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Michael Nielsen on being a wise optimist about science and technology
Mar 27, 2025
1h 16m 51s
Jeffrey Quesnelle on Nous Research, large language models, and the human mind
Mar 18, 2025
2h 05m 42s
Alexander Long on Pluralis Research and protocol learning for frontier models
Feb 25, 2025
1h 14m 41s
Jim Posen on cryptographic acceleration with Binius
Feb 13, 2025
1h 13m 42s
Michael Bentley on Euler, credit, and natural selection
Jan 10, 2025
1h 26m 59s
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| 3/27/25 |  Michael Nielsen on being a wise optimist about science and technology | This is my conversation with Michael Nielsen, scientist, author, and research fellow at the Astera Institute.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:01:06) cultivating optimism amid existential risks- (00:07:16) asymmetric leverage- (00:12:09) are "unbiased" models even feasible?- (00:18:44) AI and the scientific method- (00:23:23) unlocking AI's full power through better interfaces- (00:30:33) sponsor: Splits- (00:31:18) AIs, independent agents or intelligent tools?- (00:35:47) autonomous military and weapons- (00:42:14) finding alignment- (00:48:28) aiming for specific moral outcomes with AI?- (00:54:42) freedom/progress vs safety- (00:57:46) provable beneficiary surveillance- (01:04:16) psychological costs- (01:12:40) the ingenuity gapLinks:- Michael Nielsen: https://michaelnielsen.org/- Michael Nielsen on X: https://x.com/michael_nielsen- Michael's essay on being a wise optimist about science and technology: https://michaelnotebook.com/optimism/- Michael's Blog: https://michaelnotebook.com/- The Ingenuity Gap (Tad Homer-Dixon): https://homerdixon.com/books/the-ingenuity-gap/Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:- Sina Habibian: https://sinahab.com- Sina Habibian on X: https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 16m 51s | ||||||
| 3/18/25 |  Jeffrey Quesnelle on Nous Research, large language models, and the human mind | This is my conversation with Jeffrey Quesnelle, cofounder of Nous Research.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:01:08) working with new technologies- (00:06:15) Nous Research origin story- (00:14:08) open frontiers in research- (00:26:07) fourier transforms for gradient compression- (00:32:58) math behind distributed training- (00:38:18) sponsor: Splits- (00:39:02) neural networks history and fundamentals- (00:51:29) the human mind and AI, hyperdimensional representation- (01:01:15) intuition and reasoning- (01:15:00) parallels with reinforcement learning- (01:19:15) the cat is out of the bag- (01:47:11) deeper mysteriesLinks:- Jeffrey Quesnelle: https://jeffq.com/- Jeffrey Quesnelle on X: https://x.com/theemozilla- Nous Research: https://nousresearch.com/- Psyche: https://nousresearch.com/nous-psyche/Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:- Sina Habibian: https://sinahab.com- Sina Habibian on X: https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 2h 05m 42s | ||||||
| 2/25/25 |  Alexander Long on Pluralis Research and protocol learning for frontier models | This is my conversation with Alexander Long, Founder & CEO of Pluralis Research.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:00:55) collaborative training- (00:09:49) economics of training- (00:13:10) what is protocol learning? - (00:20:48) protocol learning design and politics- (00:33:39) sponsor: Splits- (00:34:22) hardware requirements- (00:41:53) adapting to the landscape- (00:49:53) open and closed models- (00:52:52) market structure with fully open models- (00:56:34) research and risks- (01:02:19) labor and national security- (01:10:58) looking to the future- (01:14:20) outroLinks:- Alexander on X: https://x.com/_alexanderlong- Alexander on Github: https://github.com/AlexanderJLong- Article 2: Protocol Learning, Protocol Models and the Great Convergence: https://www.pluralisresearch.com/p/article-2-protocol-learning-protocol- Decentralized Training Looms: https://www.pluralisresearch.com/p/decentralized-ai-loomsThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 14m 41s | ||||||
| 2/13/25 |  Jim Posen on cryptographic acceleration with Binius | This is my conversation with Jim Posen, the Cofounder and CTO at Irreducible.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:01:12) getting deeper into cryptography- (00:07:06) revisiting binary fields- (00:15:50) building the verifiable internet- (00:26:14) sponsor: Splits- (00:26:57) revival of binary fields- (00:38:55) Binius- (00:42:46) bringing Binius to production- (00:48:27) creating new hardware- (00:53:57) getting to v1- (01:02:03) Ethereum stateless proofs and zkVMs- (01:13:21) outroLinks:- Jim on X: https://x.com/jimpo_potamus- Jim on Github: https://github.com/jimpo- Irreducible: https://www.irreducible.com/- Binius: a Hardware-Optimized SNARK: https://www.irreducible.com/posts/binius-hardware-optimized-snark- Binary Tower Fields are the Future of Verifiable Computing: https://www.irreducible.com/posts/binary-tower-fields-are-the-future-of-verifiable-computingThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 13m 42s | ||||||
| 1/10/25 |  Michael Bentley on Euler, credit, and natural selection | This is my conversation with Michael Bentley, the cofounder and CEO of Euler and previously a dynamical systems postdoctoral research associate at Oxford.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:01:11) early DeFi and experiencing the 2008 crash- (00:06:52) interest rate design and PIDs- (00:20:40) risk management- (00:28:27) sponsor: Splits- (00:29:10) macro view of the world- (00:32:27) the fundamental importance of credit- (00:35:47) Euler protocol design- (00:39:08) modularity and integration- (00:54:40) network topology- (01:10:55) natural selection and dynamical systems- (01:26:33) outroLinks:- Michael on X: https://x.com/euler_mab- Michael on Medium: https://medium.com/@euler-mab- Michael Bentley on the evolution of lending protocols: https://youtu.be/TW9Tv2Y0fkw- Euler: https://www.euler.financeThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 26m 59s | ||||||
| 12/23/24 |  Jake Chervinsky on regulations from first principles | This is my conversation with Jake Chervinsky, Chief Legal Officer at Variant, and previously the Chief Policy Officer at Blockchain Association and General Counsel at Compound Labs.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:01:15) ELI5: how the US government works- (00:10:44) DOGE and the powers of the executive- (00:19:27) DUNAs, DAOs, and decentralized governance- (00:27:55) how the law reacts to new technology- (00:40:19) sponsor: Splits- (00:41:02) incentives and philosophies of regulators- (00:48:10) lobbying and goals for the next administration- (01:01:58) advice for crypto founders- (01:13:39) personal motivations- (01:19:30) outroLinks:- Jake on X: https://x.com/jchervinsky- Variant Fund: https://variant.fund/- DeFi Education Fund: https://www.defieducationfund.org/- Fairshake PAC: https://www.fairshakepac.com/- Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org/Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 19m 56s | ||||||
| 12/16/24 |  Andrew Miller on TEEs, account delegation, research, and the early days in Bitcoin | This is my conversation with Andrew Miller who is working on product at Teleport, and is also Associate Director at IC3 and Board Member at the Zcash Foundation.Timestamps:- (00:00:00) intro- (00:00:59) from bitcoin research to privacy, ZKPs, and MPC- (00:13:23) trust models and threat vectors to TEEs- (00:21:16) what is possible with trustless TEEs?- (00:38:37) TEEs-based internet agents- (00:45:41) Dstack, a p2p architecture for TEEs- (00:52:50) learnings as a researcher- (00:58:42) sponsor: Splits- (00:59:25) pathfinding in research- (01:06:11) 2011 bitcoin unboxing and the early bitcoin ecosystem- (01:17:54) vision for the future - (01:21:22) outroLinks:- Andrew on X: https://x.com/socrates1024- Andrew on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Socrates1024- Andrew's research: https://soc1024.ece.illinois.edu- Personal site: https://soc1024.com- Zero Trust Execution Environments paper: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE- Zcash Foundation: https://zfnd.org- IC3: https://www.ic3.govThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 21m 48s | ||||||
| 12/6/24 |  Quintus Kilbourn on TEEs and Secure Hardware | This is my conversation with Quintus Kilbourn, researcher at Flashbots and currently working on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).Timestamps:- (00:00:00) - intro- (00:01:06) - what is a TEE- (00:12:23) - TEE use cases: one-shot transactions, autonomous AI agents- (00:25:27) - unbreakable hardware enclaves- (00:41:14) - physical hardware access as a threat vector- (00:47:20) - sponsor: Splits- (00:48:04) - defending against physical attacks- (00:55:57) - resources focused on TEEs- (01:10:25) - defending against supply chain attacks- (01:19:34) - hardware imaging- (01:28:48) - the roadmap- (01:32:53) - outroLinks:- Quintus on X: https://x.com/0xQuintus- Flashbots: https://www.flashbots.net/- ZTEE: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEEThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 33m 20s | ||||||
