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 landscape

10:36 Current state of BitVM bridges

14:35 Learnings from EVM

19:12 Bitcoin sequencers

23:54 Unilateral exit

31:31 Data availability

35:41 Walled garden L2's

41:28 Aplen's edge in the market?

46:16 Privacy

49:51 The wider L2 landscape

58:25 Roll-up tokens

1:01:11 Sequencer fees

1:03:13 Coinbase launching wrapped BTC

1:08:27 EVM compatibility

👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities.

Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here.

Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media