77 - tBTC, with James Prestwich

POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.

Sep 10, 2019•57 min

--:--

Listen in podcast apps:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Download

Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episode description

77 - tBTC with James Prestwich

The new gold standard for bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum, tBTC is a new trustminimized protocol for creating an ERC20 on Ethereum that has the value of Bitcoin. Lead developer James Prestwich comes to POV to discuss the protocol, and the long-term implications for both chains.

Topics

- How the tBTC system works

- What other protocols and designs have features in tBTC

- The mint/redeem loop of tBTC

- Different stakeholders and participants in the protocol

- What does it mean for Bitcoin blockspace?

- What does it mean for the value of Ether?

- The Alpha rate that DeFi can provide Bitcoin

- The economic abstraction of Ether

- The merging of the communities

Please rate and share the podcast!

You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.

David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState

Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

James Prestwich on Twitter @_prestwich

Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1

Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android