| 11/29/24 |  Markus Haas on ethOS and building a crypto-native device | This is my conversation with Markus Haas, the CEO of Freedom Factory and cocreator of the dGEN1.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:28) - ethOS origin story(00:07:54) - the vision and values(00:09:56) - the need for an alternative to iOS and Android(00:15:30) - sponsor: Splits(00:16:14) - building on GrapheneOS(00:28:32) - dGEN1, an everyday carry device(00:37:05) - what's next for ethOS?(00:43:02) - the company, funding, profitability(00:49:00) - outroLinks:- Markus on X: https://x.com/mhaas_eth- ethOS on X: https://x.com/EthereumPhone- GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/- Freedom Factory website: https://www.freedomfactory.io/Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 49m 24s | ||||||
| 10/23/24 |  Uma Roy on Succinct, STARKs, and zkVM architecture | This is my conversation with Uma Roy, cofounder and CEO of Succinct.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:57) - origin story(00:02:19) - SP1 architecture(00:09:43) - STARKs, FRI, and hash-based cryptography(00:15:09) - recursion(00:21:12) - upgrading the proof system(00:33:11) - sponsor: Splits(00:33:54) - security in ZK systems(00:37:46) - converting optimistic rollups into zk rollups(00:43:39) - zkVM vs custom circuits(00:48:48) - ZK for scaling and interoperability(01:00:24) - the lifecycle of a proof(01:06:26) - hardware(01:10:57) - outroLinks- Uma on X: https://x.com/pumatheuma- Succinct on X: https://x.com/succinctlabsThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:- Splits: https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 11m 21s | ||||||
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| 10/18/24 |  Andrew Huang on Conduit and scaling onchain compute | This is my conversation with Andrew Huang, the founder and CEO of Conduit.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:42) - onchain and cloud compute(00:05:20) - parallel execution(00:09:08) - the application's perspective(00:16:14) - scaling the sequencer(00:26:52) - sponsor: Splits (00:27:36) - interoperability(00:33:11) - rollup economics(00:42:33) - moving from tech to crypto(00:47:43) - Georgios Konstantopoulos(00:52:02) - outroLinks:Andrew Huang: https://x.com/KAndrewHuangConduit: https://www.conduit.xyzConduit on X: https://x.com/conduitxyzThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:Splits - https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 52m 26s | ||||||
| 9/30/24 |  Georgios Konstantopoulos on Reth, engineering management, and feedback loops | This is my conversation with Georgios Konstantopoulos, General Partner and CTO at Paradigm.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:47) - iterating on rollups(00:07:52) - Reth architecture(00:25:44) - sponsor: Splits(00:26:27) - feedback loops with performance, stability, extensibility(00:36:14) - feedback loops with the team(00:49:17) - writing for thinking(00:54:47) - the big vision(01:10:49) - outroLinks:Georgios Konstantopoulos on X - https://x.com/gakonstGeorgios Konstantopoulos on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gakonsParadigm on X - https://x.com/paradigmTailscale Blog: The New Internet - https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internetThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:Splits - https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 11m 14s | ||||||
| 9/20/24 |  Vitalik Buterin on political philosophy in the 21st century | This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:33) - the crypto lens on political philosophy(00:15:12) - the transition from the 20th to the 21st century(00:24:29) - sponsor: Splits(00:25:12) - the dimensions of uncertainty(00:46:14) - the duality between being idealistic and effective(00:58:46) - outroLinks:Vitalik Buterin on X - https://x.com/VitalikButerinVitalik Buterin on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/vitalik.ethVitalik Buterin on making sense in a changing world - https://www.intothebytecode.com/26-vitalikVitalik Buterin on retroactive public goods funding - https://www.intothebytecode.com/1-vitalik-buterin-karl-floersch-retroactive-public-goods-fundingThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:Splits - https://splits.orgSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 59m 11s | ||||||
