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Episodes
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
We explore the DMT space in its current state and ponder its market presence as a force to onboarding new interest to web3. We draw parallels from previous cycles when new ideas emerged from nothing to eventually become leading market niches that generated billions of dollars in market activity. For DMT to follow in those footsteps would require momentum to catch fire in a similar fashion which would encourage wide spread adoption. We discuss what the domino pieces may be and ponder the ideas behind expanding the scope and applications of DMT for metaverse native construction. We then finally reflect on the successful Royals blockout, the first UNAT to launch successfully on Mscribe using the new blockpad feature we have developed over the last couple of months.
Topics:
- First up, exploring the DMT space in its current state and ponder its market presence
- Next, drawing parallels from previous cycles when new ideas emerged from nothing to eventually become leading market niches
- Then, discussing what the domino pieces may be and ponder the ideas behind expanding the scope and applications of DMT
- and Finally, the hosts reflect on the successful Royals blockout
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Will and Iman discuss Roaring Kitty's return discussing the value of meme stocks and why a goal helps motivate and propel meme value capturing the attention of every day people. They discuss the components that make a meme successful and uncover the intricacies required for attention to spread. AI is another topic continuing to make progress that will impact everyone. Could it be the next technological wave that affects every business that exists? Predictions for the next market cycle is always a natural talking point as they rationalize what they think is going to happen next. Finally they discuss the importance of keeping up with the Youtube game with clickbait. Why sometimes its a necessary tactic to capture the most attention while at the same time bring value to the viewer in a responsible way.
Topics:
- First up, Gamestop is back on the market!
- Next, A.I. is advancing to the point where it can teach young kids MATH!!!
- Then, we discuss our honest reflections and predictions on market cycles
- and Finally, Clickbait in the Crypto Market, the good and the bad.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
As we prepare for the biggest UNAT launch on Mscribe, the rest of the Ordinals community is in Hong Kong preparing to party the night away. We ask the question, should we not be fading these kind of conferences and what actually happens at them? We then get into the L2 discussion brought up by Bitcoin Wizards team on Bankless Podcast. Sentiment around L2’s to Bitcoin seem to be rapidly declining, are they all scams afterall?! We then discuss the upcoming Royals mint and explain why this isn’t like a typical Ordinal collection.
Topics:
- First up, As we prepare for the biggest UNAT launch on Mscribe, the rest of the Ordinals community is in Hong Kong preparing to party the night away
- Next, get into the L2 discussion brought up by Bitcoin Wizards team on Bankless Podcast
- Then, Sentiment around L2’s to Bitcoin seem to be rapidly declining, are they all scams afterall?!
- and Finally, discuss the upcoming Royals mint and explain why this isn’t like a typical Ordinal collection.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
We recap the events of the last week leading up to what was supposed to be the Redacted launch. After the testing results the Mscribe team felt the need to delay the launch another week to refine the Blockpad experience and address minting issues. We walk through the individual tests and talk about a major debacle we had to overcome. We then discuss the process of Blockpad minting and speculate on the future evolution of it.
Afterwards we reflect on the previous bear cycle and identify the similarities between then and now. Also, we discuss Bitmap and it’s stagnant state, emphasizing the need for more developers to step in to push the ecosystem forward.
Topics:
- First up, We recap the events of the last week leading up to what was supposed to be the Redacted launch
- Next, address minting issues After the test results for Mscribe, delay the launch for another week
- Then, walk through the individual tests and talk about a major debacle They had to overcome
- and Finally, reflect on the previous bear cycle and identify the similarities between then and now.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Will and Iman discuss the current state of crypto markets and the mass delusional state backing the importance of meme culture and the dissolution of utility driven initiatives in web3. Ultimately are meme influencers and tokens hurting the crypto space as a whole? Or is this just a separate sector of importance that has no influence on the progression of web3 innovation and potentially will be used for good to drive more interest and participants toward projects with more substance.
We then discuss the importance of DMT and non-arbitrary tokens and how they can potentially influence market sentiment given wider adoption. In a market where inspirational innovations are largely lacking, can the idea of Bitcoin data utilization for token generation captivate the minds of the people similar to how early day NFTs did?
Topics:
- First up, discuss the current state of crypto markets and the mass delusional state backing the importance of meme culture
- Next, are meme influencers hurting the crypto space as a whole?
- Then, discuss the importance of DMT and non-arbitrary tokens and how they can potentially influence market sentiment
- and Finally, can the idea of Bitcoin data utilization for token generation captivate the minds of the people similar to how early day NFTs did?
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Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
The L2 and DeFi discussion in relation to Bitcoin are perhaps some of the most important ones when determining the future of Bitcoin. It is clear Bitcoin will not be able to scale into the future, regardless of how much robust innovation we add to it through metaprotocol design.
