Check out @BowenWang18 on @epicenterbtc! The NEAR One team keeps shipping and there's a ton on the way.

🚀 NEW EPISODE 🚀 Scaling the Agentic Internet @tw_tter chats with @bowenwang18, Head of Protocol @ Near One, about blockchain scaling, AI, and how @NEARProtocol sets the ground for AI-native apps & the agentic economy. ‘Attention Is All You Need’, co-wrote by Illia Polosukhin in 2017, laid the foundation for arguably one of the most consequential tech breakthroughs in our recent history. 1 year later, Illia founded Near AI, which later became @NEARProtocol. They were visionaries ahead of their time and, although AI took several more years before becoming a viable product, the experience of scaling databases would later prove valuable and applicable in blockchain world. As a result, @NEARProtocol is one of the first blockchains to implement execution layer sharding, asynchronous execution and stateless validation, bringing the finality time down to 1.2 seconds, with a block time of 0.6 seconds. Don't forget to RT & follow @epicenterbtc! Topics discussed in this episode: 0:00 - Introduction 3:30 - Bowen’s background 4:47 - Near’s pivot from AI to blockchains 8:26 - The role of Near One 9:13 - Near’s tech stack upgrades 13:39 - Optimizing network architecture 17:08 - Stateless validation & block propagation 21:10 - Sharding & asynchronous execution 29:12 - Message passing between shards & shard ‘equality’ 35:51 - Challenges of implementing stateless validation 41:05 - Applications benefiting from Near’s finality speed 44:18 - Intent-based infrastructure 47:10 - AI use cases on Near 52:27 - Expanding Near’s ecosystem 54:43 - Development challenges 57:55 - Near’s vision and goals

Intents and counterparty discovery will unlock a new wave of DeFi innovation. @adrianbrink on the @epicenterbtc podcast

"We're trying to propose something radically new. It's going to allow you to do new things you couldn't do before." @adrianbrink on the @epicenterbtc podcast

Great doing our annual @epicenterbtc interview with @VitalikButerin and @seb3point0 again at @EthCC. Our 8th time with him on the podcast!

Excited to dive into the stablecoin revolution with @john3gan, head of crypto at @stripe! Chances are you use Stripe products regularly: Stripe processes a staggering 1-2% of global GDP, and now they're doubling down on Web3 payment rails.🤯 OUT NOW. 👇

🚀 NEW EPISODE 🚀 The Stablecoin (R)Evolution @tw_tter chats with @john3gan about online payment rails, @stripe's integration of stablecoins and their disruptive potential. Through lower costs, near-instataneous settlement and an overall better UX, startups and enterprises alike can now reach more markets and appeal to the wider crypto-native community. By abstracting away all the complexities of traditional payment rails through simple plug-and-play APIs, Stripe created a facile route for cross-border payments, simplifying e-commerce. Similarly, Stripe’s recent integration of stablecoins could further bolster the adoption of decentralised payment solutions, be them USD or other currency proxies. Don't forget to RT & follow @epicenterbtc! Topics discussed in this episode: 0:00 - Introduction 3:24 - John’s background 5:51 - Stripe’s mission 9:16 - How Stripe solves the complexity of internet payments 14:15 - Integrating crypto for payments 21:05 - Supported blockchains 25:57 - Stripe’s Web3 services 32:26 - Upsides of accepting stablecoin payments 36:56 - Non-USD stablecoins 41:54 - Merchant UX 44:17 - Expanding crypto support outside the U.S. 46:46 - On- and off-ramping 56:20 - Acquiring Bridge and Privy 59:53 - The best of both worlds: CeFi & DeFi

Had the pleasure to speak with @kisaguncan about @t1protocol’s TEE-powered real-time proving—1s blocks & sub-second UX could transform cross-rollup liquidity (while TEE risks remain). Ethereum builders, this one’s for you. 👇

Meher Roy Chowdhury Memorial Ceremony June 28 2025

😎🏖️ Who's coming to my Stablecoin Summer party—where everyone in the world can transact onchain with a self-custodial wallet? From @EpicenterBTC