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Episodes
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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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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