

Built on Bitcoin with Jacob Brown
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Interviews with the best founders building on Bitcoin. Jacob takes an open-minded approach and talks with builders from all corners of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Jul 15, 2022 • 42min
E74: Investing In The Future of Web3 Tech - Kyle Ellicott Interview - Partner at Stacks Ventures
Kyle Ellicott is a partner at Stacks Ventures. Investing in new use-cases for Bitcoin & Stacks. Kyle has been in the tech space for nearly two decades and has a wealth of information around investing, incubating startups, decentralized applications, and much more.
Follow Kyle on Twitter: @kyleellicott
Learn more about the Bitcoin Odyssey Fund at https://go.okcoin.com/bitcoinodyssey
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Big thank you to our sponsor, The Stacks Foundation.
If you want to get started building on Stacks and help the mission of unlocking the full potential of Bitcoin.
Learn Clarity: https://start.stacks.org/
Learn more about Stacks: https://stacks.org/
Apply for a grant: https://stacks.org/grants

Jul 14, 2022 • 11min
E73: Weekly Update: STX Mining, DLC.Link, NFT Marketplace News, New Hiro Board Member
Another week of exciting Stacks news in the build market we're in.
Thank you to the sponsor of this episode - The Stacks Foundation
If you want to help bring Bitcoin to life and build on Stacks.
Consider applying for a grant at https://stacks.org/grants
Topics this week:
[0:00] Intro
[1:26] Julia Austin joins Hiro Board
[2:15] State of STX Mining Report
[3:35] Clarity Smart Contract of the Month (June)
[4:40] New Podcast Episodes around ecosystem
[5:18] New Gamma Creator Portal
[6:01] DLC.Link
[7:45] Byzantion NFT Marketplace News
[8:25] StackerDAO Labs

Jul 8, 2022 • 42min
E72: Unlocking Native Bitcoin on Stacks with DLC's - Aki Balogh Interview - CEO of DLC.Link
The dream of many in the crypto space is bring all the innovation we see on other chains to Bitcoin, with native BTC. Aki & his team at DLC.Link is bringing that to life.
Using DLC's (Discreet Log Contracts), You can lock up BTC in escrow without giving up custody, and person certain actions with another party or service.
Learn more about what DLC.Link is doing at https://www.dlc.link/
Follow Aki on Twitter: @AkiBalogh
Follow DLC.Link on Twitter: @dlc_link
Big thank you to our sponsor, The Stacks Foundation.
If you want to get started building on Stacks and help the mission of unlocking the full potential of Bitcoin.
Learn Clarity: https://start.stacks.org/
Learn more about Stacks: https://stacks.org/
Apply for a grant: https://stacks.org/grants

Jul 6, 2022 • 16min
E71: Weekly Update - MultiPass, StackerDAO & MegaDAO, MultiSafe, Stacks Degens, Xverse, New Hires
What is up you beautiful people! Another week of updates for everything that happened in Stacks.
If you watch this video and want to get started building on Stacks.
Check out https://start.stacks.org/
What we talk about this week:
[0:00] Intro
[2:08] New Hires at Trust Machines & Console.xyz
[4:01] StackerDAO Labs & MegaDAO
[5:28] Steady Lads Free Mint
[6:15] Stacks Degens
[7:50] MultiPass NFT Passport
[11:10] Hyperchains Testnet
[11:35] MultiSafe x Magic Bridge
[12:58] Xverse BNS Support

Jul 2, 2022 • 44min
E70: Building Apps on Stacks with No-Code - Christopher Perceptions - CEO of NoCodeClarity
What if you could create powerful applications for Stacks & Bitcoin with no coding required? Just a simple drag-and-drop interface, effort and an idea? That's what Chris and his team at NoCodeClarity are working on.
Follow Chris on Twitter: @CMPGFB
Follow NoCodeClarity on Twitter: @NoCodeClarity
Try out their plugin: https://nocodeclarity.com/

Jun 29, 2022 • 14min
E69: Weekly Update - Stacks Cohort 2, Nic Carter, What are swaps?, Airdrop, Monthly Community Call
What is up you beautiful people! Another week of updates for everything that happened in Stacks.
What we talk about this week:
[0:00] Intro
[2:20] Stacks Ventures Cohort 2
[3:00] Web3 for Bitcoin
[3:52] What are swaps, and how they work?
[6:11] New Airdrop Episode
[7:03] Stacks Monthly Community Call
[7:36] DappRadar
[9:05] Nic Carter v Bitcoin

Jun 28, 2022 • 16min
E68: What is a Submarine Swap? Atomic Swap? Catamaran Swap? - Topic Deep-Dive
Today we're doing a deeper-dive into how the most common swaps in crypto work.
We'll discuss how cryptographic hashes work, and there roll in creating safe, trustless swaps of digital assets.
Thank you to our sponsor - The Stacks Foundation.
If you are a builder with an idea that can benefit users in the Stacks ecosystem.
The Stacks Grants program is built for you. Get access to an array of resources, including funding to help build your project on Stacks.
Learn more at https://stacks.org/grants

Jun 22, 2022 • 25min
E67: Weekly Update - ALEX Lending, New Bitcoin Report, Byzantion Launchpad, Demo Days, Tokenomics Design Canvas, Pravica.Club and more
And we're back! After a little Covid action, Its time for another episode of This Week in Stacks.
First off, Thank you the first sponsor of the Built on Bitcoin podcast. The Stacks Foundation!
If you are a developer, or thinking of becoming one and want to learn Clarity.
https://start.stacks.org/ is THE place to go.
Now lets jump into the episode.

Jun 17, 2022 • 56min
E65: Creating The Best NFT Marketplace on Stacks - Interview with Daniel & Josh - Co-Founders of Byzantion
Daniel and Josh are the co-founders of NFT marketplace, Byzantion. An advanced NFT trading platform built on Stacks with tons of tools for collectors, traders, and creators alike.
Checkout out Byzantion at https://byzantion.xyz/
Follow Byzantion on Twitter: @byzantion_xyz
Follow Josh: @ObsidianBTC
Follow Daniel: @Plutus_BTC

Jun 10, 2022 • 38min
E65: Investing in the Future on Bitcoin - Jonathan Sadlowe, General Partner Gossamer Capital
Jonathan Sadlowe is General Partner at Gossamer Capital. Gossamer supports Startups building the future of Blockchain, DeFi, NFTs and Web3. They have been a strong supporter of the Stacks ecosystem and been one of the most active investors in the space since Mainnet launch.