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Celestia’s token ($TIA) just dropped. Highlighted by its modular data availability network the crypto community has showed a lot of excitement around this launch.
Why? What is so valuable about Celestia? What is its vision for crypto? How, if successful, will Celestia change the crypto landscape? 
Today, on Bankless We’re talking to two Celestia CoFounders Mustafa and Ismail to explore the thesis behind Celesia. So, strap yourselves in, put on your learning cap, because we’re going to learn about Celestia in today’s episode. 
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
4:10 What is Celestia? 
6:12 The Modular Thesis
9:00 Celestia & Ethereum Relationship 
18:27 Economics of Celestia 
21:21 Celestia’s SDK
26:31 Celestia’s Capital Power 
28:15 $TIA 
32:18 Blob Stream
34:30 Celestia Endgame
36:18 Current & Future Projects on Celestia 
41:15 Celestia’s Vision 
43:55 Closing & Disclaimers  
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RESOURCES
Mustafa
https://twitter.com/musalbas 
Ismail
https://twitter.com/KreuzUQuer 
Celestia
https://celestia.org/learn/ 
Vitalik’s Endgame 
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html 
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We’re exploring the frontier of crypto gaming!
The seeds of the crypto gaming thesis are looking to play out. Today we’re hosting Robbie Ferguson from Immutable and Marco van den Heuvel from Merit Circle.
Merit Circle is migrating from Avalanche to Immutable, bringing along their gaming ecosystem, DAO, and sizable treasury. 
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
4:00 Immutable
8:00 Merit Circle
14:30 Announcing the Partnership
22:40 A Beneficial Relationship
25:55 Merit Circle Treasury
28:13 New Games
34:40 The Terms of the Partnership
37:30 Vision for the Future
40:00 Avalanche
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The truth on how we feel about Solana. 
Today we define the fundamentals, compare other networks, and ultimately share how we think SOL stacks up in the Layer 1 race. 
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:41 Addressing The Criticism
07:32 Defining The Fundamentals
14:05 Comparing Other Networks
19:11 Takes from Crypto Twitter
22:55 Our Thesis
26:19 Solana UX
30:37 Ethereum's Flaws
33:38 Discord Reactions
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Someone has to say it. ETH price at $2.2k is hilarious. 
Everyone is out here trading "what ifs" this cycle when Ethereum has fundamentals.
Let us tell you why $2.2k ETH doesn't make any sense.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Start
01:33 Ethereum is Underpriced
16:01 Will SOL Flip ETH?
38:12 Hating "Decentralization"
51:18 Changing of The Seasons
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Are crypto games making a comeback? Vance Spencer and his Co-Founder Michael Anderson join us today to answer that question.

We did a bunch of episode on crypto gaming last hype cycle – retrospectively, it was too early. But now we have cheap blockspace, better wallets, and games that are fun to play.

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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Intro
00:07:19 Intro To Crypto Gaming
00:14:00 How Has Crypto Gaming Evolved?
00:17:39 Casual Vs AAA Games
00:21:10 The Current Gaming Experience
00:26:00 What Benefits Come From Blockchain?
00:32:47 Best Argument Against Crypto Gaming?
00:45:29 How Far Can This Go?
00:50:47 IOS and Taxes
00:55:11 Dealing With Regulators
00:59:01 Choosing a Chain
01:04:50 Are Traditional Studios Coming?
01:07:27 What's An On Chain Game?
01:12:20 Blockspace
01:18:58 Can This Pump Our Assets?
01:21:44 Closings and Disclaimers
 

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RESOURCES

Vance:
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Michael:
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Last Week of Nov. 2023
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
3:50 Markets
https://twitter.com/camillionaire_m/status/1729850195012456518 
https://x.com/saylor/status/1730222828270612851 
https://x.com/WClementeIII/status/1730250345291375043 
https://twitter.com/jseyff/status/1728087271084028346 
https://twitter.com/datarade/status/1729416261149340002 
18:32 Jito Launching Governance Token JTO
https://twitter.com/jito_sol/status/1729172532971065626 
https://www.bankless.com/airdrop-hunter 
21:00 Cosmos enters its “Blocksize Wars” era 
https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130 
https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130/photo/3 
https://twitter.com/lurkaroundfind/status/1728805585313767528  
29:29 What does Paradigm think about Blast? 
https://dune.com/alec/blast-the-new-eth-l2 
https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1728817674543862023 
39:03 Ethereum blockchain Shenanigans
https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1728680630773575956
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.09032.pdf 
45:11 KyberSwap Dex aggregator hacked for $54.7M
https://twitter.com/KyberNetwork/status/1728115858889929021
https://x.com/TheDEFIac/status/1730196414154608785?s=20 
48:40 Move-based L2 arrives on the scene
https://twitter.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1727385496953958571?s=20 
Sei Network gets an upgrade
https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog/status/1729865516175798536 
50:47 NFTs
https://twitter.com/coolcats/status/1729281454792929561 
51:35 Regulation
https://www.theblock.co/post/264702/the-sec-is-having-trouble-serving-hex-founder-richard-heart-with-its-lawsuit 
https://blockworks.co/news/binance-changpeng-zhao-us 
53:39 Meme of The Week
https://twitter.com/yugacohler/status/1728892556304625708  
54:44 Closing & Disclosures
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