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Episodes

Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for Blockchain Applications with Ari Juels | a16z crypto

21 Sep 2023

59m

High-Frequency Trading and the Design of Financial Markets with Eric Budish | a16z crypto research

21 Sep 2023

1h 11m

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Financial markets suffer from structural inefficiencies inherent in continuous limit order books, where serial processing of trades creates "sniping" or latency arbitrage. This phenomenon, which functions as a tax on liquidity, drives a wasteful, never-ending arms race for speed, with firms investing billions to shave ...

Transaction Fee Mechanism Design with Active Block Producers with Pranav Garimidi | a16z crypto

21 Sep 2023

53m

Automated Market Making and Arbitrage Profits in the Presence of Fees, Ciamac Moallemi | a16z crypto

21 Sep 2023

1h 3m

Cheat Codes for Creating Legendary Videogames: gl hf dd

12 Sep 2023

19m

Tackling Pain-Points with Optimistic Rollups with Jeremy Clark | a16z crypto research

12 Sep 2023

1h 3m

Workshop on Rollup Sequencer Economics: Small Group Discussion, organized by Ben Fisch | a16z crypto

12 Sep 2023

1h 23m

Workshop on Rollup Sequencer Economics: Open Questions, organized by Ben Fisch | a16z crypto

12 Sep 2023

1h 30m

Scaling Ethereum requires addressing the data storage bottleneck for rollups, a challenge met by Danksharding and data availability sampling. By breaking large blocks into smaller, distributed fragments, the network avoids overloading individual validators while maintaining data integrity through erasure coding. Crypto...