About this episode
0:00 Max and Steve talk hoops.
5:50 The new design and product meetup, ?uilder, expands!
12:30 Max orange pilling Silicon Valley: Saylor, Stablecoins, Bitcoin Network.
15:58 Design week at PB reimagining bitcoin into tech companies.
21:50 Can using open protocols be the easiest way to vibe code? Unpacking Karpahy's recent talk.
31:46 Bitcoin node as an MCP server for agent bitcoin payments?
36:51 Can a weekend project replace some legacy technology platforms?
38:33 The format of a socratic seminar, such as BitDevs, LitDevs, and ?uilder.
49:21 Stratum V2 and mining profitability.
1:09:00 Block and job latency improvements with Stratum V2
1:11:03 What is block hijacking?
1:13:35 How hard is it to select your own block template?
1:16:01 Native Stratum V2 for Asics and firmware.
1:18:48 What it would take to make your own Stratum V2 pool.
1:26:01 Mining dynamics deep dive: miners, pools, fees, FPPS, and block templates.
NOTES:
Stratum V2: Stratumprotocol.org
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