The Block Runner is your authentic source for Bitcoin, Ordinals and other cryptocurrency technology, explanations and news. Learn the most optimal strategies to optimize your cryptocurrency knowledge. We’re building a metaverse project that enables creators to build and deploy in multiple virtual worlds using Digital Matter Theory. Join us on our journey from starting a business from nothing to what will amount a multi trillion dollar metaverse industry.
Episodes
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
We interview the CEO of Xverse, Bitcoin’s #1 wallet provider who recently secured a 5 million dollar seed round of funding to expand and scale their services. Xverse has been deeply involved in the Bitcoin development space, originally being a team member of Stacks which is the leading layer 2 solution to Bitcoin. For many years, Stacks was regarded as the only viable solution to building applications like products on Bitcoin, which led Xverse to build a wallet that would improve the user experience overall for users of that network. Now with the introduction of Ordinals this year, Xverse took the chance to support the ecosystem in its early days and is now the #1 provider for Ordinal asset holders. We discuss what the future of building on Bitcoin looks like and how critical infrastructure needs to be built in order to compete with Ethereum and its smart contract development ecosystem.
Topics:
- First up, How did Ken get into the Web3 Space
- Next, Ken Explains how Xverse has been deeply involved in the Bitcoin development space
- Then, we discuss how Stacks was regarded as the only viable solution to building applications on Bitcoin
- and Finally, What does Ken think of the future of Bitmap?
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
We interviewed one of the founders of the FOXXI team which is one of the leading contributors in building utility for the bitmap ecosystem. After the blockout of Bitmap districts, the major question has been who will step up to build and provide the necessary infrastructure to expand the ecosystem in order for Bitmap to become a major force in the metaverse. FOXXI is working on exactly this by focusing on the social side by creating a platform allowing Ordinal owners to form relationships and also by creating a bitverse where community members will be able to deploy their own virtual environment to connect and explore. This is one of the first attempts at building a 3D immersive layer on top of Bitmap that will grant new utility to all Bitmap owners. We discuss also a built in mechanism that will allow Bitmap owners who deploy their Virtual Environments to extract “bits” which will serve as a mechanism to reward BRC20 tokens down the line, introducing an even greater utility proposition.
Topics:
- First up, Who is Aaron and how did he enter the Web3 space?
- Next, how does FOXXI compare to their competitors?
- Then, We asked what the future of Bitmap looks like
and Finally, What are FOXXI’s plans for the future?
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
We were part of a truly unique experience where we did an in-world podcast in the virtual world Hyperfy. We were part of a panel with some metaverse OGs, Routan, Morph, and Jin. We discussed our history and experience building in the open metaverse over the last few years and how that unique experience can be applied for the Bitmap ecosystem. Jin specifically has built a massive variety of open source technologies to enable developers to expand on his work. With the opportunity that Bitmap presents, an open canvas for metaverse development is available and needs the contribution of industry experts to provide the necessary infrastructure to fuel a thriving ecosystem. This is one of the more interesting conversations and experiences we have had on the channel.
Topics:
- First up, we introduce each of the metaverse OGs and how they got into the web3 space
- Next, we discussed our history and experience building in the open metaverse over the last few years, and apply that to Bitmap
- Then, Jin explains how they built a massive variety of open-source technologies to enable developers to expand on their work.
- and Finally, What is their opinion of the Bitmap ecosystem?
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
In this YouTube video titled "The Digital Artifact EXPANSION | Interview w/ Tom Lehman Founder of Ethsubscriptions | TBR #170," the founders of the Block Runner podcast interview Tom Lehman, the founder of Ethscriptions. The discussion revolves around the challenges faced by websites like Genius.com due to the monopolistic power of corporations like Google. Lehman emphasizes the need for decentralization through platforms like Ethereum to prevent excessive control by giant corporations. He also explains the concept of centralization, the benefits of NFTs, the capabilities of Ethscriptions, and the Ethscriptions Virtual Machine (EVM). Lehman emphasizes the importance of decentralized consensus and the development of a more general virtual machine. He discusses the philosophical aspect of decentralization, the cost-effectiveness of Ethscriptions compared to L2 solutions, and the compatibility of the new system with the old system. Lehman also highlights the role of indexers in Ethereum and Ethscriptions and the importance of standardized virtual machines to avoid fragmentation.
Topics:
- First up, who is Tom Lehman and how did he get into the web3 space?
- Next, Tom explains the Ethscription protocol.
- Then, what does He think about the current inscription space?
- and Finally, how does Tom view the future of the crypto ecosystem?
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
We interview the founder of TRAC, Benny, who is working tirelessly on providing critical indexing infrastructure to the Ordinals and BRC20 space. Benny explains his origins as an Ethereum developer and his switchover to the Ordinals arena which led him to build a suite of necessary tools for Inscriptions. As he was developing he discovered a huge gap in decentralized indexing which led him to build Trac and eventually the TAP protocol. Now with TAP, inscription tokens with more robust functionality can be created which is the fundamental need to enable DeFi, which Benny is labeling as OrdFi. How much infrastructure remains and what are plans moving forward for Trac and TAP? We discuss in this episode.
