Zaki Manian, cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and cofounder of Iqlusion and Jack Zampolin, founder of Strangelove Ventures, discuss everything about Cosmos, the new white paper, and how to improve MEV capture for ATOM holders.
Show highlights:

how Jack and Zaki got involved with crypto and Cosmos

what the Sommelier protocol is, the role of Iqlusion, and what Strange Love does

the basics of Cosmos and application-specific blockchains (ASB)

why would a project choose to be an ASB rather than an application on a blockchain

whether Cosmos can achieve network effects

the reasons behind launching a new white paper for Cosmos

why the team decided to pursue interchain security

whether there would be an increase in fees with so many chains relying on the Cosmos Hub for security

how much economic value the Cosmos Hub will end up securing if the proposal gets passed

how the Cosmos Treasury could be used to fund development

the role of the Interchain Scheduler to capture MEV

whether centralized exchanges are going to start trading against the customers

the new issuance model proposed for ATOM

the role of an active governance community to make Cosmos more decentralized

what problems Liquid staking solves

how USDC will launch on a consumer chain


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Episode Links

Previous Coverage of Unchained on Cosmos:
How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience

New white paper

Document

Proposal


Interchain security

Paper

The Block article


The DeFi investor thread



ATOM 2.0

Thread by Route 2 DeFi

Youseff Amrain’s thread

Charlie Morris’ thread


Other articles

Vaneck’s article: Why we are bullish on Atom

Alex Valaitis article: A deep dive into Cosmos

Liquid Staking

Native USDC on Cosmos