This is my conversation with Rish, cofounder of Neynar, building infrastructure for Farcaster.

Timestamps:

- 00:00:00 intro

- 00:01:51 sponsor: Optimism

- 00:03:01 the idea maze for Neynar

- 00:12:46 exit, building blocks, and monetization models

- 00:17:20 how Neynar is architected

- 00:21:52 handling Frames Friday

- 00:25:04 scaling infrastructure by mapping requests to resources

- 00:35:05 sponsor: Privy

- 00:36:25 taking good risks as a startup

- 00:41:55 iteration and planning ahead, breadth vs depth-first search

- 00:45:36 the channel protocol spec

- 00:51:26 why build Frame Studio

- 00:56:55 companies become extensions of their founders

- 01:05:53 working on the Base team

- 01:10:28 having a tight feedback loop with users

- 01:15:18 cofounder relationship with Manan

- 01:19:25 outro

Links:

Rish - https://warpcast.com/rish

Neynar - https://neynar.com

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:

Optimism - https://optimism.io

Privy - https://privy.io

Into the Bytecode:

Twitter - / sinahab

Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab

Other episodes - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Sreeram Kannan, founder at EigenLayer.

Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 intro
- 00:01:21 sponsor: Optimism
- 00:02:42 the AVS economy
- 00:05:24 blockchains separate trust and innovation
- 00:16:53 sponsor: Optimism
- 00:18:02 specialized services and SaaS on EigenLayer
- 00:24:50 rollups are open verifiable web servers
- 00:41:35 rollup economics and business models
- 01:55:14 the transition from academic to builder/operator
- 01:06:38 impact per unit action
- 01:10:26 outro

Links:
Sreeram Kannan: https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan
EigenLayer: https://twitter.com/eigenlayer

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

Into the Bytecode:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Other episodes - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Doug Petkanics and Eric Tang, cofounders of Livepeer.

Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 intro
- 00:01:45 sponsor: Optimism
- 00:03:55 Livepeer origin story
- 00:11:54 FFmpeg and the video infrastructure stack
- 00:17:07 compute capacity and cost in open vs closed systems
- 00:22:59 GPUs as the supply side, working at NVIDIA
- 00:40:27 finding latent demand
- 00:46:10 sponsor: Privy
- 00:47:30 learnings on go-to-market, Livepeer Studio, AI video processing
- 01:00:54 AI subnets in the Livepeer network
- 01:07:51 doing whatever it takes to get it done
- 01:13:19 interacting with the market
- 01:18:51 the inner game
- 01:24:30 outro

Links:
Doug Petkanics - https://twitter.com/petkanics
Eric Tang - https://twitter.com/ericxtang
Livepeer - https://twitter.com/livepeer
Livepeer Studio - https://twitter.com/livepeerstudio

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

Into the Bytecode:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Other episodes - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.