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 Lightning failed experiment?

12:21 Taproot assets on Lightning

15:59 Should stablecoins be on L1?

19:28 Stables are #1 use case

21:12 Roll ups

27:51 Why are devs interested in roll ups?

30:27 What roll ups are ready today?

36:26 Liquidity problems?

37:49 Other roll up limitations?

38:41 Roll up use case?

41:04 Are roll ups just a sneaky block size increase?

44:19 One roll up to rule them all

45:41 Do roll ups scale execution on BTC?

47:14 Single sequencer risk

50:12 Is Lightning "connective tissue"?

51:19 Unilateral exit in roll ups

53:09 Upgrades in roll ups

57:07 CATVM

1:00:18 New OP codes & scaling

1:06:58 Why will BTC expressivity be useful

1:08:19 VC backed projects pushing new OP codes

1:10:08 What is ARK?

1:14:47 MEV on Bitcoin

1:21:49 What roll ups will cause problems?

1:23:46 What roll ups have traction?

1:27:40 Are covenants on a deadline?

1:29:16 What's interesting right now?

1:30:12 The possibilities of eCash

1:32:49 Is Austrian Economics dumb?

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