Ep40: Doing Everything *on* Bitcoin L1 | Chad w/ OPNET

Chad Masterson riffs with Charlie about the long and storied history of ordinals metaprotocols, token schemes, and how the OPNET team is shipping an indexer-side smart contract system *without a token*. Follow our guest: @chadmasterxbt @opnetbtc Special thanks to @InscribAtlantis & @ordzaar for hosting this great conference & allowing Blockspace to produce media at the event! Follow our host: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is brought to you by 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and bitcoin tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com/ --- Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:45 - Bitcoin's Liquidity Challenges and Dex Innovation 05:32 - Building BRC-20: Challenges and Innovations 08:30 - Adoption and User Experience of Bitcoin Dex 10:22 - Tapping into Bitcoin Layer 1 Liquidity 12:04 - Engaging the Best Bitcoin Developers 16:01 - Bitcoin and Programmability 21:22 - Scaling, Liquidity, and the Role of MeV (Miner Extractable Value) 28:36 - The Future of Bitcoin Layer 1 and Layer 2 32:15 - Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin 40:01 - The Importance of Slower Financial Systems 45:00 - Closing Thoughts & Vision for Bitcoin's Future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices