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This week on TezTalks Radio, we’re joined by Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, for a deep conversation about TzEL, an experimental project exploring private, post-quantum payments on Tezos testnet.

At the center of the discussion is a deceptively simple question:

If blockchain data can remain public forever, what does privacy actually mean over time?

Rather than treating privacy as a momentary concern, this episode looks at the long-term reality of encrypted transaction data that may still exist decades from now — and what happens if future cryptographic assumptions change.

🎙️ The conversation moves through private payments, post-quantum cryptography, rollups, the DAL, and the engineering realities of turning research ideas into working systems.

🔍 In this episode, we explore:

• Why blockchain privacy has a “time problem”
• What kinds of transaction data remain exposed long term
• Why Arthur became interested in private post-quantum payments specifically
• What TzEL is actually testing — and what it is not claiming yet
• How Tezos’ long-term adaptability connects back to post-quantum design
• The difference between a research prototype and production infrastructure
• What had to be built to make TzEL function end to end
• Why proof size becomes a major constraint for private systems
• How the Tezos DAL changes what becomes practical
• Why heavier cryptographic systems may naturally live in rollups
• How viewing keys, detector keys, and selective disclosure work in practice
• What this experiment reveals about the future design space for Tezos

This is one of the clearest conversations yet on how Tezos infrastructure, rollups, governance, and long-term adaptability connect together underneath the surface.

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This week on TezTalks Radio, we’re joined by Yann Régis-Gianas to unpack Ushuaia, a new Tezos protocol proposal that sits directly in the path toward Tezos X.

From the outside, Tezos X promises something simple: a more unified Tezos experience where EVM and Michelson applications can interact more directly without the awkward fragmentation users are used to across chains, rollups, wallets, and app environments.

Ushuaia is part of the infrastructure underneath that promise.

This episode focuses on what Ushuaia actually unlocks, what becomes harder without it, and how the clean roadmap for Tezos X meets the reality of engineering constraints.

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This week on TezTalks Radio, we sit down with George Goodwin, better known as OMGiDRAWEDit, one of the most recognizable artists in the Tezos ecosystem.

If you’ve spent time in Tezos art, you’ve likely seen his work — bold colors, strange characters, chaotic scenes that somehow hold together the longer you look.

But this conversation goes deeper than style.

🎙️ It starts before Tezzardz, before Tezos — back when George was still trying to figure out what kind of artist he wanted to be, and what was missing from his work.

🔍 In this episode, we explore:

• The shift from darker, monochrome work to vibrant, character-driven worlds
• What it really means to “find your voice” as an artist
• Why NFTs felt different from the start — and why they mattered
• How Tezos became more than a platform and started to feel like home
• What stayed true through every phase of the Tezos art scene
• The real story behind Tezzardz and what it was responding to
• How success changed George’s perspective as an artist
• Why projects like Bedroom Nostalgia and Disordurance reveal a deeper side of his work
• The tension between being an artist and becoming a content creator
• What it takes to keep going when attention fades

At its core, this is a conversation about something most artists wrestle with quietly:
how to grow without losing the thing that made your work yours in the first place.