Sep 10, 2019
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
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