Can App Rollups Compete with Monolithic Chains? | EP 36

Imran and Qiao bring on Julian Koh to discuss App Rollups and if they can compete with Monolithic Chains.
No BS crypto insight for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:21) Welcome to Good Game
(04:16) Outside Perspective on Building on App Rollups
(05:11) Ethereum vs Solana on Twitter
(09:30) Let's Bring on Julian
(11:44) Navigating app rollouts, partnerships, and token airdrops in the crypto space
(15:50) Crypto Ecosystem Strategies
(17:51) Lessons from DeFi Protocols and the Strategic Move to Conduit
(19:51) The Strategic Shift to App Rollups: Founder's Journey and Design Decisions
(24:52) Optimizing Costs and Enhancing User Experience
(27:03) Why did Aevo Start using Celestia as their Data Availability Layer?
(30:48) When Eigen on Aevo?
(41:40) The Hardest Part of Building New Exchange
(48:51) What other Products is Aevo Looking At?
(54:35) Doubling Down on What You’re Good at
(58:18) Points Fatigue
(01:01:19) Normie Marketing
(01:07:31) Lessons to Crypto Founders
(01:13:23) Saving Nearly 100% Cost Using Celestia
(01:15:20 ) We Need Fit Vitalik Back
(01:16:03) Ethereum Needs a Memcoin
(01:17:12) Julian Being Very Bullish Solana But Staying on Ethereum
(01:19:48) Centralized vs. Decentralized On-Chain Perps
(01:21 57) Discussing Moats

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