The No Execution Podcast

A new wave of L2s are being unlocked on Bitcoin. Bitcoin renaissance? Let’s find out.Eric on Twitter Orkun on Twitter  Nick on TwitterTimestamps ⏳Intro 0:00 Backstory of L2s and data availability 0:53 Orkun and Citrea 7:36 Rollups vs other Bitcoin scaling solutions 10:17 The culture around Bitcoin scaling 19:52 How Bitcoin can support rollups and L2s 30:15 ZK verification on Bitcoin 51:30 Bitcoin as a settlement layer 1:06:41 The future of Bitcoin and L2s 1:18:34 What would Satoshi think of Bitcoin L2s 1:25:43 Closing thoughts 1:29:06

In this episode of the No Execution Podcast we explore ZK proofs in the modular stack. What ZK proofs are, what new applications will become possible, and much more.We are joined by guests Brian Retford, Preston Evans, and Yi Sun. Moderated by Nick White.Resources 📋WebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlogReddit

In this episode of the No Execution Podcast we explore  the world of intents. What are they? Why do they matter? And how do they relate to modular blockchains?We are joined by guests Chris Goes, Zaki Manian, Uma Roy, and Henry de Valence. Moderated by Nick White.

In this episode of the No Execution Podcast we explore how rollups *actually* work, if settlement is real, and if rollups are really just bridges. We are joined by guests Jon Charbonneau, Kelvin Fitcher, Toghrul Maharramov, and James Prestwich. Moderated by Nick White.

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the sixth episode, we welcome Jon from Hyperlane to discuss permissionless and modular interoperability between blockchains.Hyperlane on twitterHyperlane websiteJon on twitterNick on twitter Timestamps 🕒0:00 start0:28 Introduction2:12 Jon’s back story6:42 Presentation start7:56 What is the interchain highway?8:41 Completing the modular stack10:19 The problem: permissioned interoperability13:53 Modular security for modular chains16:36 Native verification security model19:22 External verification security model21:29 Modular blockchains22:37 Why permissionless interoperability25:23 How hyperlane works29:17 Hyperlane’s options for security models38:21 Upgrading bridge security over time44:03 Hyperlane in the interoperability landscape50:05 Permissionless innovation52:20 Getting into modular blockchains56:07 Hyperlane’s long term vision59:00 Final remarks Resources 📋WebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlogReddit

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the fifth episode, we welcome Jim from Catalyst to discuss a new cross-chain liquidity architecture for millions of chains.Catalyst on twitterCatalyst websiteJim on twitterNick on twitterTimestamps 🕒0:00 start0:16 Intro4:05 The problem with cross-chain :56 Building cross chain for the modular future11:09 Catalyst’s solution to the cross-chain problem18:08 How cross-chain liquidity works 22:08 Cross-chain communication25:39 Cross-chain MEV30:09 User experience36:31 Problems with wrapped tokens42:21 Sharing a data availability layer45:34 Trust minimization47:42 The long-term vision for Catalyst51:11 The future of blockchains56:01 Catalyst’s roadmap 56:57 How to follow Catalyst57:19 Final remarks

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the third episode, we welcome Josh from Astria to discuss shared sequencers and they enable rollups that are decentralized by default.Astria on twitterAstria websiteJosh on twitterNick on twitter Timestamps 🕒0:00 start0:19 Intro1:39 What is Astria?4:00 How shared sequencers work8:34 How MEV works with shared sequencers13:28 MEV supply chain21:30 Where the execution happens in a shared sequencer model29:34 Making it easy to deploy rollups36:21 How rollups integrate with shared sequencer networks46:16 Why use a shared sequencer network for your application57:00 Ambitions of Astria and its EVM rollup1:02:52 Will Astria support other data availability layers?1:04:07 App-specific vs general purpose rollups on Astria1:05:27 What consensus algorithm will Astria use?1:08:07 Cross-rollup composability1:10:54 Will Astria enable rollups to capture their own MEV?1:14:29 5 year vision for Astria1:19:35 Where developers can follow Astria’s progress?1:21:58 Is Astria hiring?1:23:21 Closing remarks   

Welcome to No Execution podcast where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the latest episode, we welcome Barry, Elijah, and Josh from Skip, Duality, and Astria to discuss MEV in the modular stack.Elijah on TwitterBarry on TwitterJosh on TwitterNick on twitterSkipDualityAstria Timestamps 🕒0:00 Start1:17 Duality introduction 2:38 Astria intoduction3:43 Skip introduction6:31 Evolution of MEV landscape8:33 MEV in the modular stack12:12 How finality affects modular MEV15:10 Processes for ordering transaction17:09 MEV capture in the modular stack19:37 MEV value and externalities 23:56 MEV value accrual in the modular stack29:13 Could MEV cause vertical integration in the modular stack?34:40 Validator ecosystem reputation39:41 Social consensus and validator misbehavior42:46 MEV capture and distribution48:52 Effects of shared sequencing on MEV55:33 User choice between shared sequencer networks56:43 Composability experiments in the modular stack1:01:01 Where to learn more about Skip1:02:08 Where to learn more about Astria1:02:44 Where to learn more about Duality1:04:22 Closing remarks

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the third episode, we welcome LZRS from Modular Cloud to discuss the status quo of block explorers and how we can advance them for the modular blockchain movement.  Modular Cloud on twitterModular Cloud block explorerLZRS on twitterNick on twitter Timestamps 🕒0:00 Start0:44 Re-implementing tools for modular blockchains1:27 What is Modular Cloud?1:53 The need for new modular block explorers?2:35 How rollups work on Celestia5:29 Lazy evaluation7:49 Modular block explorer16:19 Cloud platform19:37 Modular cloud as part of the modular stack21:58 Standardization of block explorers26:26 Long term view of Modular Cloud32:50 Near term roadmap for Modular Cloud34:17 Closing remarks Resources 📋WebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlogReddit

We welcome Evan for the fourth episode of Modular Insights to give a presentation on Metro, an idea for shared sequencers and lazy rollups.Evan on twitter Timestamps 🕒0:00 Intro2:50 the problem with decentralized rollups5:37 separating transaction aggregation and execution9:39 shared sequencers11:54 Paying for gas13:28 Inheriting fork choice rule 14:35 Atomic transaction inclusion16:18 Swapping shared sequencer sets17:48 Sequencer MEV20:13 Shared mempool20:51 Tradeoffs of Metro21:55 Difference from Flashbots’ SUAVE24:01 Immediate vs deferred execution26:30 Lazy rollups28:35 Lay rollup comparison 31:52 Deploying a lazy rollup33:36 Soft finality36:09 Concluding architecture39:48 Q&A54:18 End Resources 📋WebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlogReddit