#503: The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal,Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington

Marty sits down with Dhruv, Ryan and Allen to discuss their new article on decentralizing the internet with Bitcoin.

Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal

Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry

Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Adding context
9:47 - Layer Zero
17:15 - Difficulty adjustment
23:32 - Layer One
32:42 - Layer Two - Lightning
43:31 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
44:10 - High layers improve low layers
50:40 - Unlocking the potential of lightning
55:40 - Design methodology
1:00:50 - Ordinals, out-of-band transactions
1:06:25 - Nostr
1:12:20 - Sphinx chat
1:17:24 - Ethereum’s backwards priorities
1:19:49 - AI interaction with bitcoin
1:25:09 - Unforseeable use cases
1:36:23 - Wrapping up

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