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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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55:18

Bitcoin-based Loan Markets, Among Other Dreams With...

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/18

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today we are joined by Shehzan, a Bitcoin builder focusing on borrowing and lending protocols on top of Bitcoin. While most people think of Bitcoin as a dumb rock, the Lava team led by Shehzan is working on a novel solution to natively lend and borrow (while maintaining self-custody but we’ll let him explain that) on Bitcoin. Lava uses Discreet Log Contracts (DCLs) to thread the needle of both permissionless capital via DeFi markets and Bitcoin self-sovereignty via

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91:13

Where Uri Solves MEV With Uri Klarman

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/11

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Uri Klarman, known for his BloxRoute private mempool company, joins Gwart to discuss the future of MEV on Ethereum and Solana. Uri goes through ther Ethereum block builder journey, why public mempool’s are a problem in today’s on-chain economy, and his many (and we mean many) attempts to address MEV or miner malfeasance through token schemes. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:44 Uri's background 01:28 Blocksroute 05:52 ETH block building 11:44 DeFi vs CeFi 15:55 Can Defi

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66:06

The Bald Man Sings With Udi Wertheimer

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/04

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! We are joined by the 4th most important Taproot Wizard, Udi Wertheimer, to discuss, well, male pattern baldness. We also dive into the wizards roadmap (not just JPEGS) like CATVM, the use-cases for L2s, how blockspace doesn’t solve blockspace issues and why ETH Maxis just keep losing.If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our email list for notifications when the podcast comes out, transcripts and more. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:54 Taproot Wizards

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55:41

L2s, Apps, and Stake Centralization With 0xMert

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/28

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! We we’re down in Nashville recording some shows, but this week we have something a bit different with Mert, CEO of Helius and co-host of a BlockWorks podcast. So, it's a podcast with a podcaster today. We go through Solana's ecosystem, including MEV and architecture. Mert shares insights on Fire Dancer, state compression and Helius, while addressing criticisms and challenges. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:50 Mert's background 01:16 ETHCC experience 03:26 ETHCC

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78:52

The Realignment With Max Resnick

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/21

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! We’re re-joined by Max Resnick (@MaxResnick1) of the Special Mechanisms Group (@specialmech) to discuss Ethereum's potential shift towards faster block times and multi-proposer systems. He explores the implications for L2s, MEV, and market structure. The conversation covers Ethereum's comp21etitiveness with Solana, the future of DeFi, and the challenges of centralization in crypto.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:06 Matt's background 02:47 ETH vibes right

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73:38

A Bullish Timeline Cleanser With Checkmate

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/14

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today we’re joined by Bitcoin bull and on-chain analyst Checkmate to discuss Bitcoin's market dynamics, mining economics, and market outlook given the bear victory laps on the timeline. He shares thoughts on on-chain analysis, altcoin markets, ETFs, and the role of Bitcoin in the global financial system, offering a bullish perspective on its long-term potential.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:53 Checkmate intro 04:07 Checkmate charting product 07:29 Who's the

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119:49

Check Your Script With Rob Hamilton

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/07

Rob Hamilton, CEO of AnchorWatch and mini-script fan boy, joins The Gwart Show to break down the nuances behind Bitcoin script, why we should’t be scared of a soft fork for rollups (if we need one!) and what a world with more Bitcoin functionality looks like. Rob and Gwart embark on discussions of L2 tokens, Bitcoin consensus rules and the value of VCs in Bitcoin. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Rob's background 03:13 2013-2022 05:37 What is AnchorWatch? 13:02 Miniscript 19:53 Target user of

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59:28

Crypto Market Making With Evgeny Gaevoy

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/30

Evgeny Gaevoy, CEO of Wintermute, discusses market making in crypto, DeFi evolution, blockchain technology's relationship with capitalism, Solana's approach, GameFi potential, and the future of crypto in light of AI advancements. He shares insights on token design, DAO governance, and contrarian views on crypto's long-term prospects.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:52 Evgeny background 02:25 Crypto vs tradfi 04:04 Caring about more than market making 05:23 Wintermute business line 07:10 Why use a

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74:21

How To Win Blocks And Influence Ethereum

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/23

Stefan Gosselin-co-founder at Flashbots and founder at OneBalance–joins The Gwart Show. We go through block builder centralization, Stephane's vision for Ethereum, properties of censorship resistance, censorship resistance, shared sequencers, and the future of Bitcoin L2s. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Stephane’s background 01:38 Beginning in Web3 04:59 Current projects 06:15 Starting Frontier 07:46 Infinite Games 12:11 Centralization 16:02 PBS design 22:08 Global vs local

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75:20

Concerning Trading On-Chain, And Other Bad Ideas

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/17

Benedict Brady from Ergonia and Doug Colkitt from Ambient Finance join The Gwart Show, covering various aspects of decentralized finance (DeFi), high frequency trading (HFT), and automated market makers (AMMs). Follow our guests on Twitter: @0xdoug @bqbrady Follow Gwart and the podcast: @gwartygwart @blockspacepod Timestamps: 00:00:30 Guest Introductions 00:02:13 HFT, AMMs and CLOBs 00:9:10 Improving the Ethereum L1 for apps 00:18:10 zkEVMs, validator and rollups 00:22:021 Trading on

