The Block Runner Podcast

In Episode 320 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William, Iman, and TJ are joined by SuperFan and Dr. Mien of BigNoodle, the AI native art platform behind the Heroes collection that launched on the block pad. The guys trace BigNoodle's path from a Bitcoin Amsterdam hackathon and DMT inspired generative art to its next chapter: a decentralized AI compute network. The core thesis: Bitcoin turns ene...

In Episode 319 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man are joined for a third time by Benny the Dev of Tap and Track. Benny walks through the TAP protocol's largest upgrade since 2023: native time locks, delegations, and HTLC-based cross-chain swaps that work without bridges, all done natively through meta protocols rather than soft L2s. They dig into Tapscope, the new cross-chain DEX...

In Episode 318 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man dig into the booming collectibles wave: Collector Crypt's exploding revenue, twenty five hundred dollar Pokemon packs, and a new SDK that lets anyone build a storefront on top of real-world graded card inventory. They ask why gambling on cardboard might be crypto's next consumer onramp, and where it goes after Pokemon. Then they u...

In Episode 317 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man unpack why this Bitcoin cycle felt like a failed rocket launch, how unrealistic expectations soured market sentiment, and what Bitcoin's diminishing returns mean for miners and the long-term security budget. They then dive into the real world asset wave sweeping crypto: graded sports cards and Pokemon moving on-chain, Meteora and...

In Episode 316 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man give an honest post-mortem on the first NAT.fun launch, break down why gold and AI equities are outrunning Bitcoin in this bear-market stretch, and walk through the plan for a second launch with healthier token distribution. Disclosure: William and I-man are founders of NAT.fun and hold NAT tokens. All analysis in this episode ref...

In Episode 315 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William, I-man, and TJ record on the eve of the NAT.fun launch, break down the top 25 revenue-generating protocols in Web3, and make bold predictions for how DMT and NAT.fun will perform once the button is finally pushed. Disclosure: William and I-man are founders of NAT.fun and hold NAT tokens. All analysis in this episode reflects their perspecti...

In Episode 314 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William, I-man, and TJ process eerie 2020 déjà vu as hantavirus headlines multiply, dissect the BIT token's suspicious on-chain distribution and its ultimatum to the TAP ecosystem, and share a candid update on why the NAT.fun launch is taking longer than expected — and why that's the right call. Disclosure: William and I-man are founders of NAT.fun...

In Episode 313 of The Block Runner Podcast, William and I-man break down the latest stress test for crypto launch platforms: Believe’s rapid rise, the Printer token ICO backlash, the $2M refund, and what the failed attempts to disrupt Pump. Fun reveal about launching in a permissionless market. The conversation centers on how quickly community momentum can reverse when a platform moves too fast in...

In Episode 312 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William, I-man, and TJ unpack a wild week for $NAT: overnight listings on three centralized exchanges with zero fees paid, a god-candle to a $150M market cap, and a deeper, more rigorous walk-through of the Bitcoin security-budget math than the show has ever done on-air. They run the numbers through Michael Saylor's $441 trillion scenario, show why...

In Episode 311 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man discuss SpiderPool's historic distribution of both Bitcoin and NAT tokens to pool participants, dive deep into the mathematical impossibility of Bitcoin's long-term security budget, and break down why the NAT token is the only viable solution. They also preview the imminent launch of NAT.fun, a new NFT platform built on Bitcoin bl...

In Episode 310 of The Block Runner Podcast, William, I-man, and TJ unpack how AI-generated brainrot content is becoming a real signal for cultural product-market fit, why Google’s quantum warning should terrify crypto builders, and what the Taproot Wizards fallout says about speculative fundraising without clear execution. Key topics: How AI fruit videos, brainrot memes, and viral internet culture...

In Episode 309 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William, I-man, and TJ tackle the solopreneur billionaire hype, the reality of building with AI, and the upcoming NAT.fun platform launch. Key topics: The AI solopreneur billionaire — hype vs reality and why expectations are broken NAT.fun launch countdown — creator playbooks, collector mechanics, and bonding curves Google's quantum computing paper...

