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 Ch...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min
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 en...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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 "p...
Nov 17, 2024•56 min
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 normie...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 ...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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: @_pres...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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 opportunities 04:56 Fastlane 06:36 Poly...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min
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 again! 12:...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 52 min
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 impressions 08:2...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min
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 landsca...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 L2 18...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 9 min
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 MEV 06:31 Confid...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min
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 understand? 27:21...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min
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: @metaproph3t Timestamps: 00:00 St...
Sep 01, 2024•59 min
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 suck? 11:06 Li...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 39 min
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 vi...
Aug 18, 2024•55 min
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...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 31 min
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 upd...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min
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 takeawa...
Jul 28, 2024•56 min
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 now 04:39 Con...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min
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 customer...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 14 min
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 Ancho...
Jul 07, 2024•2 hr
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 mar...
Jun 30, 2024•59 min
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 consensus 29:17 Censor...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 14 min
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 AMMs 00:24:...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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-as...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min
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 backg...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 30 min
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 f...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 9 min
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 foundation...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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 risk ...
May 12, 2024•54 min
