Misha Putiatin, Co-founder and CEO of Symbiotic, shares insights on their innovative restaking protocol aimed at enhancing decentralization in blockchain networks. He discusses the challenges of bootstrapping validator sets and the importance of maintaining decentralization. Misha explains how Symbiotic's architecture promotes economic security and details the role of Liquid Restaking Tokens in optimizing staking models. The conversation also touches on the future of restaking across various blockchains and the balance between smart contract immutability and necessary upgrades.