bitcoin L2 Alpen

01:18:54 Bitcoin ready for L2 tech?

01:21:03 OP_CTV & political will

01:22:46 Ideal Bitcoin L2 tech

01:25:02 Bitcoin Covenants (OP_CAT)

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Welcome back! In Part 2 of The Gwart Show, Alex B shares his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader crypto landscape. He discusses the flaws in Ethereum's proof of stake model, the cult-like phenomena in crypto, the reality of the Lightning Network, and the centralization concerns in DeFi. Alex also touches on the necessity of stablecoins and the constant innovation in crypto tech.

Published weekly on Sunday afternoons, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:00:03 Intro

00:02:44 Anything interesting in crypto?

00:15:50 Ethereum's proof of stake

00:23:48 Alex's Ethereum predictions

00:34:33 Ethereum staking derivatives

00:38:50 Bitcoin DLCs & lending

00:44:27 Decentralized finance challenges

00:48:30 Open source vs liquidity

00:53:42 Lightning Network marketing

00:59:27 Lightning elegant but limited

01:03:39 Stablecoins on Lightning

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Alex B, writer at Bitcoin Magazine and longtime Bitcoin Twitter user, joins The Gwart Show in this two part series on the heart and soul of Bitcoin maximalism, why it matters, if Bitcoin Season 2 is a sham and, of course, if Ethereum is a scam.

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Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:00:18 Introducing Alex Be 

00:05:41 Bitcoin scaling discussion

00:17:44 Necessary Bitcoin primitives

00:36:02 Protocols & Bitcoin economy

00:38:18 Incremental vs risky changes

00:48:30 Eric & Rudy's views

00:49:44 Bitcoiners' concerns

00:50:50 Defi's degeneracy

01:00:31 MEV on Bitcoin

01:02:03 Miners & economies of scale

01:09:55 Drive chains & merged mining

01:14:21 Meta protocols & centralization

01:18:55 Miners & meme coins

01:20:21 Ordinals' impact on Bitcoin

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Eugene Chen, co-founder of Ellipsis Labs, discusses the future of decentralized finance, Solana's vision for transforming traditional finance, and how Phenix aims to redefine on-chain trading. He also shares insights on the Ethereum vs. Solana debate and the challenges of optimizing blockchains for Defi applications.

Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.

00:00:00 Start

00:00:18 Eugene's background 

00:01:17 Defi work before Ellipsis

00:02:21 From HFT to Defi

00:05:25 Competing with TradFi

00:08:07 Phenix as proof of concept

00:10:18 Providing better liquidity

00:13:48 Solana's issues & progress

00:16:47 Solana's research focus

00:19:24 Gita removes mempool 

00:20:28 MEV: AMMs vs order books

00:23:43 Ethereum MEV direction

00:25:13 Solana's speed & MEV

00:29:07 Ellipsis' 5-15yr vision

00:35:09 Ideal decentralization 

00:35:50 Solana token & platform

00:38:16 Economic security as meme

00:41:33 Defi's on-chain strengths

00:44:47 Rollups & interoperability

00:48:30 Valid Solana criticisms

00:51:31 Solana vs new fast chains

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Mechanism this, mechanism that. Why does crypto infrastructure even matter? Gwart tunes in with Alex Nezlobin to discuss the history and importance of AMMs like Uniswap.

Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:01:11 Alex's Background

00:04:21 Problems in TradFi

00:06:29 Alex's Interest in AMMs

00:17:16 Robinhood & Payment for Order Flow

00:22:52 The Future of AMMs

00:27:31 Frontrunning & Insider Trading

00:37:31 AMM Landscape on Ethereum

00:46:46 Colocation & Latency

00:52:28 Builder Centralization

01:08:18 Fast Chains & AMM Losses

01:25:13 AMMs in 20 Years

01:34:36 Wrap-up

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Mike Neuder of the EF and Max Resnick of SMG join Gwart to fix Ethereum MEV in one podcast. Mike, Max and Gwart talk MEV, Bitcoin and more.

Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.

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Gwart interviews Solana Phone CEO Anatoly Yakovenko to talk Eth, monolithic architecture and more.

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We are joined by Eric Wall, someone with too much time and tokens on their hands, to talk about Bitcoin Ordinals, smart critiques of Ethereum and Bitcoin MEV.

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