Podcasts/The Blockspace Podcast/Ep71: Save in Bitcoin, Spend in Dollars w/ Shezhan Marieda
The Blockspace Podcast

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

January 16, 2025·43m

Show Notes

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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