Episode notes
Every Bitcoin Layer 2 quietly depends on a trusted operator to order transactions and that's the single point of failure Jeremy Rubin wants to kill. In this MIT Bitcoin Expo conversation with Bitcoin Magazine's Shinobi, Rubin breaks down Char Network, a decentralized shared sequencer that lets anyone participate like a miner. He explains how staked Bitcoin gets burned the moment a participant cheats, and why anchoring proof of stake to Bitcoin avoids the pitfalls of standalone PoS chains.
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Shinobi — Bitcoin Magazine
Jeremy Rubin — Founder & CEO, Char Network
Chapters:
00:41 — Who is Jeremy Rubin and what is Char Network
02:26 — The sequencing problem inside Bitcoin Layer 2s
03:49 — Decentralizing the trusted bridge operator
05:54 — Equivocate and your staked Bitcoin gets burned
08:09 — Long-range attacks vs Bitcoin-anchored security
10:47 — Signatures, the torus, and exposing private keys
14:06 — The hunt for a VRF and discovering eVRFs
15:33 — MuSig, deterministic nonces, and the Purify library
18:11 — Garbled circuits and a Bitcoin behind every blade of grass
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