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77:56

Venture Investing In Bitcoin With Walt Smith

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/09

Walt Smith of Cyber Fund joins The Gwart Show, sharing his take on venture capital in the crypto–and specifically Bitcoin–space. He discusses the potential of Bitcoin rollups, the future of Ethereum, and the drama among crypto VCs. Walt also dives into the idea of merge mining as a scaling solution for Bitcoin and shares his thoughts on the end game of tokenization.Chapter Markers: 00:00 Start 01:22 Walt's background 02:45 Working at Galaxy 04:22 Major investments 05:36 Restaking 08:19 Multi-asset

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89:36

Bitcoin Layers With @januszg_

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/02

Welcome back to the Gwart Show! This week, Gwart sits down with Janus of the Bitcoin Layers team to discuss–well you probably get it. Still, they do go over Bitcoin sidechains, L2 approaches, tokens & dapps and what not on L2s , if this Zk thing makes sense, CatVM and more. Do we really want this and what do we want are frequently asked questions! Published weekly on Sunday afternoons, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Janusz

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68:48

Not An Essay: Jon Charbonneau on Composability, Stake...

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/05/26

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! This week, Job Charbonneau of crypto venture fund DBA joins Gwart to discuss Ethereum's issuance debate, centralization of stake, roll-ups vs. Solana, the future of DeFi on Bitcoin, solving MEV, crypto's VC landscape shifts, and key insights from his recent Research Day event. Follow our guest on Twitter: @jon_charb Follow our host: @gwartygwart 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their

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60:36

Memecoins, Scaling Grifts and Other Shenanigans With...

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/05/19

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! This week, Colluding Node from the Celestia joins Gwart to unravel the mystery of memecoins, stablecoins, governance tokens, Ethereum scaling via grifters and how Celestia works under the hood. Gwart and C-Node talk about like 20+ blockchains in this podcast so it probably has something for everyone.Follow our guest on Twitter: @colludingnode Follow our host: @gwartygwart 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building

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54:15

Behind The MEV Mask With Dean Eigenmann

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/05/12

Dean Eigenmann, a Miner Extractable Value (MEV) searcher, joins The Gwart Show to give an insiders look into the MeV landscape, strategies, decentralization challenges, and regulatory concerns. He discusses key differences between Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, DeFi's future, L2 developments, and offers a critique of Bitcoin. 00:00 Start 01:23 Dean intro 02:16 MEV = Oligopoly 03:19 Builder centralization on ETH 04:36 PBS design 05:53 Enshrined PBS 07:32 Atomic strategies & inventory

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101:35

Laser Eyes Stay On With Allen Farrington

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/05/05

Allen Farrington, co-founder of Axiom, discusses Bitcoin scaling, the role of venture capital in Bitcoin's ecosystem, his thoughts on DeFi, NFTs, and stablecoins, and the potential for Bitcoin to supplant fiat money. He also shares his insights on the ordinals debate and the future of Bitcoin infrastructure. 00:00:00 Start 00:00:32 Allen intro 00:01:22 Allen's background 00:06:30 Investing in public Bitcoin companies 00:10:44 Axiom 00:13:26 What wrong with DeFi 00:20:38 How does Axiom decide what

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86:22

A Chat With Mr. Tarun Chitra

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/04/28

In this podcast, Tarun shares his insights on ZK technology, DeFi governance, PoW vs PoS, Bitcoin L2s, and more. He discusses the challenges of marketing ZK tech, the importance of dynamic availability in PoW, and the potential for Bitcoin to adopt new opcodes. Tarun also shares his thoughts on the future of DeFi and the crypto industry as a whole.Follow our guest on Twitter: @tarunchitra Follow our host: @gwartygwart 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is

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89:38

Bitcoin Season 2 Is A Scam Part 2 With Alex B

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/04/21

Welcome back! In Part 2 of The Gwart Show, Alex B shares his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader crypto landscape. He discusses the flaws in Ethereum's proof of stake model, the cult-like phenomena in crypto, the reality of the Lightning Network, and the centralization concerns in DeFi. Alex also touches on the necessity of stablecoins and the constant innovation in crypto tech.Published weekly on Sunday afternoons, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest

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89:39

Bitcoin Season 2 Is A Scam (Also Ethereum) With Alex...

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/04/14

Alex B, writer at Bitcoin Magazine and longtime Bitcoin Twitter user, joins The Gwart Show in this two part series on the heart and soul of Bitcoin maximalism, why it matters, if Bitcoin Season 2 is a sham and, of course, if Ethereum is a scam. Follow our guest on Twitter: @bergealex4 Follow our host: @gwartygwart Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:00:18 Introducing Alex Be 00:05:41 Bitcoin scaling discussion 00:17:44 Necessary Bitcoin primitives 00:36:02 Protocols & Bitcoin economy 00:38:18

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55:42

Solana, What’s Right And What’s Wrong

The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media ·

2024/04/07

Eugene Chen, co-founder of Ellipsis Labs, discusses the future of decentralized finance, Solana's vision for transforming traditional finance, and how Phenix aims to redefine on-chain trading. He also shares insights on the Ethereum vs. Solana debate and the challenges of optimizing blockchains for Defi applications.Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. 00:00:00 Start 00:00:18 Eugene's background 00:01:17 Defi work before Ellipsis 00:02:21 From HFT

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