In Episode 308 of The Block Runner Podcast, William, I-man, and TJ break down why The Block Runner is changing its content strategy, how AI tools are finally making higher-leverage production realistic, and why that same shift in tooling is feeding directly into the launch thesis behind NAT.fun. Key topics: Why highly edited crypto content now has a real production edge, and how AI assistants are...

In Episode 307 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man break down Meta's $80 billion Horizon Worlds shutdown and what it actually means for the open metaverse thesis. They argue the death of Facebook's walled-garden metaverse is an opportunity, not an obituary, and explain why AI-generated content and vibe coding may deliver the killer app that Web3 metaverse platforms have been waiti...

In this episode of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man dive into the evolving landscape of AI, exploring AI-generated scams and how to recognize them. They discuss the impact of AI on content creation, particularly how it can streamline editing and production, enabling creators to focus on creativity while reducing workload. The episode also touches on lessons from the crypto boom, e...

In this episode of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man dive into the current surge of AI adoption and its impact on society, contrasting it with the recent 7% rise in Bitcoin. They explore the evolving narratives around AI-driven businesses, such as zero-human companies and prompt selling, highlighting both the hype and the realities behind these claims. The discussion also covers th...

In this episode of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man dive into the transformative wave of agentic AI and its societal impact. They explore how AI is reshaping daily activities, influencing markets like crypto, and creating a new inflection point for personal and professional productivity. The episode covers the impending changes predicted for 2028, the exponential growth of AI, and...

In this episode of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man dive into the recent downturn of Bitcoin, marking the longest consecutive monthly decline in history, along with the crushing record lows for altcoins. They explore the potential systemic issues within the crypto industry, including revelations from an interview with CZ, founder of Binance, shedding light on industry control and...

In this episode of The Blockrunner Podcast, hosts William and I-man discuss the current struggles facing the crypto and art markets, highlighting the virality of recent tweets about art investments and the declining appetite for digital collectibles. They analyze the industry’s challenges, the impact of historical NFT booms, and explore the culture of hoarding valuable digital and physical assets....

Join William and I-man in this insightful episode of The Block Runner Podcast as they delve into the recent upheaval in the crypto markets. They explore how traditional financial influences and derivatives are affecting Bitcoin's price discovery, comparing the situation to a nuclear EMP that disrupts the system from within. The hosts discuss the concept of non-arbitrary tokens (Nat) and the import...

Join William, I-man, and TJ as they celebrate an incredible milestone — 300 episodes of The Block Runner Podcast! In this special edition, they reflect on nearly seven years of discussions, the journey of their podcast, and the significance of reaching this landmark. The episode dives into intense geopolitical developments, including internal conflicts in China and global power shifts, examining t...

This episode of the Blockrunner Podcast breaks down one of the most revealing weeks we’ve seen at the intersection of crypto, AI, and creator monetization. What began as a promising experiment in creator capital markets quickly turned into a live stress test for liquidity, incentives, and trust. We walk through the rise and collapse of the Ralph token, why it initially made sense, how it gained tr...

AI isn’t just another tech cycle. It’s colliding with geopolitics, labor markets, crypto, and creator economies all at once. In this episode of the Block Runner Podcast, we break down why the global landscape is shifting faster than most people realize. From delayed tariffs and geopolitical power struggles, to AI-driven job displacement, no-code engineering, and the rise of vibe coding, this conve...

We unpack how DMT, NAT, and AI-powered creation are converging into a new creator economy that looks fundamentally different from previous cycles. The conversation starts with a simple but critical idea: signal matters more than vibes, especially in markets driven by narratives. As AI tools collapse the distance between ideas and execution, the definition of “building” is changing in real time. Wh...

First episode of 2026 and we’re setting the frame for what matters this year: AI is hitting escape velocity, “creation” is getting commoditized, and that changes everything from business models to the metaverse thesis. We talk through the cultural shift (the 2025 existential turn), why low-sentiment periods are when you should be paying the most attention, and how social media incentives reward ov...