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In today's interview, Orkun, the Co-founder of Citrea, dives deep into the world of Bitcoin L2s and Citrea. He explains the differences between L2s, sidechains, and sovereign rollups, and discusses the trust assumptions and bridging mechanisms in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Orkun also shares insights on the design tradeoffs in the Bitcoin L2 space, the Citra VM, proof generation, and the bottlenecks and challenges faced by Bitcoin L2s. The conversation touches on the potential for Bitcoin to enable a real economy and the role of Citrea in empowering Bitcoin finance.
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Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages.
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Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Bitcoin L2 Overview
(7:55) Trustless VS Trust Minimized
(12:01) Wormhole Ad
(12:40) Pear Ad
(13:05) Citrea Bridging
(17:54) Design Tradeoffs in Bitcoin L2 Space
(23:37) Block Production & Centralization Risk
(34:40) L2 Execution Fee & DA Economics
(38:56) Proof Generation
(43:07) Static UTXO Sizes
(46:42) ZK Architecture & Bottlenecks
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Ren, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
In this episode, the Blockworks research team examines Solana's transaction failures and the network's ongoing struggles to handle high transaction volumes. The conversation then turns to the MakerDAO and Aave debacle, debating the risks and merits of MakerDAO's decision to collateralize DAI with Ethena's stablecoin. They also touch on the recent default on Goldfinch and the broader challenges facing on-chain private credit markets. Finally, they explore the rise of Pump.Fun and the resurgence of meme coins.
As always remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:08) Enabling Arbitrum Stylus
(5:08) Velodrome DEX on Bitcoin
(7:40) Solana & SUI Airdrops
(13:39) dYdX Permissionless Smart Contracts
(18:15) dYdX Segment: Axelar
(22:53) Solana Transaction Failures
(31:57) Aave & MakerDAO Debacle
(43:37) Goldfinch Default
(51:43) Pump.Fun Meme Infrastructure
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