Topics:
- First up, who is Benny and how did he get into the Ordinal's Space?
- Next, What led Benny to build the Trac network?
- Then, Benny explains how TAP Protocol works
- and Finally, How does Benny feel about the future of Ordinals?
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
We interview a core community member of the Ord team which is working on building the virtual machine on top of Bitcoin called BOSS. This is a very much-needed initiative as it will bring in much needed functionality and robustness to the Ordinal space. As of right now, the BRC20 token standard is the standard mechanism to spin up a semi-fungible token ecosystem. With the BOSS system a new token standard can emerge enabling developers to build on top of more functions. If this works out it could be one of the biggest moments in Ordinals history, similar to early Ethereum days for the overall blockchain space.
Topics:
- First up, what is BOSS and why you should care?
- Next, How did Archimedes get into the crypto?
- Then, how does BOSS expand on the BRC-20 ecosystem?
- and Finally, lets find out whats coming next for Oshi Finance
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
We finally took a moment to peer outside of what is happening in web3 besides Ordinals and Bitmap. We haven’t properly analyzed the state of sentiment overall since we began heavily following Ordinals once BRC20s were introduced back in March and April. Since then, we’ve found ourselves in a much more positive sentiment as content creators because of all the rapid innovations and foundational value creations happening on Bitcoin. However, once we looked back on the rest of web3, we found a much more depressing outlook due to major hacks and exploits, SEC attacks on HEX, constant rugpulls, and overall notable influencers pushing an anti crypto narrative. This leads us to believe we are likely in a peak bear market stage which according to the Wall Street Market Psychology Cheat Sheet is the depression phase. Also, we introduce the idea of digital matter theory which speaks to the idea of creating digital value through non-arbitrary processes that are reliant on blockchain data and information.
Topics:
- First up, We peer outside of what is happening in web3 besides Ordinals and Bitmap
- Next, SEC goes after HEX
- Then, Are We in the peak bear market?
- and Finally, we introduce the idea of digital matter theory.
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
We discuss with the founder of Ordswap.io, Jack Liu the origins of builder culture on Bitcoin. Through his extensive experience, he has identified what makes Ordinals the lightning in a bottle moment for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Now with so many interested parties dedicated to creating value for Bitcoin through Ordinals, the momentum will drive it to become a full-fledged developer platform. Also, why does he find Bitmap one of the more exciting innovations from the Ordinals movement? From his perspective, Bitmap satisfies all 3 of his criteria when determining if an idea has the potential to take over a market or not. Also, for the first time a guest turned the interview back onto us and asked us several questions about our experience and opinions on how this metaverse space on Bitcoin will develop, a first for us 😅
Topics:
- First up, We get to know Jack and how he got into Bitcoin
- Next, We ask him why he is interested in Bitmap
- Then, Is Jack Bullish or Bearish on the Crypto Market?
- and Finally, Jack’s official view on the Parceling standard for the metaverse on Bitcoin.
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
We discuss how our new platform launch went and how the market is reacting to Blockamoto’s parcel inscription standard. Why are so many fearful and reluctant of enabling parcel inscriptions this early? Also, we break down how important the standard of bitmap is to maintaining a consensus among developers who are building within the ecosystem. In order for new technical layers to be built on top of the ID system that bitmap represents, we need project founders to follow the mechanisms of land distribution in accordance with the standard. Will the xSpectre project who is distributing land in their VE outside of the parcel standard effect the outcome of their ecosystem negatively in the long run?
Topics:
- First up, We discuss our new platform Mscribe, and the reactions to Blockamoto’s parcel inscription standard.
- Next, we explain why parcel inscriptions is a critical infrastructure piece to the metaverse on bitcoin?
- Then, we analyze how important the standard of bitmap is to maintaining a consensus among developers who are building within the ecosystem.
- and Finally, we break down Xspectar’s project and our thoughts on improving it.
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
The crypto bull market is showing signs of progress after ripple case and with all the interesting innovations emerging especially from the Bitcoin ecosystem. Yat Siu, founder of Animoca Brands is paying attention to Ordinals and claiming it is the next sector to show cultural growth. This is important because Yat was a huge force in the NFT movement and legitimized a lot about those projects. We then talk about what the components of the metaverse are and talk about how important the operating systems will be to the growth and maturation of bitmap ecosystem. Without operating systems, developers cannot introduce the functions needed for engaging content and experiences to be deployed.
Topics
- First up, we react to the news on XRP not being a security.
- Next, the bull is BACK, looking into what this means for the crypto market
- Then, we examine how Apple’s business thinking can help develop the metaverse components
- and Finally, Iman and I talk about the long roadmap for the Metaverse.
Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app!
Website: www.theblockrunner.com
Follow us on: Youtube: https://bit.ly/TBlkRnnrYouTube
Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter
Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram
Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord
Music by OfDream - Thelema