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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mechanism this, mechanism that. Why does crypto infrastructure even matter? Gwart tunes in with Alex Nezlobin to discuss the history and importance of AMMs like Uniswap. 00:00:00 Start 00:01:11 Alex's Background 00:04:21 Problems in TradFi 00:06:29 Alex's Interest in AMMs 00:17:16 Robinhood & Payment for Order Flow 00:22:52 The Future of AMMs 00:27:31 Frontrunning & Insider Trading 00:37:31 AMM Landscape on Ethereum 00:46:46 Colocation...

Mechanism this, mechanism that. Why does crypto infrastructure even matter? Gwart tunes in with Alex Nezlobin to discuss the history and importance of AMMs like Uniswap. Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:11 Alex's Background 00:04:21 Problems in TradFi 00:06:29 Alex's Interest in AMMs 00:17:16 Robinhood & Payment for Order Flow 00:22:52 The Future of AMMs 00:27:31 Frontrunning & Insider...

Rjindael of the the Taproot Wizards joins Gwart to get to the bottom of Bitcoin’s soul search. Does Bitcoin need a revival? Are the Wizards going to hard? Is Lightning really broken? Who will stop the impending flood of Bitcoin MEV? Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Check out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe today. Follow our host on Twitter, @gwartygwart.

Mike Neuder of the EF and Max Resnick of SMG join Gwart to fix Ethereum MEV in one podcast. Mike, Max and Gwart talk MEV, Bitcoin and more. Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Check out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe today. Follow our host on Twitter, @gwartygwart.

Gwart interviews Solana Phone CEO Anatoly Yakovenko to talk Eth, monolithic architecture and more. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/

We are joined by Eric Wall, someone with too much time and tokens on their hands, to talk about Bitcoin Ordinals, smart critiques of Ethereum and Bitcoin MEV.