Scraping Bits

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Episodes: 150

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Explore the minds of fascinating specialists ranging from mathematics, physics, web3, cybersecurity, HFT/MEV, startup founders, investigators and so many more. Every episode will give you a glimpse into the unknown unknowns. Enjoy your stay, anon. Keywords: mathematics, math, physics, biology, chemistry, solo auditor, public auditing platforms, private audits, scalability, freedom, Scraping Bits podcast, blockchain technology, audit industry, flashbots, reverse engineering, cybersecurity, infosec, mev, mev bot, quant, defi, crypto, web3, cryptocurrency.

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#150 - Francisco Hernandez: Algebraic Geometry, Non-Convex Optimisation
Sep 08, 2025
#149 - Robert Ghrist: Applied Algebraic Topology, Cohomology For Homotopy, Sheaf Neural Networks, Lattice Theory
May 28, 2025
#148 - Zach Adams: The Hidden Power Of Algebraic Combinatorics
May 26, 2025
#147 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Rigorous Probability And Statistics, Game Theory, Lean Prover
May 25, 2025
#146 - Thomas Britz: How Combinatorics Unlocks New Perspectives To Problem Solving
May 24, 2025
#145 - Jack Mayo: Machine Learning Theory, Multi-Armed Bandit RL, Adaptive Learning
May 19, 2025
#144 - Donato Quiccione: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis For MRIs, Category Theory
May 18, 2025
#143 - Colin Roberts: Differential Algebraic Topology, Sheaf Theory, Combinatorics, Cohomology
May 12, 2025
#142 - Grant Stenger: Hyperbolic Graph Embeddings For A* Shortest Path, Game Theory, Discrete Math
May 11, 2025
#141 - Kristaps Balodis: Sheaf Theory, Algebraic Topology, Geometry
May 11, 2025
#140 - Chris Rock: DEFCON Mercenary Hacker For Govs And CEOs, Digital Forensics, Zero Day Marketplace
Mar 22, 2025
#139 - Mark Worrall: Self Studying Math, Quant Finance Statistics, ML/AI, Edtech Startups
Feb 14, 2025
#138 - Chris Sutherland: Learn Quantum Physics Without School, Creating Infntysci, Automating Math Education
Feb 12, 2025
#137 - Justin Skycak: Learning Math Is Hard, Proof Writing, Which Order To Learn Math
Feb 07, 2025
#136 - Lida Kanari: Algebraic Topology To Map Out Neocortex Neurons, Leading Blue Brain Computational Neuroscience
Jan 24, 2025
#135 - Abhimanyu Nag: Markov Chains, Complex Dynamical Systems, Chaos Theory
Jan 22, 2025
#134 - James Shakarji: Orderbook Game Theory, Stochastic Calculus, Itos Lemma, Markov Chains
Jan 18, 2025
#133 - Marco Francischello: Stochastic Analysis, Financial Math, The Importance Of Math Intuition
Jan 16, 2025
#132 - Baran Cimen: Ensemble Financial Machine Learning, Combining Market Effects, Statistical Mechanics
Jan 14, 2025
#131 - Nicole Königstein: Head Of Quantmate AI Explains Breaking Into Financial Machine Learning
Jan 12, 2025
#130 - 0xcacti: Set Theory, Incompleteness Theorem, Options MEV, Convex Optimisaiton
Dec 31, 2024
#129 - Colin Roberts: Clifford Analysis, Topology vs Geometry, Non-Euclidean Geometry
Dec 31, 2024
#128 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Witnessing Discoveries At Bell Labs, Markov Chains, NLP, Proving Theorems Form Scratch
