77 - tBTC, with James Prestwich

77 - tBTC with James Prestwich The new gold standard for bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum, tBTC is a new trustminimized protocol for creating an ERC20 on Ethereum that has the value of Bitcoin. Lead developer James Prestwich comes to POV to discuss the protocol, and the long-term implications for both chains. Topics - How the tBTC system works - What other protocols and designs have features in tBTC - The mint/redeem loop of tBTC - Different stakeholders and participants in the protocol - What does it mean for Bitcoin blockspace? - What does it mean for the value of Ether? - The Alpha rate that DeFi can provide Bitcoin - The economic abstraction of Ether - The merging of the communities   Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs James Prestwich on Twitter @_prestwich Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778