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SLINKY ORACLE with Maghnus Mareneck of Skip Feb 13, 2024

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Skip Protocol helps sovereign blockchain protocols supercharge their blockspace to improve user experience, enhance interoperability, and enrich network stakeholders. The protocol has recently unveiled Slinky, an “Oracle” aggregator designed for perpetual markets and DeFi as a whole.

TOPICS
00:02:10 - Major Developments at Skip
00:04:40 - The slinky announcement
00:14:15 - Use cases for Slinky
00:21:10 - The architecture and how validators are coordinating
00:25:11 - Levana Attack in relation to the architecture
00:27:14 - Pricing and Slashing
00:35:18 - Is there a compromise?
00:38:16 - What vulnerabilities and attacks can Slinky prevent
00:45:15 - The opportunity cost of using Skip
00:48:36 - How it fits in the modular stack
00:53:51 - Slinky:The Rolls Royce of Oracles
00:59:18 - Slinky's origin and potential customers
01:03:02 - Conclusion

LINKS
GitHub - Skip-mev
How Slinky can prevent Oracle Manipulation Attacks
Slinky: Twitter Announcement

GUESTS
Maghnus on Twitter
Skip's Website

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture
The Interop

CELESTIA LIQUID STAKING with Fabo & Jay B of Milky Way Feb 05, 2024

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MilkyWay is a liquid staking solution for the Celestia ecosystem, initially starting its deployment and operation on Osmosis. When individuals liquid stake their TIA coins through MilkyWay, they obtain an on-chain representation of their TIA staking position, termed as milkTIA. This allows Celestia token holders to access liquidity for their staked assets, facilitating trading or their utilization as collateral in different DeFi products.

TOPICS
00:06:27 - When did the protocol launch?
00:07:43 - Growth and support from the community
00:08:25 - Liquid staking
00:10:09 - What is liquid staking evolving into
00:12:25 - What is Milky Way?
00:14:38 - Where can people use their MilkTIA
00:17:23 - The design
00:26:13 - The agent and how it interacts with the multisig
00:31:59 - Fudding the multisig
00:34:22 - Purpose of the contract
00:38:23 - How the validators are chosen
00:47:56 - Milky Way's position in the liquid staking space
00:51:54 - Endgame for Milky Way in the Celestia ecosystem
00:55:38 - The roadmap

LINKS
Milky Way
AuthZ Delegated Multisig

GUESTS
JayB on LinkedIn
Fabo on Twitter

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture
The Interop

BUILD WHATEVER WHEREVER with Omer Mishael of Lava Network Jan 29, 2024

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Lava is a modular data network for scaling access to any blockchain. The network can flexibly support any RPC and API. Lava works with rollups and blockchains to consolidate and improve their node infrastructure. Providers are rewarded for their quality of service, so your users can fetch data and send transactions with speed, data integrity and uptime. Lava helps developers build web3-native apps on any chain.

TOPICS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:48 Lava's USP
00:10:22 Uber for blockchain data
00:13:39 RPC and Relayers
00:23:26 Lava's paradigm and how it works
00:31:47 How does the matching happen?
00:39:48 Clustering mechanism
00:42:29 Participants in Lava functionality
00:51:55 Modular Stack - Lava's contribution
00:56:10 Light Clients
01:01:04 Road to mainnet

LINKS
Lava on Twitter

GUESTS
Omer Mishael on Linkedin
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture
The Interop

MODULAR MOVE ROLLUPS with Rushi Manche of Movement Labs Jan 19, 2024

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Movement Labs is a modular framework to build and deploy Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment. They offer an open network for creators to build and grow. The team is building a suite of products and services that empower non-Move protocols to leverage the power of the Move Programming Language without writing a single lineof Move code.

