Understanding Solana's Meme Coin Dynamics and Ecosystem Sustainability

In this episode, we’re joined by Luigi D’Onorio Demeo, the COO of Ava Labs! We discussed how Avalanche compares to other hub style blockchains, the impacts of ACP-77 and ACP-125, and MEV on Avalanche. We also covered Ethereum’s rollup model, the Move L1 ecosystem, and the institutional adoption of crypto.

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Resources

An Economic Analysis of ACP-77: https://blckwrks.co/40W5mSU

AVAX’s Value Capture Problem & Off The Grid: https://blckwrks.co/3YVfnNP

The Avalanche Ecosystem: An Analysis of Subnet Adoption: https://blckwrks.co/3OneGrq

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:12) Avalanche vs Other Hub Style Blockchains

(09:18) Supporting the Avalanche Ecosystem

(11:48) ACP-77: Reinventing Subnets

(24:47) Competing With Solana

(31:57) Ads

(33:47) ACP-125 & Base Fee Reduction

(40:00) MEV on Avalanche, Interoperability, and Tokenomics

(45:45) Is the Rollup Model Working For Ethereum?

(48:01) Solana & the Move L1s

(51:50) Building Social Layers

(55:42) Institutional Adoption of Crypto

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