Delphi Digital’s cross-chain experts, Avi Zurlo and Can Gurel sit down with co-founders, Bryan Pellegrino (CEO) and Ryan Zarick (CTO), of LayerZero Labs, a trustless omnichain interoperability protocol. They discuss building the future of cross-chain communication, solving the bridging trilemma, and Stargate, a cross-chain liquidity network. Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:47) – Guests’ take on the future of blockchains.   (00:03:25) – What is LayerZero? (00:09:00) – Expected oracle-relayer combinations. (00:12:51) – The architecture and efficiency of the ultra light node.  (00:15:06) – The opportunities for on-chain generic messaging. (00:18:01) – Overview of Stargate.  (00:23:00) – The bridging trilemma. (00:27:46) – Stargate’s user experience.  (00:33:57) – Instant guaranteed finality on Stargate. (00:37:22) – Chains that Stargate will support.  (00:40:30) – LayerZero and Stargate tokens?  (00:45:23) – LayerZero’s biggest challenge.  (00:49:18) – How people can get involved with LayerZero. (00:51:18) – Closing thoughts. Social links:  Bryan’s Twitter Ryan’s Twitter LayerZero Labs Twitter Stargate Twitter Resources:  Delphi Podcast Summaries LayerZero Website LayerZero Blog The Bridging Trilemma More Watch Our Video Interviews Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

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