TOPICS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:58 EVM is going to zero
00:12:33 Overview of Movement
00:16:25 M2: Roll up framework
00:18:27 Decision tree for a developer
00:20:51 Noble and Union Partnership
00:25:41 Fractal module: Backwards Compatibility
00:28:50 Risky Opcodes in Ethereum
00:31:50 Native USDC
00:33:36 How move benefits IBC
00:35:12 Future of Cosmos
00:40:08 Long term compatibility between VMs
00:42:55 Movement Labs: Parthenon Roadmap
00:44:35 Decentralised Share Sequencer
00:47:24 Validators for M1
00:48:30 Token and Air Drop?
00:48:59 Community program
00:51:33 ETF Approval

LINKS
M2 Announcement
Movement + Noble + Union Partnership
Movement Roadmap
Ethereum Opcodes

GUESTS
Rushi Manche on Twitter

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture on Twitter
The Interop on Twitter

LEVANA RELAUNCH with Jonathan Caras of Levana Jan 16, 2024

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Levana is a decentralized exchange protocol designed to enable leveraged positions for any asset. Levana enables permission-less, censorship-resistant Capital efficient markets. Levana is the only platform with zero insolvency risk, so your PnL is always safe. Currently market launches and configuration is permissioned, but Levana's goal is to create a permissionless protocol which enables anyone to be able to launch a leveraged market for any asset.

TOPICS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:55 The ETF Approval
00:06:28 Ben Franklin with laser eyes
00:12:30 The token launch
00:24:23 Attack timeline
00:28:30 Details of the attack
00:29:04 Targeted pools
00:34:09 Oracle Exploitation & how it works
00:42:16 Other oracle solutions
00:46:55 Learnings from the attack
00:49:50 Mitigation and relaunch
00:57:42 Thoughts on adding LVN tokens & Staking
01:00:22 Positive outlook for Levana

LINKS
Initial Security Alert
Levana exploit postmortem
Delta price attack explained
Jacob Gabikian post on p2p storm

GUESTS
Jonathan on Twitter
Levana on Twitter

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture
The Interop

Cosmos in 2024 LIVESTREAM with Cryptocito, Sam Hart, Farmer and Stephen TCG Jan 06, 2024

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Consider staking with Interop Ventures https://interop.ventures ------------------------------------ TOPICS GUESTS ------------------------------------ SOCIAL MEDIA Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0 The Interop: https://twitter.com/TheInterop

GENERALIZED ABSTRACTION with Anthony of XION Jan 04, 2024

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Consider staking with Interop Ventures https://interop.ventures XION is the first L1 purpose built for mass consumer adoption through its Generalized Abstraction layer. It is a paradigm shift, paving the way for mainstream adoption of Web3 by enabling seamless user experiences for everyday users through protocol-level implementations. It focuses on accounts, signatures, payments, interoperability, devices, and pricing. TOPICS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:09 Burnt Banksy 00:05:12 Early NFT Projects 00:07:34 Nobody gives a shit about crypto 00:12:06 What is XION 00:13:30 XION in comparison to other protocols 00:15:51 Generalized Abstraction 00:18:37 Integration with other chains 00:21:19 Advantage of integrating with XION 00:23:28 Meta accounts and how it works 00:27:50 Abstraction 2.0 do we need a wallet anymore? 00:30:59 Onboarding legacy accounts 00:38:15 Too much power to Apple and Google 00:40:20 Parameterised Fee Layer 00:47:13 The Mint module 00:54:53 Why XION chose Cosmos LINKS https://linktr.ee/burnt_ XION Whitepaper: https://xion.burnt.com/whitepaper.pdf GUESTS Burnt Banksy: https://x.com/burntbanksy ------------------------------------ SOCIAL MEDIA Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0 The Interop: https://twitter.com/TheInterop

ATOM ALIGNMENT with Noam Cohen of Binary Builders Dec 29, 2023

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Binary Builders is a leading group of builders in the Interchain ecosystem providing a range of services with the goal to help build the future of Web3. They serve as the primary maintainer of the Cosmos SDK. Binary Builders authored the Atom Alignment thesis posted to the Cosmos Hub Forum which focuses on AEZ Growth, financial alignment w/ consumer chains, and increasing decentralization of the Hub's voting power.

