Audio

Podcast

An independent podcast series on Bitcoin Hyper is in preparation. Episode outlines and supporting notes are already available; the audio recordings and full transcripts will follow.

Details of the distribution platforms will be given when the audio series is published.

45 min

EP1 Architecture

The three-layer architecture of Bitcoin Hyper

The first episode of the Bitcoin Hyper series. Michele Stefanelli sets out the proposed underlying architecture: the Bitcoin layer (settlement), the Hyper rollup layer (SVM execution) and the application layer. How the three layers fit together, and the reasoning behind that architectural choice.

Episode notes
  • • Introducing the idea of a rollup (0:00–8:00)
  • • The settlement layer: Bitcoin as the foundation (8:00–18:00)
  • • The execution layer: the SVM and Sealevel (18:00–32:00)
  • • The application layer: what can be built (32:00–42:00)
  • • Questions, answers and what is coming next (42:00–45:00)
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38 min

EP2 Architecture

The SVM and the developer experience: assessing the proposed Solana compatibility

The second episode looks at the Solana Virtual Machine as the proposed execution environment, at what “immediate compatibility” would mean in practice, and at how a Solana developer might assess Bitcoin Hyper on DevNet.

Episode notes
  • • Why the SVM and not the EVM (0:00–10:00)
  • • The SVM account model: how it differs from Ethereum (10:00–22:00)
  • • The Anchor framework: tooling and workflow (22:00–32:00)
  • • What is compatible and what is not (32:00–38:00)
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52 min

EP3 Due diligence

Due diligence on Bitcoin Hyper: the questions that are rarely asked

The third episode is devoted to due diligence. Michele Stefanelli works through the 47 questions in Appendix E of the book and concentrates on the project's present shortcomings: incomplete audits, unresolved data availability and a centralised sequencer. How to weigh the risk in a balanced and prudent way.

Episode notes
  • • An introduction to due diligence (0:00–5:00)
  • • Questions about the team and the technology (5:00–20:00)
  • • The project's present shortcomings (20:00–35:00)
  • • Tokenomics and vesting: the uncomfortable questions (35:00–45:00)
  • • How to size a position prudently (45:00–52:00)
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