L2s, Apps, and Stake Centralization With 0xMert

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! We we’re down in Nashville recording some shows, but this week we have something a bit different with Mert, CEO of Helius and co-host of a BlockWorks podcast. So, it's a podcast with a podcaster today. We go through Solana's ecosystem, including MEV and architecture. Mert shares insights on Fire Dancer, state compression and Helius, while addressing criticisms and challenges.

Timestamps

00:00 Start
00:50 Mert's background
01:16 ETHCC experience
03:26 ETHCC takeaways
08:16 Can't L2s just get along!
11:01 Is ETH following SOL?
15:40 Base sequencing
20:02 What's exciting now?
27:47 Apps now & future
32:38 Will Solana be NASDAQ on chain?
36:18 MEV on Solana
39:21 Is MEV inevitable?
46:02 Stake-weighted QoS (Quality-of-Service)
48:49 DDOSing RPCs
50:12 Is Stake-weighted QoS centralizing?
51:59 Will Solana become the Helius-chain?


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