| 9/18/24 |  Eric Alston on the US constitution | This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.Timestamps:(00:00) - intro (01:29) - choice in institutions matters (08:53) - secondary rules as rules for making rules (17:41) - constitutional moments (20:41) - how the US constitution has endured (28:39) - the characteristics of the US constitution (34:18) - sponsor: Splits (35:01) - the economic balance between federal/state govts (47:24) - presidential vs parliamentary systems (01:01:13) - blockchains as experimental ground for governance (01:13:50) - outro Links:Eric Alston - https://x.com/incompleterulesEric Alston on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alstonThank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:Splits – https://splits.org Sina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 14m 15s | ||||||
| 8/13/24 |  BaseCamp 001: Jesse Pollak (Base), Ben Leventhal (Blackbird), Julian Holguin (Doodles), Yele Bademosi (Onboard) | This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak (creator of Base), Ben Leventhal (founder/CEO of Blackbird), Julian Holguin (CEO of Doodles), and Yele Bademosi (cofounder/CEO of Onboard).Timestamps:(00:00) - intro (00:50) - Jesse Pollak, Base (09:41) - how the Base team is structured (17:25) - how the mission and strategy came together (27:43) - the focus in year two (35:38) - Ben Leventhal, Blackbird (39:35) - the restaurant P&L (43:36) - identity and payments (51:25) - Flynet as an L3 (53:11) - building an economy (55:46) - the current era of crypto (57:27) - Julian Holguin, Doodles (59:40) - the status quo and the new model (01:09:36) - people want to be a part of something (01:18:22) - Yele Bademosi, Onboard (01:23:48) - being an entrepreneur in Nigeria (01:29:34) - building Onboard (01:34:45) - outro Links:Jesse Polak - https://x.com/jessepollakBase - https://www.coinbase.com/, https://x.com/baseBen Leventhal - https://x.com/benleventhalBlackbird - https://www.blackbird.xyz/, https://x.com/blackbird_xyzJulian Holguin - https://x.com/jholguin Doodles - https://www.doodles.app/, https://x.com/doodlesYele Bademosi - https://x.com/YeleBademosiOnboard - https://www.onboard.xyz/, https://x.com/OnboardGlobalSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 35m 12s | ||||||
| 8/1/24 |  Colin Armstrong: Paragraph, writing onchain | This is my conversation with Colin Armstrong, the founder of Paragraph.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:49) - Substack network effects(00:03:53) - new business models(00:15:32) - the content layer and the economic layer(00:21:18) - sponsor: Privy(00:22:34) - mechanisms to think about as a writer(00:29:32) - markets and social networks as forces of chaos(00:33:42) - building for the crypto-native vs the general audience(00:40:43) - emails vs wallets(00:48:23) - ARPU is higher in crypto(00:51:52) - algorithm for finding product-market fit(00:57:10) - sponsor: Optimism(00:58:15) - focus + urgency(01:02:51) - learnings from Google(01:07:58) - creating is fulfilling(01:11:35) - outroLinks:Colin Armstrong on X - https://x.com/colinarmsColin Armstrong on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/colinParagraph - https://paragraph.xyz/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 12m 00s | ||||||
| 7/16/24 |  Justin Glibert: from Economicus to Ludens | This is my conversation with Justin Glibert, CEO of Lattice and cofounder of 0xPARC.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:00:44) - digital physics(00:06:27) - changing physics + capitalism = theme parks(00:16:12) - objective functions are political(00:22:53) - sponsor: Optimism(00:23:58) - individual agency(00:27:25) - violence on the internet(00:39:17) - monoliths(00:47:24) - sponsor: Privy(00:48:40) - value systems(00:58:34) - homo economicus and homo ludens (01:10:50) - Emissary’s guide to worlding(01:16:55) - reading weird books(01:28:49) - outroLinks:Justin Glibert - https://x.com/justinglibert Lattice - https://lattice.xyz/ 0xPARC - https://0xparc.org/ Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 29m 21s | ||||||
| 7/11/24 |  Jonny Mack: Hypersub, building for the crypto-native creator | This is my conversation with Jonny Mack, Cofounder of Fabric and Hypersub.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:05) - motivations(00:05:43) - pooled capital for shared ownership and upside(00:09:24) - the computer and the casino, the purist and the tourist(00:13:59) - sponsor: Privy(00:15:15) - $higher, memecoins, cashflow, headless brands(00:24:38) - STP, Hypersub, minting time(00:32:29) - onchain memberships are legible(00:40:55) - creators are multi-dimensional(00:46:21) - sponsor: Optimism(00:47:25) - a network of networks(00:53:11) - authentic communities(00:59:31) - the difference between punk and hip hop, revenue vs GDP(01:06:41) - building in public is native to the medium(01:16:15) - outroLinks:Jonny Mack - https://x.com/_nonlinear Hypersub - https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/ Fabric - https://withfabric.xyz/ Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 16m 46s | ||||||
