Bankless | Eric Wall: Can Bitcoin Scale Through Layer-2s? @Bankless | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
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What’s the Endgame for Bitcoin Scaling? That’s what we asked bitcoin builder and researcher Eric Wall.

We start by exploring the evolution of Bitcoin and the genesis of scaling solutions on top of it. We then get into the intricacies of the BitVM, what exactly is a Bitcoin L2 and what’s coming next.

Eric is the perfect guest to explore this frontier of Bitcoin Rollups, he tells it like it is and he understands both Ethereum and Bitcoin.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
5:47 Eric Wall
9:48 The Evolution of Bitcoin
21:31 The Genesis of Bitcoin L2s
36:40 Runes
46:22 BitVM
1:04:45 Why Bitcoin L2s are Inevitable
1:09:07 Stacks
1:11:37 Bitcoin L2 Endgame
1:17:39 Scams
1:23:13 Bitcoin’s Direction
1:27:25 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Eric Wall
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