Season 7 | Episode 6

In today's episode Mike and Hart are joined by Jonas from Chainbound and Murat from Prime to dive deep into the emerging world of pre-confirmations on Ethereum L2s. They discuss the current challenges facing L2s including centralized sequencers and limited composability, and explain how pre-confirmations act as credible commitments to include transactions, enhancing both UX and usability. Different pre-confirmation models are explored, such as builders or L1 proposers issuing pre-confirmations, and the associated incentives and coordination challenges. The guests also touch on the broader implications of pre-confirmations and sequencing for L1 proposer requirements, L1<>L2 interoperability, MEV, and enabling new DeFi primitives.

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Timestamps:

(2:17) Main Interview Start: Jonas & Murat

(3:11) Eth L2 State of Union

(6:47) Pre-Confirmations

(31:51) L2 Interoperability

(45:44) Sei Ad

(46:44) Uniswap Ad

(47:38) Supra Ad

(48:33) Do Users Care about Pre-Con Origin?

(55:01) Proposer Market Structure

(1:04:57) Post Interview Reflection

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