Home
Categories
EXPLORE
True Crime
Comedy
Society & Culture
Business
Sports
Health & Fitness
Technology
About Us
Contact Us
Copyright
© 2024 PodJoint
Loading...
0:00 / 0:00
Podjoint Logo
US
Sign in

or

Don't have an account?
Sign up
Forgot password
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/91/67/5a/91675afd-be2d-533f-be7e-b85b996f1b91/mza_4541276372262748610.jpg/600x600bb.jpg
Into the Bytecode
Sina Habibian
52 episodes
4 months ago
Into the Bytecode is a podcast about building the future. Check out these links for more: - Twitter: twitter.com/sinahab - Website: intothebytecode.com - Newsletter for updates: bytecode.substack.com
Show more...
Technology
Business
RSS
All content for Into the Bytecode is the property of Sina Habibian and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Into the Bytecode is a podcast about building the future. Check out these links for more: - Twitter: twitter.com/sinahab - Website: intothebytecode.com - Newsletter for updates: bytecode.substack.com
Show more...
Technology
Business
Episodes (20/52)
Into the Bytecode
#52 – 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 gap

Links:
- 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.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
7 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#51 – 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 mysteries

Links:
- 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.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
7 months ago
2 hours 5 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#50 – 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) outro

Links:
- 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-looms

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
8 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#49 – 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) outro

Links:
- 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-computing

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
8 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#48 – 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) outro

Links:
- 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.finance

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
9 months ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#47 – 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) outro

Links:
- 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.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
10 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#46 – 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) outro

Links:
- 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.gov

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
10 months ago
1 hour 21 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#45 – 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) - outro

Links:
- Quintus on X: https://x.com/0xQuintus
- Flashbots: https://www.flashbots.net/
- ZTEE: https://writings.flashbots.net/ZTEE

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
11 months ago
1 hour 33 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#44 – 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) - outro

Links:
- 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.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
11 months ago
49 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#43 – 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) - outro

Links
- Uma on X: https://x.com/pumatheuma
- Succinct on X: https://x.com/succinctlabs

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
- Splits: https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#42 – 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) - outro

Links:
Andrew Huang: https://x.com/KAndrewHuang
Conduit: https://www.conduit.xyz
Conduit on X: https://x.com/conduitxyz

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
52 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#41 – 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) - outro

Links:
Georgios Konstantopoulos on X - https://x.com/gakonst
Georgios Konstantopoulos on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gakons
Paradigm on X - https://x.com/paradigm
Tailscale Blog: The New Internet - https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#40 – 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) - outro

Links:
Vitalik Buterin on X - https://x.com/VitalikButerin
Vitalik Buterin on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth
Vitalik Buterin on making sense in a changing world - https://www.intothebytecode.com/26-vitalik
Vitalik Buterin on retroactive public goods funding - https://www.intothebytecode.com/1-vitalik-buterin-karl-floersch-retroactive-public-goods-funding

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
59 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#39 – 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/incompleterules
Eric Alston on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alston

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits – https://splits.org

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#38 – 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/jessepollak
Base - https://www.coinbase.com/, https://x.com/base
Ben Leventhal - https://x.com/benleventhal
Blackbird - https://www.blackbird.xyz/, https://x.com/blackbird_xyz
Julian Holguin - https://x.com/jholguin
Doodles - https://www.doodles.app/, https://x.com/doodles
Yele Bademosi - https://x.com/YeleBademosi
Onboard - https://www.onboard.xyz/, https://x.com/OnboardGlobal

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 35 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#37 – 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) - outro

Links:
Colin Armstrong on X - https://x.com/colinarms
Colin Armstrong on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/colin
Paragraph - https://paragraph.xyz/

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#36 – 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) - outro

Links:
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.io

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 29 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#35 – 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) - outro

Links:
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.io

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#34 – 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) - outro

Links:
Stephane Gosselin - https://x.com/thegostep
OneBalance - http://onebalance.io
Frontier Research - https://frontier.tech/

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io 
Privy - https://privy.io

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Into the Bytecode
#33 – 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) - outro

Links:
Molly Mackinlay - https://x.com/momack28
Protocol Labs - https://protocol.ai
Filecoin - https://filecoin.io
FilOz - https://www.filoz.org
InterPlanetary 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 

Into 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 nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

Show more...
1 year ago
1 hour 21 minutes

Into the Bytecode
Into the Bytecode is a podcast about building the future. Check out these links for more: - Twitter: twitter.com/sinahab - Website: intothebytecode.com - Newsletter for updates: bytecode.substack.com