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Episode 104 - Data Availability Sampling
Listen now | To scale blockchains, we need scalability solutions like rollups. To make sure that the rollups are doing the right thing, we need data…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:38
Episode 103 - What are Validiums?
Validiums are L2 scaling solutions similar to ZK Rollups with a basic difference that they use a separate data availability layer instead of posting…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:55
Episode 102 - What is Blobspace?
Listen now | There is a new term in the crypto land — blobspace. Before understanding blobspace, let’s first do a quick refresher on data availability…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:20
Episode 101 - What is Blockspace?
Just a couple of days ago, in a work call, someone asked me the difference between blockchain and blockspace. Blockspace is a bit of a abstract concept…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:12
October 2023
Episode 100 - Summary of Bitcoin Whitepaper
Listen now | In this 100th episode we do something special. We look at the Bitcoin whitepaper and summarize the key points. We understand what are the…
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Gautam Dhameja
5:25
Episode 99 - Latency Vs. Throughput
In this episode we understand what is latency in blockchains and how it relates to throughput. We also look at various factors and variables impacting…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:10
Episode 98 - Intents Vs. Transactions
In this episode we understand what are Intents in blockchains and how they are different from transactions. We also understand the different usage and…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:09
Episode 97 - What are ASICs?
In this episode we understand what are ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and why they are used in Bitcoin and other crypto mining. We…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:25
Episode 96 - UTXO Vs. Accounts Model
In this episode, we understand the two state models in blockchains - UTXO and Accounts based. Bitcoin uses the UTXO model while Ethereum uses the…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:54
September 2023
Episode 95 - Tradeoffs With Block Finality
In this episode, we do one more dive into the topic of block finality and discuss the various tradeoffs associated with achieving fast finality. We also…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:13
Episode 94 - Probabilistic Vs. Deterministic Finality
In this episode we continue the discussion on block finality and understand two different types of finality - Probabilistic Vs. Deterministic. We also…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:34
Episode 93 - What Is Block Finality?
In this episode, we understand what is finality in blockchains and why is it needed. We look at a few scenarios where the concept of finality plays an…
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Gautam Dhameja
4:48
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