Aug 30, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Grayscale wins lawsuit against SEC (00:35) Potential ramifications of Grayscale win (02:42) Impact on SEC’s spot BTC ETF denials (02:52) Presiding Judge’s comments on SEC’s failures (03:05) Coinbase may partner with Twitter for hiring (08:38) Release of Ethereum Execution Layer Specification (11:02) What is Stylus in a nutshell (12:03) Polygon proposal on how to fix appchain walled gardens (14:37) Etherscan Scroll explorer (17:27) Euler’s comeback narrative (19:04) Instadapp’s Avocado multisig (21:08) Farcaster DAU going parabolic (25:29) Sassal & Refuel the 2nd largest Farcaster closed beta on-boarder (26:42)
Aug 29, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) SEC charges a company w/ “unregistered offering of NFTs” (not “securities”!?) (00:09) DCG reaches agreement w/ Genesis creditors of potential 60~90% reimbursement (05:43) Early projects building on EigenLayer (08:00) Data Availability defined (14:15) L2Beat to enforce open-source data requirement in “Stage 2” classification (17:20) Ethereum Follow Protocol using ENS (19:48) Ethena Labs integration w/ ByBit and Copper.co for extra yield (21:16) Anthony’s Insider & Outsider narratives likely to drive the market in the next 12 months (22:50)
Aug 28, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Refuel now on Apple Podcasts (00:48) How client diversity sites source data (01:20) OnlyFans hold ETH (09:43) Companies with BTC & ETH on their balance sheets (13:12) EIP-4844 fully explained (16:28) Dencun testing update (19:21) Ethereum L2 activity continuing to trend up only (21:16) Farcaster V3 coming soon inc. public access (23:38) Chainlink upgrade on track Q4 (26:19) Poll on price sentiment for Ethereum in 2024 (27:15)
Aug 25, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Anthony on the benefits of local meet-ups (00:09) Tornado Cash (TC) devs arrested (04:01) Coincenter on TC action running contrary ’19 FinCen guidance (05:15) Thread unpacking charges against TC devs (06:39) TC dev’s legal representation (07:45) Proof of Validator for Ethereum DHT (privacy) (11:29) KZG Ceremony closes, blowing past est. contributions (12:49) Base’s decentralization plans with Optimism (15:03) Circle announce native USDC issuance on 6 morechains (18:39) The role of L2 RUs & Chainlink in scaling Ethereum (20:47) The Relentless Rise of Stablecoins (23:30) Gitcoin Grants update (27:21) Market sentiment talk (28:54)
Aug 23, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Holesky testnet launching Sep 15 (00:08) Operation Solo Staker proposes first block (01:34) Gas fees spike as Eigenlayer raise cap to 100k stETH (02:52) Farcaster moving to OP Stack (08:53) The Farcaster stack (09:28) StarkWare open-sourcing their Stone Prover (15:22) Shutter network building shielded mempool for OP Stack (17:10) Instantly bridge to/from Base for 10c (18:56) Risc Zero introduce Zeth ‘type zero’ zkEVM (21:05) OpEd on BSC & Tron the most logical L1s to move to ⟠ L2 (23:04) Balancer vulnerability & promptly executed exit strategy (27:23) Snowball tools purportedly building “the future of crypto mobile” (29:09) OpEd on how tiring 'Price Stagnant Complainooooors' are (32:01)
Aug 22, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Coinbase stake in Circle, expanding USDC to 6 more chains (00:09) Misleading article claiming Friends.Tech leak (04:56) Dencan testing over the next few months (08:24) Diva on Ethereum diversity & how DVT can help (11:54) ZK Proofs & how we know what is being verified (12:44) Speculation & turning degen into regen (13:27) The Crypto App Stack neccessary for mass adoption (20:19) Connext, Superfluid streaming & cross-chain functionality (23:22) Anthony at the next Upside DAO meet-up (26:13)
Aug 21, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Friend.tech frenzy (00:10) More info on ETH future's ETFs (11:25) Last chance to participate in the KZG Ceremony (12:55) Ethereum staking on fire (13:32) Holesky testnet details (15:24) ETHGlobal Superhack finalists (20:56) The SET Framework (22:07) Aus DeFi meetup recording (27:17)
Aug 18, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) AusDefi meetup yesterday; video to come (00:09) Anthony on Bankless livestream (01:12) Tornado Cash lawsuit update (01:58) dencun-devnet-8 live (07:13) Devnet screenshot shows all is going well (07:27) Statelessness explained (10:10) Clarifying staking terminology (11:15) Scroll beta Sepolia testnet live (16:27) Arbitrum Orbit AnyTrust Chains (19:21) Rollup Economics Spells dashboard (20:24) Connext token distribution details (24:08) Liquity update & Oracle matrix (25:59) CowSwap integrate TWAP orders (28:36) Zeros perp. product emerges from stealth (30:31) Fire releasing wallet (32:10)
Aug 16, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Coinbase can now offers futures contrast in US (00:09) Censorship resistance via deniability (05:24) Addressing confusion re Eigenlayer risk (07:10) EtherFi Operation Solo Staker live (12:54) Diva DAO/token distribution details (14:29) Safe’s Core Protocol for smart contract transition (15:52) Gitcoin founder on controversy re Shell partnership (17:53) Farcaster close to 100% permissionless (21:15) OpEd: Ethereum ecosystem is executing faster than ever (23:12)
