Rafael Cárdenas: Google, Stacks, Ordinals & El Potencial de Bitcoin
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About this episode
Rafael Cárdenas, an engineer at Hiro Systems, which builds tools for Stacks, a Bitcoin layer 2 for smart contracts, looks back on his time at Google, where he worked on Google+ security and the Google Maps iOS app. He describes how the 2020 stimulus checks pushed him to study Bitcoin and how a tweet led to a remote job at Hiro from Monterrey. He explains Stacks' community governance, the boost that Ordinals brought, the upcoming sBTC and the Clarity language.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 His start in programming
- 00:03:31 Google and returning to Monterrey
- 00:08:01 2020 and the Bitcoin rabbit hole
- 00:12:05 Discovering Stacks and joining Hiro
- 00:20:42 Stacks' community governance
- 00:29:48 Moving from Web2 to Web3
- 00:33:25 Ordinals and Bitcoin's potential
- 00:50:42 sBTC and building with Clarity
- 00:57:40 How he creates value
With
@meximalist (host) · @diegobc28 (co-host)
Guests
Topics
StacksBitcoin layer 2OrdinalssBTCClarityFrom Web2 to Web3