Universal cross-chain liquidity for millions of chains | Jim, Catalyst (Celestia Spotlight #5)

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the fifth episode, we welcome Jim from Catalyst to discuss a new cross-chain liquidity architecture for millions of chains.

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Timestamps 🕒

0:00 start

0:16 Intro

4:05 The problem with cross-chain 

:56 Building cross chain for the modular future

11:09 Catalyst’s solution to the cross-chain problem

18:08 How cross-chain liquidity works 

22:08 Cross-chain communication

25:39 Cross-chain MEV

30:09 User experience

36:31 Problems with wrapped tokens

42:21 Sharing a data availability layer

45:34 Trust minimization

47:42 The long-term vision for Catalyst

51:11 The future of blockchains

56:01 Catalyst’s roadmap 

56:57 How to follow Catalyst

57:19 Final remarks