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The Sovereign Rollup Thesis & Inevitability of Modular Tech Stacks | Mustafa Al-Bassam (Celestia), Preston Evans (Sovereign)
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The Sovereign Rollup Thesis & Inevitability of Modular Tech Stacks | Mustafa Al-Bassam (Celestia), Preston Evans (Sovereign)
FromEmpire
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Jun 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today we are joined by Preston Evans and Mustafa Al-Bassam to discuss the sovereign rollup thesis. We discuss social vs technical sovereignty, the Sovereign SDK, why light clients are critical to scale, limitations of optimistic rollups, value accrual in a modular world and more!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Rollup Designs
(05:40) Social Sovereignty vs Technical Sovereignty
(09:58) Why Does the Rollup Debate Matter?
(18:09) Limitations of the EVM
(20:39) A Blockchains 3 Core Tasks
(24:21) Thales
(25:18) Security Guarantees & the Benefit for Users
(32:21) Modular Inevitability & Breaking the Layer One Loop
(42:34) Why Preston is Bearish on Optimistic Rollups
(46:00) Value Accrual and Moats
(53:40) Sovereign’s Alpha Release & Celestia’s Mainnet Incoming
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This episode is brought to you by Quicknode. QuickNode is an end-to-end blockchain developer platform that makes building Web3 apps easy. Go to QuickNode.com and use code Empire for a free month on their feature-packed Build Plan!
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Resources
Celestia
https://celestia.org/
https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg
Sovereign
https://www.sovereign.xyz/
https://twitter.com/sovereign_labs
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Rollup Designs
(05:40) Social Sovereignty vs Technical Sovereignty
(09:58) Why Does the Rollup Debate Matter?
(18:09) Limitations of the EVM
(20:39) A Blockchains 3 Core Tasks
(24:21) Thales
(25:18) Security Guarantees & the Benefit for Users
(32:21) Modular Inevitability & Breaking the Layer One Loop
(42:34) Why Preston is Bearish on Optimistic Rollups
(46:00) Value Accrual and Moats
(53:40) Sovereign’s Alpha Release & Celestia’s Mainnet Incoming
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Follow Preston: https://twitter.com/prestonevans__
Follow Mustafa: https://twitter.com/musalbas
Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz
Follow Santi: https://twitter.com/santiagoroel
Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod
Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j
Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7
Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw
Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/
- -
This episode is brought to you by Quicknode. QuickNode is an end-to-end blockchain developer platform that makes building Web3 apps easy. Go to QuickNode.com and use code Empire for a free month on their feature-packed Build Plan!
- -
Resources
Celestia
https://celestia.org/
https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg
Sovereign
https://www.sovereign.xyz/
https://twitter.com/sovereign_labs
- -
Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
Released:
Jun 6, 2023
Format:
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