In today's episode, David delves into the interesting dynamics between Ethereum and Celestia. While Ethereum and Solana are often seen as the main rivals, Celestia shares similar design philosophies and goals but with notable differences. Is it Ethereum's true competitor? Joining us to help answer that question and much more is Nick White, COO of Celestia Labs. ------ ? SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   ?CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ? SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://conf.safe.global/  ? CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ?️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:28 Celestia 2 Years Ago 6:30 Build Whatever & DA 11:29 Celestia Design Architecture 19:15 Ethereum vs. Celestia 22:26 Celestia No Virtual Machine Trade-Offs  29:57 Sharing DA Layers & Blockchain Interoperability 37:23 Celestia Trustlessness 42:09 DA as a Commodity?  54:09 Network Effects of DA 57:35 $TIA’s Role in Celestia Ecosystem 1:01:50 Lightnodes  1:04:57 $TIA’s Moneyness 1:10:20 Execution & Settlement Layers 1:16:46 Cosmos & Celestia & Ethereum 1:21:56 Sovereign Endgame  1:26:42 Closing & Disclaimers   ------ RESOURCES Nick’s 1st Bankless Episode  https://youtu.be/bmSU3cZhe3U   Nick White https://twitter.com/nickwh8te   Celestia https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