Dec 30, 2024
#127 - DeepThrill - Evolutionary Algorithms, AI Mutations, Medical Computer Vision To Find Cancer
Dec 16, 2024
#126 - MevQuant: Stochastic Calculus, Measure Theory, Itos Lemma, Discretisation
Dec 16, 2024
#125 - Nick Spizzirri - Reverse Engineering Math w/ Stochastic Differental Equations
Dec 08, 2024
#124 - David Yenicelik - The AI Search Space Problem, NLP, Semantic Meaning
Dec 07, 2024
#123 - Degeneral: Proving A 4-Year Long Proof Unexpectedly, The Beauty Behind Pure Math
Dec 06, 2024
#122 - Tom Burns: Digital Neurosience, Fully Autonomous Agents, AI Safety + Control
Dec 02, 2024
#121 - Everado Olide: Building Batteries From Scratch, Material Science, Differential Equations
Dec 01, 2024
#120 - Iolo Jones: Riemannian Diffusion Geometry, Geometric Data Analysis, Markov Chains
Nov 29, 2024
#119 - Alisa Wu: Selling An AI-Tutor Bootstrapped Startup At 21, B2C to B2B, Fractal Math
Nov 21, 2024
#118 - Leo Fan: ML Cryptography, Designing ZKProof Hardware, Building A Hardware Company
Nov 21, 2024
#117 - Pablo Sabbatella: Tracking Crypto Blackhats Hackers, Wallet Drainers, Rugpulling
Nov 15, 2024
#116 - Justin Skycak: Essential Math For Machine Learning, Math Intuition + Creativity, Proof Vs Computation
Nov 13, 2024
#115 - Jason Roberts: The Fastest Way To Learn Math Up To Machine Learning In History
Nov 09, 2024
#114 - Bastian Grossenbacher-Rieck: Topological Machine Learning + Topological Data Analysis Professor
Oct 29, 2024
#113 - Jonathan Whitmore: Ad Auction Game Theory, Astrophysics, Learning Math Effectively
Oct 24, 2024
#112 - Jeffrey Scholz: Computatial Complexy + Optimization Theory, Math After University, Zero Knowledge Proofs
Oct 21, 2024
#111 - Ruben du Burck: Understanding Math, Agebraic Geometry, Category Theory
Oct 17, 2024
#110 - GoKanni: Chaotic Signal Processing, Weather Forecasting ML, Information Theory
Oct 17, 2024
#109 - Noah Silverman: Complex System Statistical Modeling, Decisions Under Uncertainty, Probabilities Of Probabilities
Oct 11, 2024
#108 - Dan Palombi: Applied Topos, Category, Synthetic Domain, Type Theory, Multi-Agent Game Theory, Compsci Mathematician
Oct 08, 2024
#107 - Justin Skycak: Proof Writing, Discovering Math, Expert Systems, Learning Math Like A Language
Oct 01, 2024
#106 - MevQuant: Stochastic Differential Equations, HFT/MEV Machine Learning, Algebraic Topology
Sep 30, 2024
#105 - Crisp Heaney: Co-founding Drift Protocol, Solana Defi, Delta Neutral Strategies
Sep 26, 2024
#104 - Kevin Heavey: Solana MEV, Mrgn Research, Furtarchy, MangoDAO Hack
Sep 24, 2024
#103 - Paul-Henry Kajfasz: Pro Footballer To Core Developer At Starknet And Polygon Miden
Sep 17, 2024
#102 - Justin Skycak: Learning Mathematics Like An Athlete
Sep 16, 2024
#101 - Alejandro: From Solo Auditing In College To Immunefi Triaging
Sep 07, 2024
#100 - Harsh Patel: Building Solana's 1st Light Client, Tinydancer
Sep 07, 2024
#99 - Kenmio: Hexen's CTO Automates Crypto Smart Contract Audits
Sep 07, 2024
#98 - Kankodu: How Immunefi's Ranked #16 Whitehat Earned $1M USD
Sep 07, 2024
#97 - Mikolaj: The Ramifications of MEV And Blockchain Exploits
Sep 07, 2024
#96 - Dr. Nick: Physics PhD Builds AI Swarm-Based Governance Using Blockchain DAOs
Sep 07, 2024
#95 - Eugene Chen: Decentralised Solana Orderbook, Programmable Liquidity, AMMs vs Orderbooks
Jun 27, 2024
#94 - Murat Lite: Blockspace Options w/ MEV Commit, Atomic Bridging MEV, Game Theory
Jun 25, 2024
#93 - Doug Colkitt: Ambient Finance, Dex Innovation, Hybrid Liquidity Pools
Jun 20, 2024
#92 - XtremeTom: SEO, Serial Founder, Chrome Extensions, Out-streaming Ninja
Jun 18, 2024
#91 - 100proof: Discovering Kyberswap Exploit, Negotiating Bug Bounties, Pre vs Post Smart Contract Auditing
Jun 18, 2024
#90 - Simpdigit: Solana Validator Voting MEV + Stakeweight QOS
Jun 14, 2024
#89 - Matt Solomon: Blockchain Layer 2 Infosec At Optimism, Maintaining Forge Standard Library
Jun 11, 2024
#88 - Michael Moser: ChorusOne, Solana MEV Validator, Ethereum PBS Timing Games, Orderbook MEV
Jun 04, 2024
#87 - Max Kaplan: Solana Validator Stake Weight QoS, Dev-Ops, Liquid Staking, Team Management
May 30, 2024
#86 - Jeffrey Scholz: Rareskillz, How To Teach, Research and Learn Optimally, Burnout
May 29, 2024
#85 - Greg Cusack: Solana Validator Gossip Protocol, Decentralized Networks, Gaming Gossip
May 24, 2024
#84 - AlphaKey: Poolshark, Building An AMM, Cover Pools, Liquidity Provision
May 21, 2024
#83 - Andrew Fitzgerald: Designing Solana Validator's 1.18 Scheduler, Transaction Games
May 16, 2024
#82 - Nat: Static & Dynamic Analysis, Formal Verification, Trail Of Bits Auditing, Stateful Testing
May 14, 2024
#81 - Zac Williamson: Aztec, PLONK, zkSNARKs, zkProofs, Cryptography, Provers, Schedulers, Narratives
May 10, 2024
#80 - Seg: Solana's Jito Validator Client, Jito's Bundle Creator + Processor, MEV, 1.18 Scheduler
May 07, 2024
#79 - ChaseTheLight: #1 Crypto Infosec Bot Racer, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis
May 02, 2024
#78 - Eito Miyamura: GPU-EVM, Game-Based Reinforcement Learning, Parallel Simulations
Apr 30, 2024
#77 - Joe Caulfield: Solana's Program Runtime V1 & V2, SVM, TPU, Anza's Agave Client
Apr 23, 2024
#76 - HypoNyms: Mrgntrade, Solana MEV Techniques, Validator Optimization + Infosec, HFT
Apr 18, 2024
#75 - 0xmons: GAN Generated NFTs, Sudoswap, Pricing NFTs w/ LPs
Apr 18, 2024
#74 - Shazow: Generating UIs, OSS, Reverse Engineering, EVM Emulation, Static Analysis
Apr 16, 2024
#73 - Lucas Bruder: Jito Client, Solana 1.18 Validator, MEV, Sandwiching & Spam Techniques
Apr 11, 2024
#72 - CarryWorm: Solana Cybersecurity, Neodyme's Riverside, Simulating Mutated Transactions
Apr 09, 2024
#71 - Gerard Persoon: Discovering 44 Critical Exploits In Web3, #6 Auditor On Code4rena
Apr 04, 2024
#70 - Adrian Hetman: Day In The Life Of A Web3 Smart Contract Infosec Triager
Apr 03, 2024
#69 - Mark Richardson: How BancorDAO's Lead Dev Automated Blockchain Trading Strategies
Mar 31, 2024
#68 - Kustrun: MEV Searcher Team Breaking Into Block Building
Mar 27, 2024
#67 - Goncalo Sa: Blockchain Cybersecurity w/ Consensys Dilligence Cofounder
Mar 21, 2024
#66 - Connor: Unifying Web3's DeFi With Enso's Transaction Intent Aggregator
Mar 21, 2024
#65 - Fabrizio Genovese: Perfect Blockchain Finality Validation Using Quantum One Shot Signatures
