App Layer with Hans, AI Readiness, Monero Update, Base Layer Limit Orders, ADR 30 | Podcast #231

In this episode, the team discusses internalized arbitrage and how it could work across the App Layer, the viability of BLOs, and potential risks from node operators interacting with the App Layer. They also cover POL performance, removing churn requirements, ADR 30, and how AI agents could help diagnose consensus.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:00 Marketing update

00:09:00 BLO/AMM question

00:11:00 Agentic question

00:13:00 Is there a command-line wallet available?

00:14:00 Kenton shares AI metrics

00:16:00 We are getting visibility

00:20:00 Can THORChain internalize arbitrage?

00:26:00 Hans talks about CCL/DCL and the enshrined oracle

00:30:00 Devel and Hans discuss designs for internalized arbitrage

00:33:00 App Layer is running again

00:36:00 Could nodes collaborate to attack the App Layer?

00:38:00 What are the repercussions of nodes attacking the App Layer?

00:45:00 Can the App Layer quote on BLOs?

00:51:00 BLO viability question and discussion

01:00:00 BLO discussion continues

01:10:00 Kenton's story about buying BTC

01:12:00 Update on THORChain's stability efforts

01:15:00 Removing churn as a requirement

01:19:00 POL discussion and performance

01:30:00 ETF discussion

01:37:00 POL vs. RUNE price reflexivity

01:42:00 ADR 30

01:45:00 Node operators and block time

01:47:00 Stability discussion with Chad B — Midgard and AI agents

01:53:00 Will this help diagnose App Hash/consensus failures?