Ep71: Save in Bitcoin, Spend in Dollars w/ Shezhan Marieda

Loans on Bitcoin are better than loans on Ethereum. More private, more secure, and better "attestations"

Dive into the world of DLCs, Discreet Log Contracts - an underexplored but powerful mechanism that Shezhan Marieda uses to power Lava Loans

Follow our guest on Twitter: @MarediaShezhan

Follow our host: @cbspears

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:23 What is Lava?

03:50 Bitcoin Smart Contracts

05:19 Explaining DLCs

10:49 Lava Loan Mechanics

13:13 Counterparty Dynamics

16:42 Challenges in Building Lava

19:01 Yield and Interest

25:58 DLC Innovations

41:41 Future of Lava

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