Programming Pet Rocks With Alpen Labs

Welcome back to The Gwart Show!In today’s episode we are joined by the Alpen Labs team, a group of ZK dreamers working on SNARK-based verification of a second layer on top of Bitcoin. We hit all the big topics, like the current state of BitVM bridging, thoughts on sequencers, building a moat, Coinbase launching cBTC and EVM compatibility! Follow our guest on Twitter: @david_seroy @simanta_gautam 00:00 Start 00:31 Intro 01:20 Current projects 02:13 Applications on Bitcoin 04:16 Bictoin L2 landscape 10:36 Current state of BitVM bridges 14:35 Learnings from EVM 19:12 Bitcoin sequencers 23:54 Unilateral exit 31:31 Data availability 35:41 Walled garden L2's 41:28 Aplen's edge in the market? 46:16 Privacy 49:51 The wider L2 landscape 58:25 Roll-up tokens 1:01:11 Sequencer fees 1:03:13 Coinbase launching wrapped BTC 1:08:27 EVM compatibility 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices