Into the Bytecode

This is my conversation with Rish, cofounder of Neynar, building infrastructure for Farcaster.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:51) - sponsor: Optimism(00:03:01) - the idea maze for Neynar(00:12:46) - exit, building blocks, and monetization models(00:17:20) - how Neynar is architected(00:21:52) - handling Frames Friday(00:25:04) - scaling infrastructure by mapping requests to resources(00:35:05) - sponsor: Privy(00:36:25) - taking good risks as a startup(00:41:55) - iteration and planning ahead, breadth vs depth-first search(00:45:36) - the channel protocol spec(00:51:26) - why build Frame Studio(00:56:55) - companies become extensions of their founders(01:05:53) - working on the Base team(01:10:28) - having a tight feedback loop with users(01:15:18) - cofounder relationship with Manan(01:19:25) - outroLinks:Rish - https://warpcast.com/rishNeynar - https://neynar.comThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Sreeram Kannan, founder at EigenLayer.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:21) - sponsor: Optimism(00:02:42) - the AVS economy(00:05:24) - blockchains separate trust and innovation(00:16:53) - sponsor: Optimism(00:18:02) - specialized services and SaaS on EigenLayer(00:24:50) - rollups are open verifiable web servers(00:41:35) - rollup economics and business models(01:55:14) - the transition from academic to builder/operator(01:06:38) - impact per unit action(01:10:26) - outroLinks:Sreeram Kannan - https://twitter.com/sreeramkannanEigenLayer - https://twitter.com/eigenlayerThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Doug Petkanics and Eric Tang, cofounders of Livepeer.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:45) - sponsor: Optimism(00:03:55) - Livepeer origin story(00:11:54) - FFmpeg and the video infrastructure stack(00:17:07) - compute capacity and cost in open vs closed systems(00:22:59) - GPUs as the supply side, working at NVIDIA(00:40:27) - finding latent demand(00:46:10) - sponsor: Privy(00:47:30) - learnings on go-to-market, Livepeer Studio, AI video processing(01:00:54) - AI subnets in the Livepeer network(01:07:51) - doing whatever it takes to get it done(01:13:19) - interacting with the market(01:18:51) - the inner game(01:24:30) - outroLinks:Doug Petkanics - https://twitter.com/petkanicsEric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtangLivepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeerLivepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudioThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Martin Köppelmann, Cofounder of Gnosis, discusses AI agents as onchain actors, training with prediction markets, interconnected concepts between agents and prediction markets, and the emergence of prediction markets now. The podcast delves into the potential of AI agents on blockchain, including their role in economic activities, market complexities, and evolution of prediction market architecture with AI agents.

This is my conversation with Varun Srinivasan - cofounder of Merkle Manufactory, the company building the Farcaster protocol and the Warpcast client.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:34) - sponsor: Optimism(00:02:44) - Farcaster origins(00:05:59) - sufficient decentralization, namespaces, hubs and CRDTs(00:16:02) - type 1 vs type 2 decisions(00:21:23) - the protocol, channels, clients, spam(00:30:13)  direct messaging and end-to-end encryption(00:36:38) - a turing complete social protocol(00:41:58) - sponsor: Privy(00:43:19) - why frames(00:52:14) - Facebook, Twitter, Farcaster(01:03:25) - backstory, growing up in India, Microsoft, YC(01:08:11) - learnings from Coinbase(01:15:13) - building a company(01:18:53) - doing the one thing that matters(01:28:07) - outroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Rebecca Rettig and Michael Mosier. Rebecca is the Chief Legal and Policy Officer at Polygon Labs. Michael is cofounder of Arktouros and partner at Ex Ante.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:38) - sponsor: Privy(00:02:59) - Rebecca's background, the Silk Road case, Aave, Polygon(00:07:22) - Michael's background, Department of Justice, FinCEN, Espresso Systems, the White House, ex/ante (00:15:12) - the current regulatory regime, Bank Secrecy Act, sanctions laws, miners/validators(00:29:30) - sponsor: Optimism(00:30:40) - genuine DeFi vs onchain CeFi, critical infrastructure(00:44:54) - Uniswap contracts, app vs protocol, wallet risk scoring, OFAC, Lazarus Group(00:54:19) - the Security Alliance (SEAL), white hats, working with the FBI(01:08:04) - why do this work, the ability to innovate in the US is a freedom(01:12:13) - crypto policy bootcamp(01:14:00) - outroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum, discusses topics like micro prediction markets, decentralized social networks, political instability, AI technology, brain-computer interfaces, and artificial languages in this entertaining podcast.

