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Emily and Alvin Hsia - Shadow, and Building the Next Generation of Onchain Data
Jan 9, 2024
Emily and Alvin Hsia, co-founders of Shadow, discuss their journey in DeFi and MEV, challenges with on-chain data, and the development of Shadow. They explore the impact of shadow forks, broader adoption ideas, and standardizing shadow events. They also touch on building a company as siblings and future plans for Shadow.
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Quick takeaways
- Shadow is an off-chain execution environment that provides full control over the read path and allows users to customize the data they want to access.
- Shadow events address the limitations of traditional event logs on Ethereum by allowing more control over event design and data emission, leading to increased access to on-chain data.
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Background and motivation for starting Shadow
Alvin and Emily, founders of Shadow, share their background and their journey that led them to start working on Shadow. They talk about their experience working together as siblings and their previous roles at Airbnb. They explain how they got involved in the DeFi space and their desire to contribute something meaningful to the ecosystem. They initially started with the idea of building a unified DeFi API but realized the challenges of dealing with incomplete and incorrect on-chain data. This led them to develop the concept of Shadow, a proof of concept that gained more traction and became the main focus of their work.
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