L2s, Apps, and Stake Centralization With 0xMert

Welcome back to The Gwart Show! We we’re down in Nashville recording some shows, but this week we have something a bit different with Mert, CEO of Helius and co-host of a BlockWorks podcast. So, it's a podcast with a podcaster today. We go through Solana's ecosystem, including MEV and architecture. Mert shares insights on Fire Dancer, state compression and Helius, while addressing criticisms and challenges.

Timestamps

00:00 Start

00:50 Mert's background

01:16 ETHCC experience

03:26 ETHCC takeaways

08:16 Can't L2s just get along!

11:01 Is ETH following SOL?

15:40 Base sequencing

20:02 What's exciting now?

27:47 Apps now & future

32:38 Will Solana be NASDAQ on chain?

36:18 MEV on Solana

39:21 Is MEV inevitable?

46:02 Stake-weighted QoS (Quality-of-Service)

48:49 DDOSing RPCs

50:12 Is Stake-weighted QoS centralizing?

51:59 Will Solana become the Helius-chain?

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