
Unchained
How Satoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin Inspired Key Parts of Celestia - Ep. 672
Jul 12, 2024
Mustafa Al-Bassam, co-founder of Celestia Labs, shares his wild journey from a teenage hacktivist in LulzSec to a leading blockchain innovator. He reveals how hacking a military contractor ignited his passion for technology. Mustafa discusses Celestia's unique modular approach to solving blockchain scalability and the importance of data availability sampling. He believes the project has achieved remarkable product-market fit and teases exciting future developments aimed at enhancing decentralization and user experience.
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- Mustafa Al-Bassam's journey from hacktivist to blockchain developer and founder of Celestia.
- Importance of data availability sampling in blockchain scalability solutions like Celestia.
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