Lightspeed The Internet Capital Markets Roadmap | Lucas Bruder, Max Resnick & Austin Federa
Aug 5, 2025
Max Resnick is leading initiatives at Anza, focusing on Solana's strategy for internet capital markets, while Austin Federa, formerly of Solana Labs, is building innovative projects at DoubleZero. They discuss Solana's ambitious roadmap to democratize finance and enhance app development. The conversation highlights market microstructure, the advantages of asynchronous execution, and the competition with Ethereum. They also explore the potential for blockchain-based IPOs and the increasing importance of validator performance in optimizing the Solana ecosystem.
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Apps' Control Over Execution
- The Internet Capital Markets Roadmap aims to give financial apps fine-grained control over transaction execution order.
- This control enables new types of markets and better user experiences on Solana.
Beyond Speed: Market Microstructure
- Simply increasing speed and lowering costs is insufficient for efficient on-chain markets.
- Market microstructure, like transaction ordering, is essential for building liquid on-chain markets.
Definition of Internet Capital Markets
- Internet Capital Markets seeks to build the most accessible and liquid markets on chain.
- This vision enables anyone with internet access to engage deeply with global financial markets.
