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The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media

Blockspace Media

Through conversations with crypto’s brightest lights, Gwart embarks on a one-man crusade to find the real value of cryptocurrency. Once weekly episodes with guests. Pseudonymous, Gwart is a crypto-Twitter troll and thinkboi seeking answers to non-existent problems in blockchains. Follow along for the most colorful conversations in crypto.

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58:49

ZKVM With Succinct Labs Uma Roy

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2025/01/05

Today we’re joined by Uma Roy of Succinct Labs to discuss ZK-VM technology, the upcoming prover network, and the alternative scaling paths. We got into rollup architectures, Bitcoin integration, and the landscape of ZK proofs in crypto. Follow our guest on Twitter: @pumatheuma 00:00 Start 00:53 Who is Uma? 01:16 What's a ZKVM? 03:07 Starkware vs Prover Network 04:20 How does it work? 05:28 Who plans to use this ZKVM? 07:50 Why does it take an hour? 10:01 What is the Prover Network? 14:15 ASICS for

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62:29

Starkware, ZK, and Bitcoin With Eli Ben-Sasson

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2024/12/29

Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO of Starkware, joins The Gwart Show to discuss Ethereum L2s and Bitcoin scaling solutions. We go through rollup controversies, Starkware’s airdrop drama, and how we might actually scale protocols through ZK proofs and STARKs. Lastly, we touch on OP_CAT, which the Starkware team has been pushing behind the scenes. Follow our guest on Twitter: @EliBenSasson 00:00 Start 00:44 Guest introduction 01:25 What is Starkware working on? 03:15 Working on BTC vs ETH 06:27 Why did Bitcoin

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76:27

A Thousand Year Milady Dynasty

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2024/12/22

Charlotte, creator of Milady NFTs, discusses building a counter-cultural art movement, embracing controversy, fostering community through derivatives, and aiming for "thousand-year dynasty" influence across tech, politics, and culture while rejecting traditional VC-backed NFT models. Follow our guest on Twitter: @CharlotteFang77 00:00 Start 01:01 Who is Charlotte Fang? 01:29 Inspiration for Milady ? 04:39 Art style 10:24 Path to success? 17:43 Community engagement 21:37 Milady Cancel? 25:10 Milady

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65:42

Outer Circle Meeting Minutes With Jon Charb

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/12/15

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today we are rejoined by Jon Charb of DBA. A fellow podcaster and SOL bag holder, Gwart digs into Jon’s recent blog post on Ethereum’s future, community alignment, value of ETH, and Bitcoin rollup development. Follow our guest on Twitter: @jon_charb 00:00 Start 00:41 ETH's North Star Blog Post 03:57 Is SOL a true competitor? 05:44 WTF is a settlement layer? 09:35 Main points of North Star post 16:08 Community alignment 19:21 Gas limit increase 22:30 L1 performance

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96:31

Where Max Documents His Betrayal

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2024/12/10

Max is leaving Ethereum, and we have the details. On this Gwart Show special filmed at Pubkey in NYC, Max and Eugene join Gwart to go through Max’s decision to leave Ethereum dev shop Conensensys in favor of a Solana client which frankly we don’t know how to spell or pronounce. We go through Ethereum’s major problems basically one-by-one in this 1.5 hour show, finishing with a Holiday Special game of ‘cooked or not cooked’ narratives.Follow our guest on Twitter: @MaxResnick1

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68:36

Beam Me Up! With Justin Drake

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2024/12/08

Justin Drake joins us as the dust settles on his ‘Beam Chain’ pivot (?) for Ethereum.Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation joins The Gwart Show! We discuss his Beam Chain proposal, covering improvements in block production, staking mechanics, and cryptography. He explains the path toward more efficient validation and the future of Layer 2 scaling solutions. Follow our guest on Twitter: @drakefjustin Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:57 Beam chain 05:36 Beam Chain highlights 11:19 What is the Bean