TOPICS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:20 What is Binary Builders?

00:08:54 Interchain Builders Program

00:11:28 Business development in Cosmos

00:16:52 Areas of research

00:21:51 Atom Alignment - 3 modules

00:26:02 Growing Atom & AEZ

00:30:15 KPI's to look for

00:33:41 Details of the treasury

00:39:02 Should all proposals go through governance?

00:45:54 Voting on Telegram - IBC Bot

00:48:01 Drip Module - How it works

00:51:32 Building on Cosmos SDK vs Cosmwasm

00:56:13 The Hub, AEZ & the future

01:00:11 Chain features & Atom as money

01:00:58 The Hub's most valuable attribute

01:02:26 Thoughts on Sunny's take?

01:07:56 Next steps with alignment treasury

LINKS

Binary Builders
Messari State of Cosmos Hub: https://messari.io/report/state-of-cosmos-hub-q3-2023
Atom Alignment Forum Post: https://forum.cosmos.network/t/discussion-aez-growth-the-atom-alignment-treasury/11467
Onchain Governance Proposal for Atom Alignment: https://www.mintscan.io/cosmos/proposals/864
IBC Bot: https://ibc.bot

GUESTS

Creators & Guests

Noam Cohen - Guest
Sebastien Couture - Host

ATOM IS MONEY with Sunny Aggarwal of Osmosis Dec 13, 2023

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Consider staking with Interop Ventures https://interop.ventures Osmosis is an Interchain DEX that lets you swap, earn, and build on the leading decentralized Cosmos exchange. Building Interchain-native apps and smart contracts, as well as analyzing assets and liquidity, are all made possible by Osmosis's tools. ------------------------------------ TOPICS 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 The Mars-Neutron merger 00:12:10 Sunny’s take on Mars leaving Osmosis 00:17:01 Competition & stealing liquidity 00:21:33 Osmosis and Umee’s merger 00:23:05 Appchains merging & becoming rollups 00:25:03 Proposal #858 & AEZ 00:33:27 Community’s reaction to the proposal 00:34:40 Atom is money 00:44:46 What’s the vision & the plan? 00:50:18 Views on Atom1 & LSDs 00:57:07 Osmosis 2.0 - CL hooks & smart accounts 01:04:48 Exciting Osmosis applications LINKS Osmosis: https://osmosis.zone Proposal #858: https://wallet.keplr.app/chains/cosmos-hub/proposals/858 GUESTS Sunny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunnya97 ------------------------------------ SOCIAL MEDIA Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0 The Interop: https://twitter.com/TheInterop

BUILD WHATEVER with Nick White of Celestia Dec 08, 2023

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Consider staking with Interop Ventures https://interop.ventures Celestia is a modular data availability (DA) network that securely scales with the number of users, making it easy for anyone to launch their own blockchain without having their own validator set. Celestia recently launched on Mainnet, going from white paper to protocol. Many exciting applications are being built with Celestia and new primitives are being discovered in the realm of Data availability sampling (DAS), Light nodes, DA narratives and more. ------------------------------------ TOPICS 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:38 Celestia's Launch: white-paper to protocol 00:03:35 Crypto community's reaction to the launch 00:07:39 Will app-chains supplement security with Celestia? 00:11:23 What's the deal with "build whatever"? 00:16:06 Light node meme 00:28:03 The two other nodes that exist in Celestia 00:31:55 Name spaces - what are they? 00:35:49 Ethereum x Celestia - Blobstream 00:41:32 Can Existing L2's leverage this DA? 00:49:49 Future of modular security 00:59:00 The DA narrative with relation to security 01:04:28 Exciting things being built on Celestia 01:10:53 The modular era & sovereign rollups LINKS Celestia: https://celestia.org/ Introducing Blobstream: https://blog.celestia.org/introducing-blobstream/ GUESTS Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickwh8te/media ------------------------------------ SOCIAL MEDIA Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0 The Interop: https://twitter.com/TheInterop

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