Odin: The Hottest Runes Marketplace | With Bob Bodily (@BobBodily)

The last time Bob was on, he was publicly known as a humble Twitter scholar for Bitcoin L2s. Today, he’s unmasked himself as the founder of ODIN.FUN – the new hottest Runes marketplace launched just last week. Today, we discussed: The journey that led him to build Odin The importance of optimizing for speed above everything The tech behind Odin and how it interacts with Bitcoin L1 The hypersonic pace of Odin’s growth Why Bitcoin trading experiences may be preferential to Solana This episode was powered by Best In Slot—the leading API for Ordinals and BRC20 data aggregation and indexing. As always, YouTube + Spotify links in bio linktree. 0:00 - Opening stats about Odin's early success 0:18 - Introduction and discussion of intense launch period 1:00 - Origins of Odin and development timeline 2:01 - Discussion of what users want in crypto applications 3:18 - Lessons learned from Polymarket and user experience 4:54 - Why build on Bitcoin despite user chain indifference 6:24 - Bitcoin as king and strategy behind Odin 8:03 - Technical development history and early Ordinals work 9:19 - Lessons learned from L2 marketplaces 11:11 - Pivot to Odin and focus on speed 14:07 - Technical architecture and Valhalla layer explanation 16:55 - Demo of Odin's trading interface 20:29 - User experience and session key innovation 24:05 - How Bitcoin interacts with ICP through threshold signing 27:29 - Trading mechanics and liquidity pools 29:59 - Launch statistics and user growth 31:51 - Fee structure and referral program 34:32 - Community building and Be Life integration 36:01 - Impact on Runes ecosystem volume 40:40 - Vision for future and competing with Solana 42:56 - Criticism of Solana's MEV issues 45:28 - Innovation opportunities in token launching 47:56 - Closing thoughts on Bitcoin meme coins' future https://x.com/BobBodily https://odin.fun/ LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: › YouTube: / @bitcoinrails › X/Twitter: https://x.com/isabelfoxenduke › Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uPrBxvD691TpTqjijudkO?si=571634b88d574911 CONNECT WITH ISABEL: › Email: [email protected] › LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-foxen-duke-87272423/ › X/Twitter: https://x.com/isabelfoxenduke Bitcoin #Ordinals #BRC20 #Runes #BitVM #zkp