This is my conversation with Hart Lambur. We talk about Hart's path in building UMA (an oracle using schelling points to bring data onchain), Across (an intents-based bridge connecting ETH/L2s), and now Oval (MEV capture for oracle price updates).Timestamps:(00:00:00) - Intro(00:01:29) - Sponsor: Privy (privy.io)(00:02:50) - The idea maze, Goldman Sachs, RFQ systems, legal vs smart contracts(00:11:03) - UMA, schelling point and optimistic oracle(00:16:41) - Raising the seed round(00:19:38) - Across, intent-based bridging architecture(00:30:42) - Sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)(00:31:52) - Oval(00:46:15) - MEV capture for protocols(01:01:22) - OutroThank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible: Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak. He led retail engineering at Coinbase for many years — building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet. More recently, he is leading the development of Base, Coinbase's L2 built on the OP Stack. Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro (00:01:43) - sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io) (00:03:07) - motivation behind Base (00:11:12) - pitching Base to the Coinbase exec team (00:14:24) - challenges of innovating on a schedule (00:17:54) - failing repeatedly to find the right answer (00:22:09) - decision to build an L2 with Michael (00:23:30) - convincing Surojit Chatterjee, Coinbase’s CPO (00:24:59) - launching Base internally(00:31:58) - blockchains as serverless compute (00:36:53) - uniswap as a serverless API for currency conversion (00:39:30) - the power of small but leveraged teams (00:42:31) - how to straddle product building in the onchain and offchain world (00:45:25) - sponsor: Privy (privy.io) (00:51:22) - the significance of THIS moment in Crypto (00:53:56) - getting a 100M devs and 1B users onchain (00:57:02) - how the NFT UX will change with Base (01:10:13) - how crypto will be incorporated in applications (01:14:00) - the risk of onchain heterogeneity(01:17:27) - building privacy-oriented onchain platforms (01:26:00) - upgrading the financial system (01:28:33) - attending Quaker School (01:34:43) - relentless positivity in life (01:38:47) - building a better futureJesse Pollak:jesse.xyz on ETH - https://jesse.xyz/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessepollakGithub - https://github.com/jessepollakLinks:Base - https://base.org/Coinbase - https://www.coinbase.com/Brian Armstrong - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrongSurojit Chatterjee Coinbase’s CPO - https://www.coinbase.com/blog/welcome-surojit-chatterjee-coinbases-chief-product-officerOP Stack - https://stack.optimism.io/Uniswap - https://uniswap.org/Goldfinch - https://goldfinch.finance/Zora - https://zora.co/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com Produced by - https://spectral.toDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. 

This is my conversation with Liam Horne, former CEO and advisor to Optimism Labs.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro (00:00:59) - sponsor: Privy (privy.io)(00:03:35) - early influences, classmates with Vitalik in Waterloo(00:08:31) - Ethereum's potential and why scalability matters(00:10:06) - learning from Jeff Coleman(00:17:23) - defining a common language (00:21:06) - importance of community in Ethereum(00:26:34) - hackathons lead to progress(00:31:36) - collaboration as a core ETH value(00:38:30) - humility and collective learning(00:47:27) - building a public good(00:53:07) - building Optimism with Ethereum values(01:09:27) - sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io) (01:17:41) - decentralization is a journey(01:20:59) - staying true to your principles(01:32:51) - building something new is difficult(01:36:28) - Jing Wang(01:42:10) - Georgios KonstantopoulosLinks:University of Waterloo - https://uwaterloo.ca/(Almost) Everything you need to know about Optimistic Rollup by Georgios Konstantopoulos - https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/01/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-optimistic-rollupETHGlobal - https://ethglobal.com/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioInto the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com Produced by https://spectral.toDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.