However, ecosystem contributors such as Sovryn are working diligently to implement some of the cutting edge in Bitcoin scaling technologies to create favorable environments for development. We discuss with a core contributor to Sovryn, Edan Yago, the technical challenges in rolling out this type of infrastructure and break down the comparisons between existing side chains to Bitcoin which do not consider the same trust minimizing components.
The conversation explores many interesting facets to Bitcoin development and considers the reality of Bitcoin entering into a phase shift that renders all other chains redundant as Bitcoin infinite scalability becomes a reality as rollup technology becomes solidified.
Topics:
- First up, How is Edan Yago and how did they get into the web3 space
- Next, Yago sheds light on the concepts of the trilemma of decentralization, scalability, and expressivity that the crypto community grapples with
- Then, discuss with a core contributor to Sovryn, Edan Yago, the technical challenges in rolling out this type of infrastructure
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Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
We speak with our guest Sandman who is a major contributor to the OXBT community and is now working to organize an up and coming Runes PFP project called Bitdogs. Bitdogs is one of the first Ordinal PFP collections to commit to a Rune token distribution once the protocol goes live. We discuss how this project came to be and the intentions behind tying together this new class of fungible token with their non-fungible collection that will be minting soon.
Topics:
- First up, who is Sandman and how did he get into the web3 space?
- Next, Sandman sheds light on Bitdogs' cutting-edge exploration of the Runes ecosystem and teases their upcoming deployment
- Then, Learn about the unique strategies employed by Bitdogs
- and Finally, how this project came to be and the intentions behind tying together this new class of fungible token with their non-fungible collection that will be minting soon?
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Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Since the release of the UNAT addition to the DMT framework about 6 weeks ago, Natcats have taken the NFT space by storm by introducing for the first time a truly unique value proposition to the digital asset space. Ev, founder of Natcats was the first to deploy an art collection that fully utilized the Unique Non-arbitrary Token framework. This enables the digital asset supply existence and the artistic characteristics of the art itself to be solely determined by block data.
Up until now all NFT art collections have had arbitrary supplies, largely in the realm of a 10k supply which was a market narrative set forth by Cryptopunks in the early days of NFTs. Now, due to the introduction of DMT, non-arbitrary digital asset genesis can be produced by the Bitcoin blockchain itself by leveraging existing NAT frameworks and clever utilization of inscription native technologies such as recursion. Since the deployment Natcats has generated more than 500BTC in secondary market volume and is quickly gaining awareness among some of the biggest NFT players who are desperately seeking new innovations in the digital asset space. We break down with Ev his experience since launch and his motivations behind the creation itself, as well as future plans.
Topics:
- First up, who is Ev and how did they get into the web3 space
- Next, WhAT are NatCats and what makes them different?
- and Finally, break down with Ev his experience since launch and his motivations behind the creation itself, as well as future plans
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Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
We went on a bit of a rant during this podcast episode, getting into many facets of conversation. We discuss the importance of EV’s contributions as a founder in the UNAT ecosystem and the impact he has made toward showcasing ecosystem viability in the DMT space. After this we go into a discussion on our own founder experiences and the exhaustive requirements needed in order to achieve significant goals. Referencing advice from Jensen Huang, the ability to endure suffering and pain during the toughest points of a founder experience is the determining factor for success. We reflect on this message and process all of the ups and downs of our experience in crypto as we celebrate crossing the 20k subscriber mark.
Topics:
- First up, the guys went on a bit of a rant, discussing the importance of EV’s contributions as a founder in the UNAT ecosystem.
- Next, discussion on the exhaustive requirements needed in order to achieve significant goals for the long run of their company
- Then, Referencing advice from Jensen Huang, the ability to endure suffering and pain during the toughest points of a founder experience
- and Finally, celebrating 20,000 Subscribers on their YouTube channel
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Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
The world of Bitcoin grows more complex by the day and it can become challenging to know what are the true gems among the pack of developments. This is Jason Fang’s specialty as he leads the most notable VC fund in the Ordinals space. This is proven by his investments into Metagood (OnChain Monkey), TAP Protocol, Liquidium, and others.
We discuss how to identify the major Ordinal market players that are worthy of investment and how the Layer 2 ecosystems to Bitcoin are massively over hyped despite their ease of acquiring investor interest. We break down the core technology of TAP and why it was chosen to support the Karma ecosystem over other token protocols like BRC20. Also, what are the expectations around Runes come Bitcoin halving.
Topics:
- First up, How did Jason Fang get into the web3 space?
- Next, What is Sora Venture and how can it change the web3 space?
- Then, We discuss how to identify the major Ordinal market players that are worthy of investment and how the Layer 2 ecosystems to Bitcoin are massively over hyped despite their ease of acquiring investor interest.
- and Finally, What does Jason Fang think of the future of crypto currency
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