TLS107: Shehzan Maredia on Building Lava, Bitcoin-Native Borrowing, and Improving Self-Custody UX

Shehzan Maredia is the co-founder of Lava, a Bitcoin project that aims to make sovereign finance simple.

In our discussion we explored the full scope of Lava’s vision, we talked about how Lava’s native Bitcoin borrowing protocol works, and we also discussed Lava’s decision to prioritize building on Bitcoin’s base blockchain over the Lightning Network today.

→ Lava: https://www.lava.xyz/

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Links

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:24 - Shehzan Maredia Intro

05:00 - How Lava’s Bitcoin Borrowing Protocol Works

22:24 - Why Do People Use Borrowing Protocols?

29:27 - Will Lava Integrate Bitcoin-Native Stablecoins?

32:06 - Why Lava Is Not Prioritizing the Lightning Network

42:52 - Lava’s Self-Custodial Wallet

50:21 - The Constraints to Self-Custody Today

55:44 - Building a Full Financial Sovereignty Stack

1:00:48 - The Lightning Round