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63:25

TOOL, Or How To Get 1 Second Confs On Ethereum

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/12/01

Can we get Ethereum without tradeoffs? Probably not but we’re gonna try. This week we’re joined by MEV searcher and developer 0xprincess to discuss “trustless order flow operations layers,” or how 1-second block times with no protocol changes or L2s can happen today. Later on we get into Wintermute, Flashbots and chain order flow.Follow our guest on Twitter: @0x9212ce55 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:47 Who is 0xPrincess? 03:52 How does T.O.O.L. work? 05:30 Designing TOOL 07:41 Trusted execution

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55:54

A Show On Crypto Regulation

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2024/11/17

Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer at Polygon Labs, joins The Gwart show to discuss crypto regulation, the future of DeFi, stablecoins, and the impact of upcoming elections on crypto policy. Deep insights into regulatory challenges and opportunities in the evolving crypto landscape. Note this show was recorded before the election occurred! Follow our guest on Twitter: @RebeccaRettig1 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:50 Rebecca's bio 01:38 Appearing in Congress 05:06 Language matters 07:17 What the

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71:51

Whiskey: does it need to be on the blockchain?

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/11/10

Spirits on the blockchain? We’re joined by a digital marketplace for Whiskey, BAXUS, to get a better understanding of RWAs. Follow our guest on Twitter: @BAXUSco @web4o Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:27 Baxus background 03:20 Whisky quality level 07:19 Creating Baxus 11:28 How does Baxus work? 12:54 KYC 17:48 Low end whisky market 22:23 Whisky fandom 23:53 The oracle problem 26:52 Why does this need a blockchain? 32:05 Brick and mortar locations 33:27 UI & blockchain 34:10 Crypto users vs

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75:26

Mechanism Design With Elijah

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2024/11/03

Elijah, protocol designer at DeFi exchange Neutron, joins The Gwart Show! We get pretty deep into some tech topics on Ethereum like decentralizing oracles and AMM designs so be sure to bring a notepad.Follow our guest on Twitter: @PossibltyResult Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:42 Elijah background 01:25 Multiple concurrent proposers 05:03 App integration 09:31 Hyperliguid 12:10 Opinionated blockspace 17:27 MCP risks 21:27 ETH's goals? 29:56 Is DeFi just FinTech 2.0? 35:33 Future of AMMs 40:56 Long

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62:09

Hard And Soft Power In Ethereum With James Prestwich

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/10/27

Welcome back to the Gwart Show! Today we are joined by James Prestwich, a OG Ethereum engineer and leader of @init4tech, an Ethereum research group. On the show, we dive back into Ethereum’s plight, beginning with the fundamentals. We start with a review of Ethereum’s origins, James’ mental model for ETH, why PBS is broken (and was from the start), if Rollups work and how we skipped sharding, Vitalik and more Vitalik, and what Solana really means for Ethereum. Follow our guest on Twitter:

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77:32

Sequencing and Layers With Thogard

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2024/10/20

Welcome back to the Gwart Show! Today we are joined by Alex Watts, CEO and co-founder of Fastlane Labs. They discuss MEV, Ethereum's challenges, and UX. He explores the tensions between DeFi and traditional finance, the potential risks of stablecoins, and the need for crypto to focus on real-world outcomes beyond just decentralization. Follow our guest on Twitter: @ThogardPvP Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:57 Alex's background 01:35 Becoming a Seeker 03:13 MEV

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111:41

Ethereum’s North Star With Mike Neuder

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2024/10/15

We’re rejoined by Mike Neuder, Ethereum researcher and general student of all things crypto-economics, to discuss the future of his bags, AKA Ethereum. We pick up on the conversation a lot of Twitter is having regarding Ethereum’s fraught future. Is it worth the marketcap? Can Solana flippen it? Is the FUD legit? We discuss on this week’s Gwart Show! Follow our guest on Twitter: @mikeneuder CHAPTERS 00:00 Start 01:01 ETH vibe check 05:43 Vibes at ETH Foundation 09:56 Make the L1 great

