The Main Purpose of Liquid Staking

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There's a cap on the amount of assets staked to a specific validator that can be issued as a as a delegation share. The main purpose of this is just to solve a principal agent problem between the so that the validator has given the game and you know so there are kind of like intrinsic interested parties that that you can use to kind of backstop the system. Without something like that in my view liquid staking is kind of in in all ways like more harmful and more dangerous.

In this week's episode of 0xResearch, Youssef Amrani and Sam Hart join us to discuss why Prop 82 was vetoed and what's next for ATOM 2.0. We start with the details of Prop 82, why it was controversial and the potential path forward. Youssef and Sam then break down the Allocator and Scheduler, the impacts of liquid staking, ATOM inflation and expected timelines. This is the go-to podcast for ATOM 2.0 fans/skeptics.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:17) Hot Seat/Cool Throne

(19:22) Flipside Insights

(20:26) “Chainalysis Ad”

(21:05) Interview Start: Why Was Prop 82 Vetoed?

(30:53) The ATOM Growth Engine: Allocator & Scheduler

(39:24) A Marketplace For Cross-Chain MEV

(43:05) “Chainalysis Ad”

(43:47) A Marketplace For Cross-Chain MEV

(47:05) Liquid Staking On Cosmos Explained

(56:38) ATOM Inflation

(01:04:01) The Timeline

(01:07:06) The Cosmos Assembly & Charter

(01:10:35) Post-Interview Recap

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