Interview with CEO Xverse: Stacks, Ordinals, and the Future of Bitcoin | TBR #173

We interview the CEO of Xverse, Bitcoin’s #1 wallet provider who recently secured a 5 million dollar seed round of funding to expand and scale their services. Xverse has been deeply involved in the Bitcoin development space, originally being a team member of Stacks which is the leading layer 2 solution to Bitcoin. For many years, Stacks was regarded as the only viable solution to building applications like products on Bitcoin, which led Xverse to build a wallet that would improve the user experience overall for users of that network. Now with the introduction of Ordinals this year, Xverse took the chance to support the ecosystem in its early days and is now the #1 provider for Ordinal asset holders. We discuss what the future of building on Bitcoin looks like and how critical infrastructure needs to be built in order to compete with Ethereum and its smart contract development ecosystem. Links in Video 1. Ken Liao:   / yukanl   2. Xverse Twitter:   / xverseapp   Get our NFT: https://rovi.ai/ Please like and subscribe. Also, check out our podcast on your favorite podcasting app! Play on our land: http://bit.ly/MetaZone Website: https://www.theblockrunner.com/ Crypto Tax Software we use: https://coinledger.io?fpr=q7o2w Follow us on: Twitter: http://bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: http://bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Our Discord: http://bit.ly/TBR-Discord Mscribe Discord:   / discord   Odysee: https://odysee.com/@TheBlockRunner:b?... Audio: : http://bit.ly/ThBlkRnr Spotify: http://bit.ly/TBlockR Stitcher: http://bit.ly/TheBlockRnr Thumbnail by: That Xavier -    / @thatxavier   Twitter:   / thatguyxr   End Music by Twitter: @Nat_Thom_ Youtube: https://t.co/Ou22RD8wlJ?amp=1 Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed by The Block Runner are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice. 0:00 - Ken Liao IS HERE 2:05 - Software engineer builds user-friendly Bitcoin wallet 8:15 - Secure, durable, simple NFTs on Bitcoin 16:27 - Fungible tokens important for Bitcoin, stablecoins beneficial 20:37 - Bitcoin's unique properties fuel innovation and experimentation 28:41 - Indexers organize on-chain data 31:42 - Collaborate on indexers, reconcile views, and share data 37:57 - Keeping ordinals safe, combining bitcoin addresses 44:24 - Infrastructure rollout captivates us, and unlocks potential 51:01 - Closer to Stacks ecosystem, faster product release 53:44 - Regulations necessary for Bitcoin ICOs, SEC involvement uncertain 59:05 - Inevitable growth and development on Bitcoin #blockrunner #theblockrunnerpodcast