Built on Bitcoin with Jacob Brown

Its been just over a year since I switched careers entirely and got into the VC space with an analyst position a the Bitcoin Frontier Fund. Here are 5 things I learned that I was completely unaware of before I started.

Fedi is building community-empowering tech powered by Fedimint. An open-source protocol to custody and transact Bitcoin within a community (federation). This is a wide-ranging conversation with Kody Low who is the head of developer & product support at Fedi. We touch on his experience as a new Bitcoin developer and best places to learn today, the differences between Fedi and Fedimint, and a deep dive into the design space of using federations to expand the utility of Bitcoin. You will learn a few new things in this episode. I promise you that. Follow Kody on Twitter: @kodylow Learn more about Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/ Learn more about FediMint: https://fedimint.org/

A tsunami of innovation has crashed over Bitcoin in the past few months thanks to Ordinals. It's hard to keep up with the latest. Bob Bodily breaks down ordinals, inscriptions, BRC20s, rollups, and more. He and his team are also building Bioniq, which they say will be the fastest Ordinals marketplace in the world running on Internet Computer. Follow Bob on Twitter: @BobBodily Learn more about Bioniq: https://bioniq.io/collections

Muneeb needs no introduction. He is an OG in the Bitcoin space and has been building in the space for over a decade. He co-created the Stacks blockchain with Ryan Shea and currently is the CEO of Trust Machines which is building the largest ecosystem of applications focused on making Bitcoin more useful. Follow Muneeb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/muneeb Learn more about Trust Machines: https://trustmachines.co/ Learn more about Stacks: https://www.stacks.co/

Philip De Smedt is the co-founder and core contributor to Arkadiko. Arkadiko is a stablecoin protocol and lending platform built on Stacks, working to create better and more transparent finance tools for everyone. We discuss: - Why stablecoins aren't so stable? - Why build on Stacks? - The current landscape of DeFi + much more. Try out Arkadiko at https://arkadiko.finance/ Follow Philip on Twitter: @philipdesmedt Follow Arkadiko on Twitter: @ArkadikoFinance

Alexei Zamyatin is a Bitcoin enthusiast, researcher & software developer. He co-founded Interlay to solve the problem of getting Bitcoin to be used in as many places as possible in a safe, secure way. That lead them to build the V1 of their decentralized Bitcoin bridge. V2 has been released this week and brings a whole new suite of tools including Uniswap-like AMM features, lending/borrowing, and more. Learn more about Interlay at https://www.interlay.io/ Follow Alexei on Twitter: @alexeiZamyatin --------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsor - The Ordinals 2023 Conference May 18th in Miami Florida. The first-ever Ordinals conference is going down with a long list of innovators and thought leaders in attendance. Including: Casey Rodarmor, Nic Carter, Trevor Owens, Jamil Dhanani, Ragnar Lifthrasir, Udi Wertheimer, Eric Wall, and many more. Save $25 with discount code: ord23jkblck https://ordinals2023.com/Tickets/

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The potential for a truly user-owned internet is becoming closer than ever with new protocols like Nostr and decentralized identity systems like BNS. Larry has been at the forefront working in this area for years. His latest project is solving the problem of identity and search for users on Nostr. Catch Larry online: Twitter - @larrysalibra Website - https://www.newinternetlabs.com/ Nostr Names - https://www.newinternetlabs.com/nostr/

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