“This is the Most Important Thing on Bitcoin in the Past 5 Years” - Stack’s Muneeb Ali on Bitcoin Ordinals, Ep. 231

<p dir="ltr">Recently, a new phenomenon called Ordinals, known as NFTs on Bitcoin reignited interest in Bitcoin and got people wondering - what else is possible and is this the start of something bigger?</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">At the center of this discussion is Stacks, a smart-contract layer built on Bitcoin that is working to unlock the $500 billion Bitcoin capital via DeFi, NFTs, and more. </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">In this Blockcrunch episode, Muneeb, co-creator of Stacks shares with us:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How Stacks is going to unlock the potential of Bitcoin</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why build on Bitcoin over other ecosystems</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Stack’s upcoming upgrades</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Timestamps:</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:00:00) – Introduction to Stacks</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:03:24) – Stacks over the years</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:07:28) – Path to becoming 1st SEC-approved token offering </p> <p dir="ltr">(00:11:48) – History of Bitcoin and blockchains</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:18:53) – Ordinals drawing attention back to Bitcoin</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:30:37) – Why some Bitcoin Maxis hate Ordinals</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:36:38) – Ordinal’s use-cases </p> <p dir="ltr">(00:40:49) – What exactly is Stacks</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:47:58) – Use-case of Stacks token</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:51:26) – Why build on Bitcoin over other ecosystems</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:57:08) – How Ordinals benefits Stacks<strong><br /></strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Sponsor message:</p> <p dir="ltr">Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute