Join us on 0xResearch as we interview Jayendra Jog (co-founder of Sei) to discuss Sei, a highly optimized sector-specific L1 with a built-in order-matching primitive. Put simply, Sei is building the premier infrastructure for decentralized exchanges. In this episode, Jay explains why Sei chose the Cosmos SDK, why pursue a sector-specific chain, the mechanics behind optimistic block processing and parallelization, Sei's validator set, native oracles and more!

And as usual, we start the episode with our analyst Hot Seat/Cool Throne segment, where we debate the banking system meltdown, Curve's wild volume, USDC's depeg and more!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:22) Hot Seat/Cool Throne
(24:40) Blockworks Research
(25:38) Interview Start: Sei’s Origin
(28:36) Why Use the Cosmos SDK?
(33:43) Why a Sector-Specific Chain?
(37:09) Optimistic Block Processing and Intelligent Block Propagation
(49:50) Parallel Processing
(53:48) The Tradeoffs
(56:14) Sei’s Validator Set, Sei’s Token and MEV
(1:09:56) Price Oracles
(1:13:42) Ecosystem and Airdrop Strategy
(1:19:35) Partnerships with Centralized Exchanges
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