Bitcoin-Based DeFi On Stacks | Zest Protocol | Tycho Onnasch

The Fren Zone

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The truth is out West! We’re hopping on the ET Highway and venturing to the most notorious alien hot spots, including Roswell’s infamous crash site, Area 51’s eerie perimeter, and a mysterious desert watchtower. Join us as journalist Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing , beams up to share stories from the front lines of UFO reporting—from strange sightings and quirky festivals to a mailbox where people leave letters to extraterrestrials. Maybe you’ll even decide for yourself: Is Earth a tourist stop for spaceships? UFO hot spots you’ll encounter in this episode: - UFO Watchtower (near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado) - Roswell, New Mexico - Area 51, Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway (aka State Route 375), Nevada - Little A’Le’Inn, ET Highway, Nevada - E.T. Fresh Jerky, ET Highway, Nevada - Alien Research Center, ET Highway, Nevada - The Black Mailbox, ET Highway, Nevada Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group .…

about a year ago 44:17

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Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Tycho for a deep dive on Zest Protocol. Zest is a DeFi protocol for borrowing and lending $BTC. It's built on Stacks, a leading Layer-2 network on top of Bitcoin.
brokerage for Ethereum, supporting lending and borrowing up to 20x leverage.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
Follow us on Twitter:
Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
Zest Protocol - @ZestProtocol

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Bitcoin-Based DeFi On Stacks | Zest Protocol | Tycho Onnasch

The Fren Zone

published about a year ago

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Global DePIN Backed by Blockchain | XYO Network | Arie Trouw 52:10

5 weeks ago52:10

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Arie Trouw from XYO Network. XYO Network is a decentralized tech ecosystem connecting the physical and digital worlds. It helps users own and monetize their data through node-based DePIN infrastructure, easily integrated into any Web3 or Web2 product. Topics Discussed: Reality oracle connecting real-world and on-chain data Sentinels and Bound Witness for decentralized sensing Layer 1 blockchain with private data chains Hash-based, scalable storage infrastructure Privacy and sovereignty through local data control AI automation via diviners and triggers Tokenized data marketplace for B2B demand Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets XYO Network – @OfficialXYO Arie Trouw – @arietrouw More information about XYO Network: Website: https://xyo.network/ Docs: https://docs.xyo.network/docs/ Blog: https://xyo.network/blog Discord: https://discord.com/invite/officialxyo…

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Liquid Bitcoin | Lombard Finance | Jacob Phillips 54:13

6 weeks ago54:13

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Jacob Phillips from Lombard Finance. Lombard Finance is on a mission to expand the digital economy by transforming Bitcoin’s utility from a store of value into a productive financial tool with LBTC. Topics Discussed: Liquid staking for Bitcoin with LBTC Babylon integration for Bitcoin staking yield Secure bridge with Cubist key infrastructure Validator consortium for decentralized custody Integration across DeFi and centralized exchanges Platform for Bitcoin-powered financial innovation Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Lombard Finance – @Lombard_Finance Jacob Phillips – @JacobPPhillips More information about Lombard Finance: Website: https://www.lombard.finance/ Docs: https://docs.lombard.finance/ Blog: https://www.lombard.finance/blog/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2HG7G69twc…

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EVM Based Autoscaling Blockchain | Shardeum | Srinivasan Parthasarathy 43:17

7 weeks ago43:17

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Srinivasan Parthasarathy from Shardeum. Shardeum is an EVM Compatible L1 blockchain that uses dynamic state sharding to keep transaction fees low forever. Topics Discussed: Dynamic state sharding with scalable architecture Leaderless consensus with rotating validators No block structure enables instant finality Decentralized node ops with low hardware needs Fully EVM compatible and dev-ready Proven scale with 81M testnet transactions Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Shardeum – @shardeum Srinivasan Parthasarathy – @srini_shardeum More information about Shardeum: Website: https://shardeum.org/ Docs: https://docs.shardeum.org/ Blog: https://shardeum.org/blog/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/shardeum…

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The Encrypted Blockchain | Seismic | Lyron Co Ting Keh 42:38

8 weeks ago42:38

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Lyron Co Ting Keh from Seismic. Seismic is the encrypted blockchain. Seismic’s system lets developers encrypt apps to produce differentiated user experiences. Topics Discussed: Encrypted global state for private app logic Protocol-level encryption enables new UX design space Dual-memory EVM supports selective data shielding Onchain market infrastructure with private positions Resistance to economic and MEV-style attacks Residency and tools to drive Seismic-native apps Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Project – @SeismicSys Lyron Co Ting Keh – @LyronCTK More information about Seismic: Website: https://www.seismic.systems/ Docs: https://docs.seismic.systems/ Blog: https://www.seismic.systems/blog…

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Orchestration For a Seamless Web3 | Agoric | Dean Tribble 57:26

9 weeks ago57:26

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Dean Tribble from Agoric. Agoric is a blockchain platform that enables seamless multi-chain coordination through orchestration, allowing developers to create long-lived JavaScript smart contracts with native async execution, multi-block workflows, and automated cross-chain interactions. Topics Discussed: JavaScript Smart Contracts for Web3 developers. Orchestration Layer automating multi-chain workflows. Multi-Block Execution enabling complex smart contracts. Cross-Chain Transactions made seamless and efficient. Smart Wallet Offers ensuring safety and automation. Fast Stablecoin Transfers cutting cross-chain wait times. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Project – @agoric Dean Tribble – @DeanTribble More information about Agoric: Website: https://agoric.com/ Docs: https://docs.agoric.com/ Blog: http://agoric.com/blog/…

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Cross-Chain Infrastructure for Native Bitcoin | Portal to Bitcoin | Chandra and Manoj Duggirala 44:09

