A discussion with an ex-poker and chess professional about the incentive dynamics in crypto X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | One of our core beliefs is the acceleration of experimentation in crypto. We believe that continuously testing novel incentive designs will lead to better results in the future. That being said, not every mechanism is going to [...]
Unveiling the Fraxtal modular L2, Frax DA, and the fractal scaling thesis with CEO Sam Kazemian X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The modular thesis is growing week by week. We are seeing the rise of new L2s and appchains happening at a rapidly accelerating pace now. Our second podcast as a team featuring Sam Kazemian from [...]
The origin story of Celestine Sloths, the modular community collection behind a 400x from mint X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | LM 💤 🥱 Did you know that Celestia was originally called LazyLedger? The idea behind this laziness stems from Celestia’s minimalistic properties. By solely focusing on data availability with minimal smart contracts & execution, Celestia is [...]
Unpacking the differences in Ethereum scaling models with Avi Zurlo from Nil Foundation X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | Horizontal or vertical scaling…which way, western man? In today’s discussion, we’re taking a closer look at Nil’s strategic approach to blockchain scalability, focusing on the integration of horizontal scaling for Ethereum. We discuss the core idea behind Ethereum [...]
Unpacking Modular Rollup Frameworks and The Sovereign SDK X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The general idea and thesis we share is that we will see 1000s of appchains and the frameworks which are building for that future are in a good spot. In addition, we also believe there will be a ton of zkVMs (as introduced [...]
Exploring Ethereum Alignment and the Moral Compass of the Crypto Community X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | At what point does ideological alignment affect your technological decision making? The essence of Ethereum alignment involves a commitment to its core principles — decentralization, security, permissionlessness, and scalability. This deep-rooted alignment goes beyond the technical, touching on Ethereum’s broader [...]
The Current State of Fraud Proofs in Rollups & Why We Need To Discuss This X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | Rollups as we know them today are more centralized than we’d like. Basically, rollups operate using a secure multi-sig and centralized sequencer for transaction batching and ordering. This isn’t good for a multitude of reasons, notably [...]
Unpacking the $SAFE Token and Updates in Crypto Tech X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | Today marks a very special day for many DeFi founders, builders, and power users. Today is the launch of the transferable $SAFE token, for the safe multisig users on Ethereum mainnet. The tokens had to be claimed many months, if not years, [...]
Our second episode with Sunny, co-founder of Osmosis about the state of the Cosmos Hub and modularity X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The evolution of the modular thesis doesn’t go without saying Osmosis and the Cosmos ecosystem. Being the hub of liquidity for the modular ecosystem assets (TIA, DYM, OSMO), Osmosis plays an important role for [...]
What is decentralized AI? Why is it important? X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The convergence of AI and crypto is particularly interesting to us. We’ve been doing research and are really coming around to the idea that AI might be the major unlock for crypto, especially for onchain usage. If you’re completely new to the convergence [...]
