Alpha Leak | The Bull Case for zkBTC

In this episode, David is joined by John Light of Sovryn and Eric Wall, who moonlights David on the Bitcoin technical details throughout the interview.

The three go over the bull case for ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin. It’s undoubtedly the frontier.

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
5:10 John’s Background
8:24 How zkBTC Works?
11:00 Eric’s Interest
15:43 A Better Lightning Network?
21:33 Rollups on ETH vs. Lightning Network
25:50 Rollup Potential
29:24 Optimism
32:15 Expressivity
43:53 Limitless Bitcoin Applications
46:29 Layer 3 Protocols
50:25 What Needs to Happen
52:05 Forks & Flippening Effects
58:00 Proof Systems & Recursive Covenants
1:09:40 Next Steps
1:12:00 Research
1:14:12 Eric’s Thoughts on Bitcoin
1:16:50 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

John Light
https://twitter.com/lightcoin 

Eric Wall
https://twitter.com/ercwl 

Validity Rollups on Bitcoin
https://bitcoinrollups.org/ 

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