Is Decentralization Getting Us Further to the Right?

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I just want to get your thoughts on the state of DeFi right now. Do you see it as like, is this the moment that it's crossing over? You've also been working in the space for three and a half years or so. I used to work at Coinbase as a software engineer. Like 75 to 80% of the work on engineering side goes into dealing with the traditional financial industry. The price of ETH has gone up so much that if you're outside of crypto, it's brutal.

This week, Anna and James chat with Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX, a derivatives exchange on Ethereum that recently transitioned to a StarkEx-powered L2 infrastructure.

Antonio brings a product-centric perspective to using scalability tech. He explains the choice of going for StarkWare’s products and how it compares to other layer ones or rollups. The conversation delves into questions like dYdX’s position in the decentralization spectrum, how that is going to change in the future, and what the L2 solution enables on the product side.

Here are some links for this episode:

StarkWare’s docs on the StarkEx technology adopted by dYdX
dYdX’s FAQ on major features and decisions in the platform.
Validium with DeversiFi & Starkware Zero Knowledge episode 138
Loopring with Matt & Brecht, Zero Knowledge episode 161
Unwrapping Optimism with Ben and Mark, Zero Knowledge episode 177.

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