Solana, What’s Right And What’s Wrong The Gwart Show | Bitcoin Tech & Culture

Eugene Chen, co-founder of Ellipsis Labs, discusses the future of decentralized finance, Solana's vision for transforming traditional finance, and how Phenix aims to redefine on-chain trading. He also shares insights on the Ethereum vs. Solana debate and the challenges of optimizing blockchains for Defi applications.

Published randomly, "The Gwart Show” gets to the bottom of crypto’s toughest topics.

00:00:00 Start
00:00:18 Eugene's background 
00:01:17 Defi work before Ellipsis
00:02:21 From HFT to Defi
00:05:25 Competing with TradFi
00:08:07 Phenix as proof of concept
00:10:18 Providing better liquidity
00:13:48 Solana's issues & progress
00:16:47 Solana's research focus
00:19:24 Gita removes mempool 
00:20:28 MEV: AMMs vs order books
00:23:43 Ethereum MEV direction
00:25:13 Solana's speed & MEV
00:29:07 Ellipsis' 5-15yr vision
00:35:09 Ideal decentralization 
00:35:50 Solana token & platform
00:38:16 Economic security as meme
00:41:33 Defi's on-chain strengths
00:44:47 Rollups & interoperability
00:48:30 Valid Solana criticisms
00:51:31 Solana vs new fast chains

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