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The Infinite-LST Future w/ FP Lee (Sanctum)
In this episode, Austin chats with FP Lee (Sanctum) about the liquid staking landscape on Solana. They discuss the architectural differences between staking on Solana and other blockchains, such as Ethereum, and how seemingly trivial ...
| 50:23A Crypto Native's History of Markets w/ Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet)
In this episode, Austin chats with Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet) about the history of markets and the evolution of the math which underpins them. Over the course of their free-form conversation, they cover everything from the ancient history ...
| 66:36 | E80Firedancer w/ Kevin Bowers
In this episode, Austin visits Jump Crypto's office in Chicago (The Pit) to talk about Firedancer, Solana's second independent validator client. They discuss its roadmap, its rollout, and the ways in which it will optimize and improve ...
| 60:10How Metaplex Core Moves Beyond NFT Standards w/ Stephen Hess (Metaplex Studios)
In this episode, Austin chats with Stephen Hess about the evolution of the Solana NFT ecosystem from the summer of 2021 to the present. Starting from the initial creation of the Solana NFT standard, Austin and Stephen reflect on recent ...
| 46:38 | E79Building web3 Login Your Grandma Can Use w/ Itai Turbahn (Dynamic)
In this episode, Austin chats with Itai Turbahn (Dyanmic) about the future of web3 onboarding. Dynamic is building web3 authentication that allows crypto-enabled companies to seamlessly serve web3 natives and crypto novices alike ...
| 40:07Parallelizing the EVM on Solana w/ Andrey Falaleyev (Neon)
In this episode, Austin chats with Andrey Falaleyev, CTO of Neon, an EVM that lets devs build and deploy dApps from EVM chains to Solana, all while maintaining compatibility with the EVM opcode set. Andrey discusses Neon's ...
| 38:40Does DEX Liquidity Need a Defense Layer? w/ Nitesh Nath (DFlow)
In this episode, Austin chats with Nitesh Nath of DFlow, a protocol that protects DEX liquidity against toxic order flows on Solana. According to Nitesh, users of DFlow will gain benefits such as tighter spreads, lower volatility, and ...
| 40:24What's Behind the Move Movement? w/ Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)
In this episode, Austin chats with Rushi Manche (Movement Labs) about bringing the Move programming language to Solana and other blockchains. They discuss some of the hype behind Move, such as its "built-in" security, and the inherent ...
| 38:53Why Does Mexico Want to Tokenize Its Treasuries? w/ David Taylor (Etherfuse)
In this episode, Austin talks with David Taylor (Etherfuse) about tokenizing Mexican bonds and equities. By bringing these assets onchain, Etherfuse is drastically reducing global barriers to entry in emerging markets. David discusses ...
| 42:24The Long-Term Vision for the DA Layer w/ Connor O'Hara (Celestia)
In this episode, Austin chats with Connor O'Hara (Celestia) about the scope of DA projects like Celestia. After a reflective discussion on a wide range of topics from the early days of Bitcoin to tradeoffs of proof-of-stake networks, ...
| 57:15 | E78The Restaking Thesis w/ Sreeram Kannan (Eigen Labs)
In this episode, Austin chats with Sreeram Kannan (Eigen Labs) about EigenLayer's vision for restaking. Sreeram argues that restaking is merely a way of making proof-of-stake networks more programmable, addressing the economic and ...
| 63:49Level Up. Go Crankless. w/ Jarry Xiao (Phoenix)
In this episode, Austin chats with Jarry Xiao from Ellipsis Labs about Phoenix, the fastest on-chain orderbook on Solana. They explore Phoenix's innovative design, which enables settlement without the need for asynchronous cranks, ...
| 43:24Rethinking Solana's Validator Client Paradigm w/ Ahmad Abbasi (Syndica)
In this episode, Austin talks with Ahmad Abbasi (Syndica) about Sig, a new Solana validator client built in Zig. Unlike other Solana validator clients, Sig is optimized for reads as opposed to writes. Ahmad unpacks the seemingly ...
| 28:57What Solana Unlocks for GameFi's Backend w/ Albert Chen (Genopets)
Web3 gaming is one of the oldest proposed use cases for blockchain. In this episode, Austin chats with Albert Chen (Genopets) about the state of web3 games on Solana and beyond. They dive into Genopets, exploring its gameplay, its web3 ...
| 29:03The Enterprise Self-Custody Problem w/ Connor and Nicolas from Cordial Systems
In this episode, Austin talks with Nicolas and Conor from Cordial Systems, an enterprise custody solution initially developed for Jump Crypto. They discuss how to build a self-custody solution that serves crypto-native businesses ...
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