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Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nFifteen years after the birth of Bitcoin, the network is now entering an era of remarkable innovation and change, according to Stacks' co-creator Muneeb Ali.\nOn this episode of Unchained recorded at the Bitcoin Builders conference, Muneeb explores the complexities and advancements within Bitcoin's Layer 1 and Layer 2. He shares his perspectives on what's fueling innovation in Bitcoin's Layer 1 and discusses the implications of Ordinal Inscriptions amid criticism of it by core developers.\xa0\nHe delves into the various scaling solutions within Bitcoin, highlighting how trust assumptions vary among them, and how BitVM could be a 'game changer'. He goes over the advantages of integrating smart contracts on Bitcoin, and why he considers BTC the only true form of monetary asset.\xa0\nShow highlights:\n\nWhat's driving innovation in Bitcoin\u2019s L1\xa0\n\nHow Muneeb feels about Ordinals Inscriptions in Bitcoin, considering the criticism from some core developers\n\nHow, in the recent years, research and development in crypto happened outside of Bitcoin, and how that's changing now, according to Muneeb\n\nThe different types of scaling solutions in Bitcoin and how the trust assumptions differ in each of them\n\nWhy he feels like BitVM is a 'game changer' and what it enables\n\nWhat the Nakamoto upgrade is on Stacks\n\nThe advantages of having smart contracts on Bitcoin, according to Muneeb\n\nWhy he says that BTC is the only asset that is money\n\nThe challenges to having privacy in Bitcoin\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nPopcorn Network\n\niTrustCapital\n\nPolkadot\n\nGuest\n\n\nMuneeb Ali, co-creator of Stacks\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\xa0\n\nBitcoin Ordinal NFTs Are Hot and Getting Hotter. What's the Hype About? - NFT Crypto\n\nBlockstack On Getting Independence From Google, Facebook And Amazon\n\nLinks\nRecent news:\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nStacks, a Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol, Sees All-Time High in Total Value Locked\n\nA New Era for Bitcoin Is Here, Whether Bitcoin Maximalists Like It Or Not\n\nBitcoin Passes the $1 Trillion Market Cap Mark; All Cryptos Combined Reach $2 Trillion\n\nBitcoin L2s:\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nAre Layer 2s on Bitcoin Having a Moment?\n\nHow Botanix Aims to Enable Smart Contracts on Bitcoin\n\nAn Ethereum-Like Experience Built on Bitcoin?\n\nLearn more:\n\nWhat Are Opcodes in Bitcoin? A Beginner's Guide\n\nWhat Are BRC-20 Tokens?\xa0\n\nWhat Are ORC-20 Tokens?\xa0\n\nHow to Create a Bitcoin Ordinal\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices