One of the best known educators in the space and OG Bitcoin maxi, Dan Held joined us to discuss his crypto journey from entrepreneur to marketing & growth specialist and why he decided to start the Asymmetric Bitcoin DeFi Fund. Although initially a contentious topic, the emergence of Ordinals revealed Bitcoin’s untapped potential, sparking tremendous interest for Bitcoin L2s and DeFi on the ‘mother chain’. Apart from bringing new utility to the highest liquidity blockchain, the new-found demand for blockspace significantly increased fees, thus incentivising miners to further secure the chain despite halving rewards.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Dan’s background
• ZeroBlock
• Increasing marketing reach
• ZeroBlock acquisition & marketing at Kraken
• Asymmetric Bitcoin DeFi Fund
• Bitcoin’s history: NFT & DeFi emergence
• OP_CAT & trustless bridging
• Bitcoin ‘governance’, forks & BIPs
• Usecases for DeFi on Bitcoin
• Bitcoin block reward subsidy and long-term security

Episode links:

• Asymmetric on Twitter
• Dan Held on Twitter
• Blockchain.com on Twitter
• Taproot Wizards on Twitter

Sponsors:

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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.