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.Core DAO 🔶's Satoshi Plus just got its first franchise chain. Z Protocol is building the interaction layer for the agentic internet. Private inference, economic rails, and end-to-end tooling. Satoshi Plus now covers the three most important parts of crypto: Bitcoin, privacy, and the agentic future.

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DROPS E35: Core DAO 🔶 - Bitcoin yield without giving up your Bitcoin Rich is one of the initial contributors to Core DAO, the leading Bitcoin scaling solution. He's also a long-time Zcash holder and early backer of Z Protocol , a new privacy chain built on Core's Satoshi Plus consensus. We talk Bitcoin yield, financial privacy, AI surveillance, and why the next big move in crypto might not be where most people are looking. We talk about: - How Core DAO lets you earn yield on Bitcoin by time-locking it - without ever giving up custody - Why borrowing against Bitcoin makes sense now - OG Bitcoiners rotating to Zcash - what "transition" actually means and whether it's bad for Bitcoin - Z Protocol as the DeFi layer for private money - Why AI has made financial surveillance trivial - and why that accelerates privacy adoption - How Agents are leaving full financial fingerprints - and why privacy needs to be default on at the chain level And much more... Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:05 - What does Rich Rines do? 3:00 - Financial Freedom 4:09 - Journey from Bitcoin to Zcash 6:40 - Zcash Philosophy 8:38 - Transition to Zcash 11:20 - Who is Rich Rines? 11:46 - Bitcoin as Pristine Collateral 14:28 - Criticisms of Borrowing Strategy 16:52 - Explaining CORE 18:58 - Bitcoin Yield Story 20:29 - Misconception regarding CORE 22:08 - Time Lock 23:34 - Risk of using CORE 24:37 - Strategies used by CORE 26:42 - What Bitcoin Holders Want? 28:46 - Bitcoin Yield 30:10 - CORE Alpha 32:44 - SatPay 34:19 - Power Grid Thesis 35:37 - Satoshi Plus 37:07 - What is Z? 38:12 - Benefits of long-term Zcash Holder 40:01 - Vertical Integration 43:12 - Privacy for Agents 44:41 - Faux Privacy 46:14 - Privacy vs Government 49:01 - Zcash’s Future 50:01 - Conclusion

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Core, ‌the Bitcoin-first ‌chain, and how it’s trying to stretch BTC’s usefulness Core DAO (Core DAO 🔶) brands itself as “The Bitcoin Everything Chain.” The pitch is simple: take Bitcoin’s strengths and push them beyond the usual buy-and-hold story. The protocol centers on one main idea: BTC shouldn’t sit still. Core wants idle Bitcoin to earn, but without giving up the properties people care about most: safety, decentralization, and full self-custody. To get there, Core leans on a mix of Satoshi Plus, timelocks, and a quick Layer 1 EVM chain. Satoshi Plus folds in Delegated Proof of Work (so Bitcoin miners can participate), self-custodial Bitcoin staking, and staking of the $CORE token. Core frames the relationship with Bitcoin as mutualistic. It borrows security and incentive alignment from Bitcoin, then tries to send value back through extra miner rewards, trustless yield opportunities for BTC holders, and infrastructure that makes it easier for Bitcoin products to plug in and scale. Key ways Core aims to expand Bitcoin utility: 1.) Self-custodial Bitcoin staking Lock BTC with timelocks directly on the Bitcoin network (CLTV) and earn CORE yield, no wrapping, no bridges, and no handing custody to anyone else. 2.) Dual staking Stake $BTC and $CORE together to reach higher yield tiers. 3.) Tapping Bitcoin’s hash power Miners can delegate hash power to earn extra CORE rewards, while Core itself is secured using a majority share of Bitcoin’s hash rate. 4.) The “Bitcoin Power Grid” A set of rails Bitcoin products can connect to, built around yield, collateral, payments, and DeFi use cases. 5.) Scalable Bitcoin DeFi An EVM-compatible network designed for faster, cheaper BTCFi apps. 6.) Two-way value flow The goal is to strengthen Bitcoin’s security budget over time, while also turning dormant BTC into something that can actively do work. In plain terms, Core DAO’s broader mission is to make Bitcoin more productive without piling on trust assumptions, converting energy and capital tied up in Bitcoin into yield, DeFi activity, and scalable infrastructure.

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