Mar 19, 2024
#63 - ChaoFan: Fuzzing $8M Of Zero-Day Exploits; AI Fuzzing Smart Contracts
Mar 14, 2024
#64 - Palina Tolmach: Smart Contract SMT Formal Verification, Symbolic Execution & Fuzzing
Mar 14, 2024
#62 - 0xonaroll: Cross-Chain Stat Arb, Solana MEV Searching, Block Building
Mar 12, 2024
#61 - Hildobby: Heuristically Finding 30B In NFT Wash Trading & MEV Strategies w/ Blockchain Data
Mar 07, 2024
#60 - 0xTaker: How A Web3 Solo Searcher Discovers Long Tail MEV Strategies
Mar 05, 2024
#59 - MariusVanDerWijden : Ethereum Client Fuzzing And Merkle-Patricia Trie Optimisation
Feb 29, 2024
#58 - Libevm: How An Ethereum MEV Searcher Began Building Blocks As PenguinBuilder
Feb 27, 2024
#57 - AlphaRush: Designing A Crypto Smart Contract Fuzzer From Scratch
Feb 22, 2024
#56 - Emo.eth: Building OpenSea's Seaport Smart Contracts With Assembly
Feb 20, 2024
#55 - Rand Hindi: ZamaAI Homomorphic Encryption, Genetic Engineering, Societal Deepfake AI Threat
Feb 15, 2024
#54 - Jake Lee: Automatically Detecting Crypto Token Vulnerabilities w/ RugAI
Feb 13, 2024
#53 - Oisín Kyne: Future-Proofing Ethereum: Exploring Distributed Validator Technology
Feb 08, 2024
#52 - Techno99: Kickstarting A Crypto Cybersecurity Career At Trail Of Bits
Feb 06, 2024
#51 - kassandraETH: Automating Uniswap Strategies: Providing Liquidity Has No Benefit?!
Feb 06, 2024
#50 - Mehdi Zerouali: Automation Of Blockchain Smart Contract Security w/ Sigma Prime
Feb 01, 2024
#49 - 0xMagmar: Native Crosschain MEV: Cosmos Blockchain Relayer MEV?!
Jan 30, 2024
#48 - 0xFoobar: Web3 Wallet Delegation in the Digital Age & The Future Of AI
Jan 25, 2024
#47 - Addison: Curve Finance's Vyper Compiler Bug Whitehat & Building Ecosystem Tools
Jan 24, 2024
#46 - GalloDaSballo: Exploring the Hidden Creativity of Exclusive Web3 Exploits
Jan 22, 2024
#45 - Yajin Andy Zhou: How Blocksec Intercepted $15M Of Web3 Exploits In Real Time
Jan 18, 2024
#44 - Mempirate: How A Trio Achieved A 87% Winrate Against Bloxroute's Mempool Aggregation
Jan 18, 2024
#43 - Alex Watts: Reopening The Mempool: Disrupting Monopolized Private MEV Orderflow
Jan 15, 2024
#42 - Miguel Alonso Torres: Crypto Investigations: Hunting Human Trafficker Wallets w/ Tracelon
Jan 10, 2024
#41 - 0xperp: Dimensional MEV: Validators Can Sell Future Blockspace?
Jan 08, 2024
#40 - Porter Adams: Developing and Auditing Zero Knowledge Cryptography At zkSync
Jan 03, 2024
#39 - Omar Zaki: Bridging Cross-Chain Intent Bundles w/ Composable; Intent MEV Solvers
Jan 01, 2024
#38 - Daniel: Telegram Bot BananaGun Snipes LPs 90% Before All Of Ethereum's MEV Bots
Dec 27, 2023
#37 - Uri Klarman: MEV Chokepoint: Relaying 42% Of All Blocks On Ethereum To Validators
Dec 25, 2023
#36 - Joshua Baker: MEV Searcher Commericalization; Competing With UniswapX's Orderbook w/ Aori
Dec 21, 2023
#35 - Maurelian: From Securing Smart Contracts To Optimism's L2 Rollup
Dec 19, 2023
#34 - Patrick Collins: How Crypto's Largest Educator Is Scaling The Industry, Cyfrin Audits
Dec 14, 2023
#33 - Tom Zhao: Rsync Rivals Titan: Block Builder Controling 30% Of Ethereum's Blocks
Nov 15, 2023
#32 - 0xRahul: Onboarding Millions w/ Reddit's Crypto Team, Joining Aztec's ZKVM
