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Episodes
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
The Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem is in its infancy stage as the technical infrastructure for DeFi functionality are only being discovered and brought to market. However, the potential value this industry can bring to the Bitcoin and broader web3 ecosystem is tremendous. We speak with the Founder and CEO of Hermetica who is building a stablecoin primitive on Bitcoin using the value of Bitcoin itself in the stability mechanism. This is a dream in the eyes of Bitcoin believers since it marks a separation away from the dependencies of the fiat system to introduce stability for synthetic versions of the dollar. Also, a stablecoin native to the Bitccoin ecosystem will introduce tremendous support for Bitcoin DeFi and act as a catalyst for an ecosystem of development to build on top of this foundational pillar. How Hermetica achieves stability through Bitcoin is discussed with the introduction of their perpetuals futures balancing mechanism that ensures no matter what side Bitcoin trades value wise, the pegged USDh will always remain valued at a dollar.
Topics
- First up, who is Jakob Schillinger and how did he get into the web3space?
- Next, what is Hermetica and how can it contribute with the DeFi ecosystem
- and Finally, How Hermetica achieves stability through Bitcoin is discussed with the introduction of their perpetuals future
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We interview one of the pioneer builders in the Bitmap ecosystem FOXXI, who is working on developing the Foxiverse. Within the Foxiverse, users will be able to participate in a wide variety of activities ranging from social, gaming, clan building, and even resource commodity excavation. Foxiverse is poised to introduce many new vectors of interesting market exploits to the broader Ordinals ecosystem, which have the potential to demonstrate the overall value premise metaverse has to offer. It has been over a year since the initial launch of the Bitmap experiment, and since then not much has been developed resembling a high value producing 3D environment. We discuss with the Foxxi team how they intend to deliver on these very high expectations and how they plan to incorporate DMT UNATs into their ecosystem design. Soon they will be launching a Bit Miner which operates in their world so users who own of the UNATs can have the ability to mine non-arbitrary resources and commodities throughout the Foxiverse. With the Ordinals market in such a downturn, is this level of metaverse experimentation exactly what the market needs in order discover the next spark of interst? Can Bitmap, DMT, NATs, and the metaverse on Bitcoin be the next paradigm for builders and web3 journeyman?
Topics:
- First up, whats been going on with Foxxi since we last seen them?
- Next, We discuss with the Foxxi team how they plan to incorporate DMT UNATs into their ecosystem design
- and Finally, Can Bitmap, DMT, NATs, and the metaverse on Bitcoin be the next paradigm for builders and web3
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We interview one of the key contributors and developers to ICP and dive deep into the weeds of the Internet Computer. We discuss the need for meta protocol assistance to make assets native to Bitcoin Layer 1 more functional. By using technology native to the ICP stack, developers on Bitcoin L1 can write container functions that call to the Bitcoin side to manipulate UTXO’s without having to bridge assets over. This is a major development for the TAP ecosystem which has recently announced an integration with ICP. Once developers building on TAP begin to use the tools available to leverage ICP for their apps, a new season of interesting opportunity will emerge for Bitcoin and ICP.
Topics
- First up, Who is Jordan Last?
- Next, discuss the need for meta protocol assistance to make assets native to Bitcoin Layer 1 more functional
- Then, major development for the TAP ecosystem which has recently announced an integration with ICP
- and Finally, new season of interesting opportunity will emerge for Bitcoin and ICP
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Recent events have caused a tremendous rift in Bitcoin’s macro economic position in time. With Donald Trump’s failed assassination attempt came a tremendous uprise in Bitcoin price which is a result of sentiment growth due to a Trump second term increasing in likelihood. We discuss the speculation around Bitcoin becoming a reserve asset for the United States and how this will impact the future of the crypto industry. Also, will the ideas discussed in SoftWar apply after an official government endorsement from the Trump cabinet furthering the demand to acquire and position positively within the Bitcoin network from a nation state perspective. We then react to Casey Rodarmor’s latest mention of DMT protocol and the negative statements his team has to it.
Topics:
- First up, Donald Trump’s failed assassination Causes uprise in Bitcoin price
- Next, speculation around Bitcoin becoming a reserve asset for the United States
- and Finally, react to Casey Rodarmor’s latest mention of DMT protocol and the negative statements his team has to it.
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We spent some time with Stan and Chris from the DMT-Natfrogs team to discuss the origins of the collection and re-explore the chaotic early days of UNAT minting. They explain how NatFrogs started as a dead mint but transitioned into a community takeover which has made it one of the more appreciated and valued collections in the DMT UNAT market. We explore what makes DMT truly unique for artists and creators and how the Natfrog team intends to expand their ecosystem moving forward. Also, we dive into the next project of focus in NatFlyers, which aims to bring physical products to UNAT holders. In this case, a variety of UNIQUE pepe themed sneakers will be distributed in an upcoming Mscribe BlockPad on July 10th. Holders of this asset will have the ability to purchase a real world version of the sneaker unique to the parent digital version they own. This can open a massive new market for DMT phygitial products into the future.
Topics
- First up, discuss the origins of the collection and re-explore the chaotic early days of UNAT minting.
- Next, explain how NatFrogs started as a dead mint but transitioned into a community takeover
- Then, explore what makes DMT truly unique for artists and creators
- and Finally, dive into the next project of focus in NatFlyers
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
MDV has created and is launching one of the more profound UNAT collections DMT has seen yet. DMT-VESSELS is the first DMT UNAT collection that uses 3D Generative Art to bring Bitcoin’s blockchain data to life in a magnificent way. The collection showcases the immense potential when using Bitcoin block information in the generative creation process. Below are features of the collection that make it notable. We discuss with the creator his origins in the Ordinals space and his affinity toward leveraging on-chain Bitcoin data in his creative process even before DMT became standard. Also, we discuss his interpretation of the metaverse and how 3D art will play into it, along with details around the existing art metas of today and how future experimentation can take on-chain art into a new and fresh direction.
Topics:
- First up, who is MDV and how did he get into the Ordinals space?
- Next, What are DMT Vessels?
- Then, what are the potential for DMT Vessels?
- and Finally, What does MDV think of the future of the Ordinals Space?
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We have an insanely insightful conversation with Bob Bodily PhD, Founder of Bioniq, an NFT/Ordinals marketplace built using ICP to amplify the user experience beyond anything that can exist natively to Bitcoin L1. We discuss the current state of Bitcoin ecosystem affairs with Runes and Ordinals, as well as talk about the many metaprotocols developing on top of Bitcoin L1. We then discuss TAP Protocol’s most recent announcement to partner with ICP in order to bring Bitcoin native assets to EVM/ICP smart contract environments. This will amplify the ability for developers to make cool stuff using Bitcoin and introduce new ways to improve the overall UX for users. We also discuss the differing approaches to scaling the developments happening on Bitcoin from L2s, to sidechains, to BitVM and OP_cat.
Topics:
- First up, who is Bob and how did he got into the web3 space
- Next, what is Bioniq and how will this change the web3 space
- Then, discuss the current state of Bitcoin ecosystem affairs with Runes and Ordinals
- and Finally, what does Bob think of the future of crypto?
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
$BAMK has become a top 5 Rune project and stands out among the rest of them simply due to the effort to do something interesting on Bitcoin outside of just memes. The problem BAMK is attempting to solve is the absence of a reliable stablecoin for users of the Bitcoin ecosystem to leverage. In other blockchains there are a variety of stable devices to choose from but none native to Bitcoin to keep all liquidity events onchain without the need of a centralized service. The stablecoin BAMK is introducing is called nUSD, which is derived from Ethena’s USDe, which is a synthetic dollar stablecoin on Ethereum. We ask Jack Liu how it all works and the magnitude of implications for the Bitcoin economy if it becomes widely adopted and standard for stablecoin issuance.
Topics:
- First up, Whats been going on since the last time we seen Jack Liu?
- Next, The problem BAMK is attempting to solve is the absence of a reliable stablecoin
- Then, we ask Jack Liu how BAMK works
- and Finally, what is the magnitude implications for the Bitcoin economy if it becomes widely adopted?
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We have a very insightful conversation with Jiurn, one of the leading experts and educators on all things Bitcoin and Ordinals. Through the last year and a half Jiurn has pieced together daily tweet threads to aggregate all of the latest developments within the space, as a result he has built a very large audience. Now Jiurn is turning his focus onto launching his own Ordinals contribution relating to the book publishing sector. Details of this project are reserved for a future recording. We then get deep into the discussions around preserving the “newness” of Ordinals and not diluting it’s impact with too many cloned copycat attempts. We agree with Jiurn here as we have actively worked to contribute an innovative approach to crafting digital artifacts under the Ordinals umbrella but through the utilization of DMT. We then discuss the merits of meme tokens and make projections on the market trajectory for Bitcoin and the crypto market as a whole for the coming years.
Topics:
- First up, who is Jiurn, and how did he get into the web3 space
- Next, Jiurn is turning his focus onto launching his own Ordinals contribution relating to the book publishing sector
- Then, get into the discussions around preserving the “newness” of Ordinals and not diluting it’s impact with too many cloned copycat attempts
- and Finally, discuss the merits of meme tokens and make projections on the market trajectory for Bitcoin
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We continue our conversations around the meme phenomena happening in the web3 space and elude to enough market indication toward it becoming a killer niche for the upcoming bull cycle. We then react to the current day political shift in American politics embracing crypto and making it a main narrative for the upcoming presidential election. This is in stark contrast to the U.S. positioning against the crypto markets over the last several years, but after candidate Trump made recent statements in support of the crypto industry the tone has turned completely. Is this the beginning stages of government adoption which will be the driving force to getting Bitcoin into the 7 figures rage? We discuss.
Topics:
- First up, continuing the conversations around the meme phenomena happening in the web3 space
- Next, reacting to the current day political shift in American politics embracing crypto
- and Finally, Is this the beginning stages of government adoption which will be the driving force to getting Bitcoin into the 7 figures rage?
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