Good Game

Will Cosmos or Ethereum Win the Modularity War? | GG Research | EP 19

May 31, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Modular Thing

3min

The Future of Cryptocurrency

2min

How Much Complexity Is Too Much?

2min

How to Create a Consensus on a Transaction

2min

Ethereum's Data Accessibility Layer

3min

The Cost Structure of ZK Prover

2min

IP4844: The Future of Ethereum

2min

The Different Types of Data Blocks

3min

10.

The Landscape of Decentralized Sequencers

4min

11.

How to Define an L3 and L2 App Chain

2min

12.

Base Is Still an L2

2min

13.

The Importance of Atomicity in DeFi

2min

14.

The Importance of Atomic Composability in Rollups

2min

15.

How a Shared Sequencer Works

3min

16.

The Problem With Decentralized Shared Sequencers

2min

17.

The Future of Optimism

3min

18.

Atomic Composability on Ethereum L1

3min

19.

The Shared Sequence: How to Recoup Execution From Consensus

2min

20.

The Future of Cross-Roll-Up Bridges

3min

21.

Ethereum's Path to Decentralization

2min

22.

The Role of DYDX in the Future of Sequencing on Cosmodes

2min

23.

Decentralized Sequencers in Austria and Espresso

2min

24.

The Benefits of VDFs in Shared Sequencer's Network

1min

25.

How to Build a Cosmos Chain

3min

26.

The Pros and Cons of Cosmo's in Ethereum

3min

27.

DYDX's Move to Cosmo's?

2min

28.

The Modularity of DYDX

2min

29.

The Future of YDX

2min

30.

The Threat to Cosmos From Ethereum

2min

31.

The Evolution of Ethereum's Security Platform

2min

32.

Mesh Security: The Future of Security

2min

33.

The Role of the Oji Guy in the Cosmo System

2min

34.

The Future of Crypto-Native Games

2min

35.

World Engine: A Sharded Roll-Up SDK Built to Horizontally Scale on-Chain Games

2min

36.

How to Be a Bullish or Neutral Entrepreneur

2min

37.

The Bearishness of Cosmos

3min

38.

The Differences Between Ethereum and Cosmos

2min

39.

Ethereum and the Future of Computing

4min

40.

Ethereum and Cosmos: A Comparison

3min

Imran and Qiao bring on Mohamed and Dmitriy to dive deep into the ongoing battle for modularity supremacy between Cosmos and Ethereum.

No BS crypto insight for founders.

Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(00:59) Welcome to Good Game
(01:23) Dmitriy’s background
(02:57) The modular thesis
(08:23) What does consensus mean in Ethereum
(11:15) Data Availability: What does it mean for founders?
(20:40) The current landscape for rollups
(24:30) What is L3 and why would a developer do an L3 instead of L2 appchain?
(30:15) Defining "Atomic Composability" in the context of rollups
(32:55) Shared Sequencers: What problems is it trying to solve and how does it solve them?
(40:33) Is atomic composability possible using shared sequencers?
(45:56) The future of cross-rollup bridges
(52:45) Who is running the decentralized sequencers within Astria and Espresso and how does it work?
(56:12) Dmitriy’s POV on Cosmos
(1:01:22) What pushed DyDx to do their own Cosmos chain
(1:07:23) Zaki’s tweet about Cosmos’ social capital
(1:08:33) Is Cosmos the inventor of modular architecture?
(1:10:28) Interchain vs Mesh security
(1:13:13) What is the Cosmos Hub’s role in the Cosmos ecosystem?
(1:14:05) Qiao: It’s too early to say that Cosmos is out of the question in terms of gaming
(1:16:16) The World Engine by Argus Labs
(1:17:49) Cosmos: Bullish, bearish, or neutral?
(1:19:45) Qiao’s counterargument to the bearishness toward Cosmos
(1:23:01) The differences between Ethereum and Cosmos
(1:26:18) Can Cosmos and Ethereum coexist?

The World Engine by Agus Labs: https://twitter.com/ArgusLabs_/status/1663261248119767040

Mohamed Twitter: https://twitter.com/MohamedFFouda
Dmitriy Twitter: https://twitter.com/dberenzon

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