Nov 14, 2023
#31 - Riptide: From Military To Web3 Whitehat: Strategies For Bug Hunting
Nov 02, 2023
#30 - ControlC ControlV: Rollup Block Production MEV And Isolated Lending w/ Cog
Oct 31, 2023
#29 - Brock Smedley: The MEV Monopoly: Flashbots' Block Builder Future + Account Abstraction
Oct 26, 2023
#28 - Bytes032: Building A Thriving Web3 Solo Smart Contract Auditing Brand
Oct 24, 2023
#27 - Jon Becker: Building A Bytecode Anaylzer To Reverse Engineer Smart Contracts
Oct 19, 2023
#26 - Sergej Kunz: Turning Inches into Billions: 1inch's $400B DeFi Aggregation Voyage
Oct 17, 2023
#25 - Peter Kacherginsky: How Coinbase's Lead Investigator Tracks Down Web3 Blackhat Hackers
Sep 28, 2023
#24 - Shunsh0x: The Journey Of A Successful Solo MEV Searcher
Sep 26, 2023
#23 - SafetyBot: Preventing A $50M Hack On Their Wbe3 Delta Neutral Protocol, RoboVault
Sep 22, 2023
#22 - Leo Alt: Leading Ethereum's Formal Verification + CoFounding Powdr Labs
Sep 19, 2023
#21 - HorseFacts: Generative Testing, The Importance Of Extensive Testing
Sep 14, 2023
#20 - Noah Marconi: Cybersecurity, Spearbit, How To Audit Large Codebases
Sep 12, 2023
#19 - Jet Jadeja: Kickstarting Huff Lang, Curating Niche Community, Converting Compilers, Leading Rari Capital At 15
Sep 07, 2023
#18 - 0xPrincess: MEV Operator Opens Up: Inside A Top 1% Web3 MEV Team Turned To Block Building
Sep 05, 2023
#17 - Lucas Martin Calderon: Pentestify, Generating Smart Contract Exploits With AI DRL
Aug 31, 2023
#16 - Kubi Mensah: Titan's Takeover: How a MEV Team Controls 26% of All Blocks With Block Building
Aug 29, 2023
#15 - Alex Roan: Cofounding Cyfrin: Rapidly Scaling A Web3 Cybersecurity Firm
Aug 24, 2023
#14 - Owen Thurm: Bountiful Bughunting, Running A Web3 Pay Per Vulnerability Audit Firm
Aug 22, 2023
#13 - 0x4007: Unleashing GitHub's Potential: Automatically Incentivizing Software Contributions
Aug 17, 2023
#12 - JohnnyTime: Training Hackers: Military Tatics To Teach Effectively From An IDF Cybersecurity Leader
Aug 15, 2023
#11 - Storm0x: Yearn Finance's Warroom: Defending Live Web3 Blackhat Hacks
Aug 10, 2023
#10 - Peter Scoolidge: Why Web3 Hackers Don't Get Caught, Russian And Chinese Malware
Aug 08, 2023
#9 - GmHacker: Turning In Bug Bounties: Writing Exceptional Whitehat Audit Reports To Retain Clients
Aug 03, 2023
#8 - 0xBebis: Resilient Revival: Bouncing Back from a $2M Hack By Forging Unstoppable Teams
Aug 01, 2023
#7 - Jackson Kelley: Juggling Ambitions: Building Robinhood's Non-Custodial Wallet While Auditing Smart Contracts
Jul 27, 2023
#6 - Maddiaa: An Encrypted Arena Emerges: Anonymous Transactions and MEV on Aztec's ZKVM
Jul 25, 2023
#5 - Raph: From Code to Cash: Building MEV Bots and Doubling Money in 1 Minute
Jul 20, 2023
#4 - 0xAlcibiades: Statistical Arbitrage, MEV, Ethereum Permissionless Options
Jul 18, 2023
#2 - PopPunk: Gas to Gold, Turning Solidity Smart Contract Optimizations into a Profitable Blockchain Business
Jul 14, 2023
#1 - Philogy: Pioneering DeFi Hack Prevention, DeReg, Optimizing Smart Contracts, Huff
Jul 14, 2023
#3 - Brock Elmore: DeFi Summer, Foodcoins, Yam Finance, Foundry, Pyrometer, Nascent
Jul 13, 2023