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We recently started our Domains and Degens Spaces on X (formerly Twitter) to discuss everything related to domains, decentralization, D3 and our partnerships. Our third episode featured Brendon Sedo, one of the Core Contributors at Core (mind the pun). The Space was co-hosted by our very own Manny Lora and Shane Cultra, featuring Fred Hsu, co-founder and CEO of D3.
00:15 – Introduction To Domains & Degens And D3
01:35 – Introduction To Brendon At Core
02:31 – Status Of The Core Ecosystem Today
07:52 – Why D3 Partnered With Core
11:34 – How Core Has Simplified Bitcoin Staking And The Growth Of BTCfi
15:40 – Enabling DeFi And Onchain Use Cases For Bitcoin With Core
“I’m a mailbox money kind of person, if I have assets; domains, bitcoin; I want all those assets to yield. And so I think, the reason I am excited about this, is it’s one section that wasn’t really an opportunity for most to yield and to get that mailbox money.“ – Shane at 20:04
“When it comes to holding your domains, your most prized assets, under two or three layers of locks at your registrar. It’s a very similar construct, right, as keeping your digital assets, your bitcoin and your Ethereum in your physical wallet versus delegated proof of stake model. Essentially it’s just protection; you want all the yield, you want all the benefit, you want to be able to use it while having all the protection behind the scenes.“ – Fred at 20:48
21:48 – The Similarities In Bringing New Utility To Bitcoin And Domains
23:05 – Leading Domainers Are Already Deep Into Bitcoin
30:03 – Progress Of D3 And Core’s Partnership
31:50 – What’s Next The Core Ecosystem
“Core is trying to be more focused on bitcoin utility and bitcoin use cases that can be enabled through, potentially, the staking. Obviously as bridging tech gets better it’s gonna make things a lot more seamless but yeah, again, just more focused on bitcoin use cases. All builders are welcome!“ – Brendon at 37:24
38:31 – Discussing The Process To Apply For The .CORE TLD
40:51 – Domains As RWAs (Real-World Assets)
43:43 – Domains Were The Original Digital Assets
45:43 – Complex User Experience With Sending Bitcoin, Using Wallet Addresses
48:52 – Why Core Partnered With D3
51:10 – Closing Remarks
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