
About this episode
Season 4 | Episode 7
Welcome to Bell Curve! In this episode, we are joined by Henry de Valence and Barry Plunkett to discuss MEV in Cosmos. Henry and Barry explain the negative implications of Ethereum's maximal extraction philosophy, the benefits of AppChain sovereignty (as demonstrated by Osmosis' ProtoRev Module), the importance of privacy in MEV, ABCI 2.0 and much more. Join us for this exciting deep dive into one of the most innovative ecosystems in crypto!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(03:03) Ethereum’s Maximal Extraction Philosophy
(06:59) Cosmos vs Ethereum Validators
(13:07) Penumbra: Public and Private State
(26:01) Osmosis’ ProtoRev Module
(36:20) “Rook Ad”
(38:12) Cross-Domain MEV
(45:11) The Tension Between Sovereignty and Interoperability
(1:00:03) What is ABCI 2.0?
(1:08:24) Threshold Encryption Challenges
(1:13:08) The Privacy Tradeoff
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Resources:
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https://skip.money/
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Penumbra
https://penumbra.zone/
https://twitter.com/penumbrazone
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