Exploring Validator Sets and Delegations in Cryptocurrency

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This chapter delves into the large validator set of 40,000 in cryptocurrency, detailing the ease of setting up validators and the distribution of delegations. It explores scalability, fee structures, and the potential influence of bigger players on delegation decisions. Additionally, it discusses staking returns, integrations with exchanges, and the upcoming token launch with governance rights and fee accrual.

In today's interview, Philip, the founder of Elixir, discusses how his project aims to democratize access to liquidity provisioning on order book exchanges. He explains Elixir's unique architecture as a modular DPOS blockchain that uses a market making algorithm to allow anyone to supply liquidity to order books in a trustless fashion. Philip dives into the technical details of how Elixir pulls order book data from exchanges, comes to consensus, and posts orders back to the exchanges. The conversation also touches on the Apothecary liquidity provisioning program and Philip's conviction that on-chain order books will prevail over AMMs long-term for serious traders.

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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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Timestamps:

(0:00) What is Elixir?

(8:23) Elixir Architecture

(24:38) Wormhole Ad

(25:16) Pear Ad

(25:41) Universal Order Book Cold Start Solver

(34:38) Integration Strategy & Permissionless Onboarding

(49:09) Validator MEV & Malicious Behavior

(53:45) Onchain DEX Architecture Endgame

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Resources

https://www.elixir.xyz/

https://twitter.com/elixir

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