| 6/24/24 |  Stephane Gosselin: OneBalance, credible accounts and credible commitments | This is my conversation with Stephane Gosselin, cofounder of Flashbots, Frontier Research, and OneBalance.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:29) - sponsor: Optimism(00:02:34) - my existential question about crypto(00:07:13) - global consensus is the problem(00:14:27) - architecting a new system(00:21:56) - OneBalance and Credible Accounts(00:29:39) - credible commitment machines(00:34:20) - sponsor: Privy(00:35:35) - the user issues permissions for solvers(00:37:06) - the trust model(00:42:20) - the CAKE framework and the Credible stack(00:47:59) - privacy(00:54:54) - global consensus blockchains and LLM foundation models(00:58:55) - a company is a mirror on your state of being(01:08:26) - having a strong why (01:17:46) - outroLinks:Stephane Gosselin - https://x.com/thegostepOneBalance - http://onebalance.ioFrontier Research - https://frontier.tech/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 18m 18s | ||||||
| 6/13/24 |  Molly Mackinlay: building Filecoin | This is my conversation with Molly Mackinlay, Head of Engineering, Product, and Research Development at Protocol Labs, and CEO at FilOz.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:59) - sponsor: Privy(00:03:15) - motivation(00:09:30) - exabytes of network capacity(00:12:11) - edge computing, bringing compute to data(00:14:26) - the history of IPFS, libp2p, IPLD, Filecoin, FVM, L2s and IPC(00:20:08) - designing incentives in Filecoin(00:25:11) - designing the block rewards curve(00:27:28) - progress through time(00:31:19) - learnings from building production systems, (00:34:15) - EVM-compatibility, future-proofing and network upgrades(00:43:51) - sponsor: Optimism(00:44:56) - IPC, L2 scaling on Filecoin(00:48:55) - architecting applications on subnets(00:54:12) - business models on subnets(00:57:27) - the interface between a subnet and the internet(01:04:41) - FilOz as a public goods amplifier(01:07:10) - opening up the Protocol Labs network(01:12:23) - Edge Esmeralda, field building, neurotech, and education(01:21:04) - outroLinks:Molly Mackinlay - https://x.com/momack28Protocol Labs - https://protocol.aiFilecoin - https://filecoin.ioFilOz - https://www.filoz.orgInterPlanetary Consensus - https://www.ipc.space/ Textile Basin - https://basin.textile.io/ web3.storage - https://web3.storage/ Filecoin Virtual Machine - https://fvm.filecoin.io/ Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.io Sina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed. | 1h 21m 35s | ||||||
| 5/17/24 |  Rish: building infrastructure with Neynar | 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.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: 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. | 1h 19m 58s | ||||||
| 5/8/24 |  Sreeram Kannan: building the verifiable cloud | 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.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: 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. | 1h 11m 00s | ||||||
| 5/6/24 |  Doug Petkanics & Eric Tang: open video infrastructure | 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.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: 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. | 1h 24m 23s | ||||||
| 3/26/24 |  Martin Köppelmann: AI agents as onchain actors | This is my conversation with Martin Köppelmann, cofounder of Gnosis.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:47) - sponsor: Privy(00:03:08) - Gnosis Pay as an onchain bank account(00:13:49) - security, passkeys and recovery(00:21:19) - privacy, Tornado Cash(00:28:25) - sponsor: Optimism(00:29:35) - AI agents as a new form of life(00:36:43) - training with prediction markets as RLHF(00:46:00) - agents and prediction markets as interconnected concepts(00:56:21) - why now for prediction markets(01:09:08) - outroShow notes:Martin Köppelmann - https://twitter.com/koeppelmannPrediction Prophet, an agent by Polywrap in collaboration with Autonolas and Gnosis - https://predictionprophet.ai/Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.ioPrivy - https://privy.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: 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. | 1h 09m 37s | ||||||
| 3/1/24 |  Varun Srinivasan: Farcaster, building a decentralized social network | 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.ioSina:Sina Habibian - https://sinahab.comSina Habibian on X - https://x.com/sinahabDisclaimer: 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. | 1h 28m 37s | ||||||
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