Introducing Catalyst mainnet and the intents based interop landscape X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | A problem we’ve been fiddling with in the interoperability landscape is this idea behind achieving maximum extensibility with regards to the creation of hundreds of new chains. We know that if there’s going to be an overwhelming amount of chains, we need [...]
Exploring the Modular VM Abstraction Framework & Atomic Composability X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | There’s quite a bit of conversation ongoing in the zeitgest of the modular research community. We tend to lean into technical topics more than the flavor of the day, but for this episode we managed to do both. We were joined by [...]
How OneBalance is Building Their Chain Abstracted Vision via Credible Accounts X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The C.A.K.E framework established that chain abstraction is a collaborative effort, and not a one winner takes all situation. This idea for how the intents and chain abstraction stack works was originally created by Frontier Research and now there is [...]
Introducing ZK Proof Verification Into The Modular Thesis X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | The acceleration of ZK is happening at a rapid pace. Last week we covered the collaboration between Succinct and AggLayer on the proof generation side using SP1, a generalized ZKVM. Today, we’re excited to share insights from our recent chat with RJ and [...]
The past, present, and future of based rollups X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | There’s been a lot going on in the zeitgest with regards to based rollups, pre-confirmations, MEV, and whether or not based rollups are going to make it in the longer term. We’re about to find out. In today’s podcast, we were joined by [...]
Is ZK Real? Succinct x AggLayer Collaboration and a Deep Dive into the ZK Landscape X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | Is ZK real? Unironically, this was the first question Robbie asked our guests Uma Roy, founder of Succinct & Brendan Farmer, co-founder of Polygon. If you’ve been following the latest developments in ZK (but not trademarked), [...]
Solving the Cross-Chain Liquidity Rebalancing Problem with the Clearing Layer X (Twitter) | YouTube | Spotify | Everclear, formerly known as Connext, recently launched with a fresh focus as the Clearing Layer aiming to solve the ever-present modular fragmentation problem. Today we talked with Arjun Bhuptani, about their history coining the term “chain abstraction”, building an intents-based bridge, [...]