Aug 15, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) New SBF indictment w/ Gensler possibly req. as witness (00:09) Running a full node vs being a validator (02:03) Coinbase’s StandWithCrypto.Org inc. profiles of pro crypto politicians (08:51) Loopring’s new dev. portal (12:05) Immutable zkEVM testnet live (12:43) Phi's Ethereum Quests (14:20) Gitcoin R18 live w/ $1M matching fund (16:49) Controversy surrounding Gitcoin partnering w/ Shell Oil Co. (17:37) Anthony on why DAOs should be run as onchain companies (23:12)
Aug 14, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) SEC vs Coinbase update (00:10) Metrics on ETH staking since withdrawals (08:02) EigenLayer to raise cap (09:50) Diva Operator Testnet now live (11:42) Brian Armstrong on crypto UX (13:17) Blog post on rollup economics (17:35) Crypto market not pricing anything in (24:03)
Aug 11, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) SEC Bittrex settlement (00:09) Visa exploring ways to simplify BC txs (03:34) Holesky testnet pencilled in for Sep 15th (07:51) Beacon Chain churn limit increased (09:54) 0xSplits member registry developments (12:25) Coinbase invests in RocketPool via RPL purchase (14:00) DeBank Chain on OP stack rolling out in 2024 (15:53) How rollups unlock the long tail of apps (18:36) Lasso + Jolt, and SNARKS (22:45) Arbitrum tech cheat sheet (23:28) Lyra V2 DEX for pro traders coming soon (25:16) Zapper Trends onchain alpha (26:13) Abandoning ICO was throwing baby out w/ bathwater (27:07) Upside DAO meetup inc Anthony (34:43)
Aug 10, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Base officially live (00:09) “Onchain” trending up on Google (05:42) Fantom exploring Ethereum L2 (06:25) L1 becoming L2 could still end up ghost chain (07:42) L1s that could transition to Ethereum L2 (12:02) Fluent zkWASM execution layer for Ethereum (14:55) Autonomous Worlds Network (17:30) L2Beat tracking risks associated with L2s (19:20)
Aug 9, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Shoutout to UpsideDAO (00:25) PayPal stablecoin PYUSD on Ethereum (01:26) EF Next Billion Fellowship (07:37) Protocol Guild donor leaderboard (08:33) Ethereum Lambda consensus client details (10:51) NanoPC TC6 full node device (12:37) Puffer Finance’s raise for anti-slashing liquid staking (17:17) Octant, from Golem. ready for takeoff (19:39) Diva DVT staking innovations (21:54) Turnkey private key infrastructure (25:36) Goldfinch-Turnkey integration (26:27) Gitcoin Grants R18 a week away (29:31) Seal 911 crypto Emergency contact (30:50) Anthony on the market (32:07)
Aug 7, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Conbase’s brief to have SEC case dismissed (00:09) KZG Ceremony - special contributions (03:47) Protocol-Enforced Proposed Commitments (06:08) Wenmerge’s MEV Boost relay (08:46) Chainlink CCIP testnet trialing AUD, NZL, SGD coins (11:30) Espresso Sequencer - Doppio Testnet open to public (13:39) Vyper vulnerability post-mortem (16:32) Argent's account abstracted Starknet web wallet (19:02) Anthony on Ethereum’s main value drivers (25:13) Anthony on why ppl will be wishing they’d bought more ETH now (31:21)
Aug 4, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) DOJ considering charging Binance but concerned about consumers (0:09) Strategic partnership b/t Nethermind & Eigenlayer (10:23) Big update from Geth (11:28) KZG Ceremony still going for 20 more days (12:39) The economics of blob transactions (13:32) Base bridging open, launch w/ “Onchain Summer” in August (15:40) BOLD, Permissionless Validation for Arbitrum Chains (19:00) Introducing “ossification” metric for upgraded smart contracts (24:39) Shared sequencers may be way more powerful than thought (26:43) Push Protocol V2 launched (29:31) Nocturne on stealth addresses & shielded pools (30:54) Anthony on not blowing yourself up, esp. in high volatility events (32:14)
Aug 2, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Australian DeFi Association meetup (00:09) Ether Futures ETF race (00:59) $10B ETH burned over 2 years (07:21) Lambda Ethereum Consensus node details (17:13) Ethereum.org Translatathon (18:54) Rate-Limiting Nullifier protocol production ready (20:00) Challenges of reorged blocks (21:14) tx.cool UI/UX explorations of onchain data (22:44) Current state of Rollup SDK space (24:00) The difference b/t centralized front-ends & decentralized protocols (26:12)
Aug 1, 2023
Introductory song (00:00) Goerli epoch-long reorg (00:09) Rocket Pool oDAO reward reduction approved (04:00) $BALD memecoin on BASE attributed to SBF (06:39) BASE currently for devs only but degens aped in anyway (12:12) ATH TPS on Layer 2 (12:56) Current L2 Landscape graph (14:43) Charts of Base L2 surpassing Arbitrum daily TPS (17:43) Connext’s “Watchers” - like fraud proofs (17:52) Proposal for Celo L2 on Ethereum passes temp. check (20:44) Gitcoin Grants R18 applications open, moving to Optimism (21:40) A word on the mood of the markets (23:09)