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85:16

Reasoning By Analogy With Kyle Samani

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2024/10/08

Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital–a fund well known for its Solana bags and focus on DePIN–joins The Gwart Show! Today, we discuss Solana's potential to overtake Ethereum, the future of DeFi, token economics, and the emerging DePIN sector. We have some hot takes on Ethereum as a failed project, ultrasound money, etc. Also we talk about moats for dapps, wallets and infra (always infra…) Follow our guest on Twitter: @KyleSamani @multicoincap 00:00 Start 00:53 Breakpoint & Token

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70:25

Programming Pet Rocks With Alpen Labs

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2024/09/29

Welcome back to The Gwart Show!In today’s episode we are joined by the Alpen Labs team, a group of ZK dreamers working on SNARK-based verification of a second layer on top of Bitcoin. We hit all the big topics, like the current state of BitVM bridging, thoughts on sequencers, building a moat, Coinbase launching cBTC and EVM compatibility!Follow our guest on Twitter: @david_seroy @simanta_gautam 00:00 Start 00:31 Intro 01:20 Current projects 02:13 Applications on Bitcoin 04:16 Bictoin L2

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69:06

Adam Cochran: The Everything Expert

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2024/09/22

Adam Cochran–a familiar profil pic to anyone on crypto twitter-joins The Gwart Show! They tackle Ethereum's roadmap, DeFi’s PMF, TradFi boys joining the party and regulatory & political challenges. At the end, we get a nice pitch on why we should take Ethereum seriously (or not). Follow our guest on Twitter: @adamscochran 00:00 Start 01:18 Who's Adam Cochran? 04:40 Don't get butt hurt 06:09 Adam history 09:23 Working on now? 10:42 Unique investment profile 12:47 ETH roadmap 15:34 L1 vs

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73:24

Citadel, But On-Chain With Ludwig Thouvenin

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2024/09/15

Ludwig Thouvenin from Sorella discusses Ethereum MEV, Uniswap V4, and the launch of Brontes, an open-source MEV dashboard. He explores the complexities of DeFi liquidity, arbitrage strategies, and the future of Ethereum's protocol design, offering insights into the challenges and opportunities in the evolving crypto landscape. Follow our guest on Twitter: @SorellaLabs @0xvanbeethoven Link to the dashboard: https://t.co/tylzKFdetM 00:00 Start 00:57 What is Sorella? 03:38 Types of

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87:38

On-chain Corps, World Liberty Financial, Trump vs....

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2024/09/08

Gabe Shapiro, crypto lawyer and co-founder of MetaLeX Labs, joins The Gwart Show to discuss DeFi regulation, tokenized securities, and the future of crypto under Trump or Kamala. Follow our guest on Twitter: @lex_node Chapters 00:00 Start 00:42 Gabe's background 01:21 MetaLeX & Borgs 04:16 Problems with DAOs 09:40 Foundations vs corporations in DAOs 15:03 Well run DAO examples 18:06 The risks of tokens + equity 21:53 Regulating conflicts of interest 24:12 What don't lawyers

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59:25

Prediction Markets, But For Everything. Futarchy With...

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2024/09/01

Can you short real life? That’s the idea behind Futarchy. By applying financial logic and smart contracts to ordinary life, you can create prediction markets that help people create better decisions. Today Proph3t of MetaDAO joins the Gwart show to discuss what Futarchy is, how it relates to DAO governance for projects like DeFi, where the tokens are at and if traditional entrepreneurs could thrive in a world where DAOs run the ship.Follow our guest on Twitter:

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99:21

Stablecoins Are Cancer And Rollups Are Dumb With...

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2024/08/25

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today we tackle the hard problem of scaling with Rollups, among other conversations. We’re re-joinbed by Shehzan, a Bitcoin builder focusing on borrowing and lending protocols on top of Bitcoin, and Shinobi, an out-spoken Bitcoiner and technical editor at Bitcoin Magazine. Follow our guest on Twitter: @marediashehzan @brian_trollz Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:12 L2s on Bitcoin 05:10 Do fees & speed effect payment adoption? 06:26 Why does lightning

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