The No Execution Podcast

The origins of the first modular blockchain network with John Adler

Episode Notes

John Adler sits down with Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-Founder of Solana Labs, to discuss the origins of Celestia (formerly LazyLedger), the implications of a blockchain that only does consensus and data availability, and the security implications of consensus protocols.

 

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Timestamps

0:00 Start

0:15 How John entered the industry

4:30 Explanation of Celestia (formerly LazyLedger)

16:11 Fork choice rule

18:52 Validators and censorship resistance

29:01 Properties of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake

30:21 Arweave and data availability 

35:31 First principles of blockchains

37:30 Celestia and rollups

44:12 Sharding

46:53 Tendermint and consensus protocols

53:32 Bridges

56:30 Final remarks

57:01 End

 

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Anatoly on twitter

 

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