In this episode, we explore Jon’s journey into crypto and our mutual passion for research and the writing process. We then give an overview over the key areas of crypto infrastructure today. Finally, we zoom into rollup decentralization roadmaps, and Jon shares a controversial new thesis about sequencer decentralization.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:42 - Interview start
00:03:44 - Jon's work week
00:08:04 - ChatGPT & writing
00:10:57 - Jon's start in crypto
00:14:45 - How to pick things to work on
00:17:08- Outsider's perspective on crypto
00:19:05 - Jon's research process
00:22:00 - Jon's proudest moment in crypto
00:23:06 - Crypto Infrastructure overview
00:29:58 - Why crypto infrastructure is interesting
00:35:57 - Rollup decentralization overview
00:42:44 - Challenges decentralizing the sequencer
00:47:46 - Ethereum vs Cosmos approach to governance & decentralization
00:53:35 - User ability to opt out
00:56:37 - Staking vs. governance deciding sequencers
01:08:31 - L3s
01:13:34 - Superchain
01:16:38 - Summary of rollup decentralization
01:21:08 – Outro
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Hasu - https://twitter.com/hasufl
Jon Charbonneau - https://twitter.com/jon_charb
UCC2 - https://twitter.com/UCC2_xyz
Website - https://ucc2.xyz
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