10 weeks ago44:09

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Chandra and Manoj Duggirala from Portal to Bitcoin. Portal to Bitcoin is a trust-minimized, cross-chain DEX that enables secure, non-custodial atomic swaps between Bitcoin and other blockchains without relying on bridges or intermediaries.. Topics Discussed: Trustless swaps eliminate bridge and exchange risks HTLC security ensures swaps inherit Bitcoin’s trust model Layer 2 swaps enable fast, cheap, trustless cross-chain transactions BitScaler scaling supports multi-party liquidity on Bitcoin LP incentives provide rewards for cross-chain liquidity Portal SDK enables seamless swaps in any wallet Follow us on Twitter: Chandra – @csentropy Manoj – @manojduggi Portal To Bitcoin – @PortaltoBitcoin Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets More information about Portal to Bitcoin: Website: https://portaltobitcoin.com/ Docs: https://docs.portaldefi.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/portaltobitcoin…

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Accelerating the DomainFi Economy | D3 | Fred Hsu 44:29

11 weeks ago44:29

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Fred Hsu from D3. D3 is the first authoritative network built for DomainFi that tokenizes domains as real-world assets for billions of users on the root layer of the internet. Topics Discussed: Tokenizing domains on the DOMA Protocol On-chain DNS resolution for Web3 compatibility Automated escrow and smart contract trading Fractionalized ownership and liquidity solutions DeFi integration: borrowing, lending, and trading ICANN compliance and institutional adoption Scalability with L2s and zk-proofs Follow us on Twitter: Fred Hsu – @heyheyfred Project – @D3inc Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets More information about D3: Website: https://d3.inc/ Docs: https://docs.d3.app/ Blog: https://d3.inc/blog/ Discord: https://discord.gg/tPgDbWdcYP…

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The AI Model Layer of Crypto | Pond | Dylan Zhang 37:24

12 weeks ago37:24

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Dylan Zhang from Pond. Pond is a crypto-native AI model platform that enables developers to collaboratively create, own, and monetize blockchain-specific AI models by leveraging on-chain data. Topics Discussed: Focusing on on-chain models for trading, risk assessment, and wallet profiling. Enabling developers to own, monetize, and improve hosted models using open blockchain data. Running competitions, including collaborations with Vitalik, to advance public goods funding and blockchain analytics. Addressing the cost of fully on-chain models by optimizing decentralization and efficiency. Exploring DeFi, tokenized assets, and AI integrations without becoming a blockchain itself. Supporting decentralized, competition-based model development like Kaggle while preserving developer ownership. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Project – @PondGNN Dylan Zhang – @ThinksDylan More information about Pond: Website – https://cryptopond.xyz/ Docs – https://doc.cryptopond.xyz/docs/introducing-pond Model Labs – https://cryptopond.xyz/modellabs Model Factory – https://cryptopond.xyz/modelfactory/list…

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Proof-of-Entropy-Minima Consensus | Quai Network | Dr K 1:26:03

13 weeks ago1:26:03

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Dr K from Quai Network. Quai is transforming the world of blockchain with the first decentralized energy dollar, $Qi, designed to provide predictable value and facilitate seamless transactions on the only scalable and programmable Proof-of-work blockchain. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Quai – @QuaiNetwork Dr K – @mechanikalk…

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Consensus Verification For Security and Scalability | Union | Karel Kubat 42:41

16 weeks ago42:41

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Welcome to The Fren Zone This week, our host Mason sat down with Karel from Union. Union is a trustless, hyper-efficient zero-knowledge infrastructure layer enabling fast, secure interchain messaging and asset transfers using ZK cryptography and BLS signatures. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Karel – @0xkaiserkarel Union – @union_build…

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Proof of Space and Time | Chia Network | Bram Cohen 47:28

22 weeks ago47:28

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Bram from Chia Network. Chia's proprietary consensus mechanism Proof of Space and Time drastically reduces energy requirements of Proof of Work based blockchains like Bitcoin. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Bram – @bramcohen Chia – @chia_project…

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The Unification Layer for Web3 | Avail | Anurag Arjun 45:50

26 weeks ago45:50

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Anurag from Avail and Misha from Symbiotic. Avail is the unification layer for Web3, allowing modular execution layers to scale and interoperate in a trust minimized way. Avail’s recent partnership with Symbiotic is game changing for developers, with streamlined interoperability and shared security. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Anurag – @anuragarjun Avail – @AvailProject Misha – @Psalom Symbiotic – @Symbioticfi…

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Generating Real-Time Proofs With TEEs | t1 Protocol | Can Kisagun 40:27

36 weeks ago40:27

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Can from t1 Protocol. t1 Protocol leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and user signature verification to generate real-time proofs. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets t1 Protocol – @t1protocol Can – @kisaguncan…

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Bitcoin Programmability with Zero Trust Architecture | Native Network | Robert Zaremba 48:13

38 weeks ago48:13

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Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Robert from Native, the first platform that enables Bitcoin programmability with zero trust architecture. Topics: – ₿ Underserved Bitcoin community – 👨‍💻 Multi-party computation (MPC) to program Bitcoin transactions directly – ✅ Combining the benefits of both L1 and L2 solutions – ⏱️ Aiming to achieve block times of 2-3 seconds – 🚀 Mainnet launch in Q1 As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Mason – @masonic_tweets Native – @NativeNetwork Robert – @RobertZarembaIT Check us out on the Web: Tokensoft – https://www.tokensoft.com/ Native – https://www.gonative.cc/…

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Bringing Privacy to Web2 and Web3 with FHE | Zama | Rand Hindi 44:36

40 weeks ago44:36