The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media
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Solana, What’s Right And What’s Wrong
Eugene Chen, co-founder of Ellipsis Labs, discusses the future of decentralized finance, Solana's vision for transforming traditional finance, and how Phenix aims to redefine on-chain trading. He also shares insights on the Ethereum vs. Solana debate and the challenges of optimizing blockchains for Defi applications. Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. 00:00:00 Start 00:00:18 Eugene's background 00:01:17 Defi work before Ellipsis 00:02:21 From HFT to Defi 00:05:25 Competing with TradFi 00:08:07 Phenix as proof of concept 00:10:18 Providing better liquidity 00:13:48 Solana's issues & progress 00:16:47 Solana's research focus 00:19:24 Gita removes mempool 00:20:28 MEV: AMMs vs order books 00:23:43 Ethereum MEV direction 00:25:13 Solana's speed & MEV 00:29:07 Ellipsis' 5-15yr vision 00:35:09 Ideal decentralization 00:35:50 Solana token & platform 00:38:16 Economic security as meme 00:41:33 Defi's on-chain strengths 00:44:47 Rollups & interoperability 00:48:30 Valid Solana criticisms 00:51:31 Solana vs new fast chains This show is produced by Blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 5The How And Why of AMMs With Alex Nezlobin
Mechanism this, mechanism that. Why does crypto infrastructure even matter? Gwart tunes in with Alex Nezlobin to discuss the history and importance of AMMs like Uniswap. Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:11 Alex's Background 00:04:21 Problems in TradFi 00:06:29 Alex's Interest in AMMs 00:17:16 Robinhood & Payment for Order Flow 00:22:52 The Future of AMMs 00:27:31 Frontrunning & Insider Trading 00:37:31 AMM Landscape on Ethereum 00:46:46 Colocation & Latency 00:52:28 Builder Centralization 01:08:18 Fast Chains & AMM Losses 01:25:13 AMMs in 20 Years 01:34:36 Wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rijndael: The Tolerable Taproot Wizard
Rjindael of the the Taproot Wizards joins Gwart to get to the bottom of Bitcoin’s soul search. Does Bitcoin need a revival? Are the Wizards going to hard? Is Lightning really broken? Who will stop the impending flood of Bitcoin MEV? Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Check out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe today. Follow our host on Twitter, @gwartygwart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're Pretty Sure Mike and Max Can Fix MEV
Mike Neuder of the EF and Max Resnick of SMG join Gwart to fix Ethereum MEV in one podcast. Mike, Max and Gwart talk MEV, Bitcoin and more. Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics. Check out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe today. Follow our host on Twitter, @gwartygwart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 2Was The Rollup Roadmap A Mistake? With Anatoly Yakovenko
EGwart interviews Solana Phone CEO Anatoly Yakovenko to talk Eth, monolithic architecture and more. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Where Eric Wall Defends His Wizard Costume
We are joined by Eric Wall, someone with too much time and tokens on their hands, to talk about Bitcoin Ordinals, smart critiques of Ethereum and Bitcoin MEV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices