The Case for Sovereign Blockchains | Sunny Aggarwal, Dmitriy Berenzon Bell Curve

Season 3 | Episode 1
In this episode of Bell Curve, Sunny Aggarwal and Dmitriy Berenzon join us to discuss the pros and cons of building a sovereign AppChain. AppChains enable developers and protocols to customize consensus, cryptography, MEV rules, fees and more. But is this customization worth the fragmentation, start-up costs, lack of tooling and other challenges AppChains face? Tune in to find out.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro: Pre-Interview
(02:33) The AppChain Thesis
(10:52) Reasons to Build an AppChain
(28:28) The Downsides and Challenges
(42:04) What is Permissioned Blockspace?
(48:49) Cosmos vs Ethereum
(1:02:09) Solving Interoperability
(1:07:54) User Lock-in: Wallets
(1:13:42) Recap: Post-Interview
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Resources:

Dmitriy's blog
https://dberenzon.medium.com/

Osmosis
https://osmosis.zone/

1k(x)
https://1kx.network/
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