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Why TBD's Mike Brock Is Skeptical That Decentralized Applications Will Become Popular - Ep.337

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English - April 05, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
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Mike Brock, general manager of TBD at Block, discusses how TBD’s yet-to-be-released DEX is structured, explains why he thinks decentralized solutions do not necessarily need blockchains, and tells the humorous story about how Jack Dorsey convinced him to start working on a Bitcoin project. Show highlights:
what TBD is and what its relation to Block (formerly Square) is
how TBD differs from Spiral, another Block-based Bitcoin firm
how tbDEX works and why building on-ramps and off-ramps to crypto is so important
who will be supplying the liquidity for tbDEX
why Mike is passionate about creating digital identity infrastructure
how tbDEX will incorporate digital identity tooling into its protocol
what Mike thinks about Vitalik Buterin’s misgivings concerning tbDEX’s design
why Mike fell down the rabbit hole (thanks Jack Dorsey)
what lessons Mike learned at CashApp that he is using at TBD
which stablecoin TBD will be working with
why Mike is not a believer in DeFi
why tbDEX (or, seemingly, other TBD products) will not utilize tokens
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Episode Links
 
Mike Brock
Twitter; https://twitter.com/brockm 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-brock-9030813/ 
Introduction to TBD: https://twitter.com/brockm/status/1415795490914856961 
 
TBD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tbd54566975?lang=en 
GitHub: https://github.com/TBD54566975/tbdex-whitepaper 
Whitepaper

https://tbd54566975.ghost.io/introducing-tbdex/ 

https://tbdex.io/whitepaper.pdf 

Careers: https://block.xyz/careers?search=tbd 
Other
Origin of name: https://twitter.com/TBD54566975/status/1424818221652324355 
Vitalik’s reticence: https://cryptopotato.com/vitalik-buterin-tells-how-jack-dorseys-tbd-might-build-the-bitcoin-dex/ 

 
Other Topics
Spiral (lightning development). Brock helped set up Spiral. 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiralbtc 
Website: https://spiral.xyz/ 

CashApp
Impressive BTC revenue: https://decrypt.co/93793/block-bitcoin-earnings-cash-app-hit-nearly-2-billion-q4 
Lightning network: https://blockworks.co/cash-app-integrates-lightning-network-for-bitcoin-payments/


Aaron Levie

https://twitter.com/levie 


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Mike Brock, general manager of TBD at Block, discusses how TBD’s yet-to-be-released DEX is structured, explains why he thinks decentralized solutions do not necessarily need blockchains, and tells the humorous story about how Jack Dorsey convinced him to start working on a Bitcoin project. Show highlights:

what TBD is and what its relation to Block (formerly Square) is how TBD differs from Spiral, another Block-based Bitcoin firm how tbDEX works and why building on-ramps and off-ramps to crypto is so important who will be supplying the liquidity for tbDEX why Mike is passionate about creating digital identity infrastructure how tbDEX will incorporate digital identity tooling into its protocol what Mike thinks about Vitalik Buterin’s misgivings concerning tbDEX’s design why Mike fell down the rabbit hole (thanks Jack Dorsey) what lessons Mike learned at CashApp that he is using at TBD which stablecoin TBD will be working with why Mike is not a believer in DeFi why tbDEX (or, seemingly, other TBD products) will not utilize tokens

Thank you to our sponsors!

Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021           

Beefy Finance: https://beefy.finance    

Cross River Bank: https://crossriver.com/crypto

Galaxis: https://galaxis.xyz/

Episode Links

 

Mike Brock

Twitter; https://twitter.com/brockm  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-brock-9030813/  Introduction to TBD: https://twitter.com/brockm/status/1415795490914856961 

 

TBD

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tbd54566975?lang=en  GitHub: https://github.com/TBD54566975/tbdex-whitepaper  Whitepaper
https://tbd54566975.ghost.io/introducing-tbdex/ 
https://tbdex.io/whitepaper.pdf  Careers: https://block.xyz/careers?search=tbd  Other Origin of name: https://twitter.com/TBD54566975/status/1424818221652324355  Vitalik’s reticence: https://cryptopotato.com/vitalik-buterin-tells-how-jack-dorseys-tbd-might-build-the-bitcoin-dex/ 

 

Other Topics

Spiral (lightning development). Brock helped set up Spiral.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiralbtc  Website: https://spiral.xyz/  CashApp Impressive BTC revenue: https://decrypt.co/93793/block-bitcoin-earnings-cash-app-hit-nearly-2-billion-q4  Lightning network: https://blockworks.co/cash-app-integrates-lightning-network-for-bitcoin-payments/
Aaron Levie
https://twitter.com/levie 

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