Recently we’ve seen the rise of applications verticalizing into their own app-specific chains While app-chains offers customizability, they lack the social coordination that generic chains bring - Sei offers both by being in the intersection of app-specific and generic chains Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage Today on Blockcrunch, we have Jay, Co-Founder of Sei to share with us: Why sector-specific chains are better than app-chains/generic chains Types of projects that benefit from Sei Sei’s area of major innovation    Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:32) – Introduction to Sei  (00:06:37) – Potential trade-offs (00:09:13) – Conviction to Build DeFi specific chain (00:11:59) – App-chains vs Sector-specific chains (00:15:33) – Importance of having on-chain orderbooks (00:18:13) – Examples of projects building on Sei (00:20:28) – Long-term moat for Sei (00:22:52) – Requirements for deploying smart-contracts (00:25:29) – Building on Cosmos SDK vs developing new consensus (00:30:20) – Block processing on Sei (00:32:48) – MeV on Sei (00:37:52) – Sei vs new Layer 1 chains like Aptos & Sui (00:41:07) – Sei vs thematic roll ups on Ethereum (00:43:27) – Exciting projects & Sei’s roadmap   ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange   ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Jayendra Jog ’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog Sei’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeiNetwork Sei’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/seinetwork Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.