Celestia Labs COO, Nick White, joins us on the show to kick off our modular blockchain mini-series. Celestia is the first modular blockchain network, which decouples consensus and data availability from execution and settlement. Celestia implements a novel design to unlock key properties such as scalability, interoperability, and sovereignty while preserving decentralization. We cover:   Why scaling and decentralization have historically been at odds How Celestia creates a modular system to reimagine traditional monolithic blockchain architecture Leveraging data availability sampling to unlock scalability How Celestia intends to be the engine that powers sovereign communities Learn more about Celestia here.