Podcast Episodes

The Value of Modular Blockchains | Nick White, Neel Somani

Episode 11

Nick White (COO of Celestia) and Neel Somani (founder of Eclipse) join us to debate the tradeoffs of modular vs integrated blockchains. We cover the modular thesis, how Eclipse is bringing the SVM to…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Why Crypto Governance Sucks | Chase Chapman, David Phelps

Episode 10

Chase Chapman and David Phelps join us to discuss what crypto governance gets wrong. This is the most fun conversation we've had on Lightspeed yet! We cover how to make people care about governance, …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Drift: Can This Solana DEX Compete With Binance? | Cindy Leow, Chris Heaney

Episode 9

Cindy Leow and Chris Heaney join us to discuss how Drift is building the #1 trading experience on Solana. In this episode, we cover Drift's core design and liquidity layers, the advantages of perps, …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Solana’s Ultimate Vision | Anatoly Yakovenko

Episode 8

Anatoly joins us to discuss why Solana is uniquely designed to utilize ever-increasing bandwidth and compute. We cover Solana's core thesis, how blockchains benefit from hardware improvements, the fu…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Why Solana DeFi Is Crypto's Biggest Opportunity | Ansem

Ansem joins us to discuss why Solana DeFi is the best opportunity in crypto right now. Ansem is one of the top traders in the space who is a master of finding crypto's next narrative. In this episode…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Ending the Modular vs Monolithic Debate | Kyle Samani

Episode 6

We're joined by Kyle Samani, the co-founder of Multicoin Capital and one of crypto's most independent thinkers. In this episode, we cover why "monolithic L1s" is a misnomer, the value of global state…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

DRiP: Crypto's Best Shot at Mainstream Adoption | Vibhu Norby

Episode 5

We're joined by Vibhu Norby, the founder of DRiP, to discuss why DRiP is crypto's best shot at mainstream adoption. DRiP has already minted 18 million NFTs to 800 thousand wallets. If one crypto app …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Compressed NFTs: Solana's Secret for Mass Adoption | Tensor's Co-founders

Episode 4

In today's episode, we're joined by Ilja Moisejevs and Richard Wu to discuss how Tensor is building the #1 NFT marketplace in Solana and why compressed NFTs are Solana's new unlock. We cover why Ilja…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Balaji Srinivasan: Crypto Networks, Sovereignty and Decentralization with Akshay BD

Episode 3

In today's episode, we're joined by Balaji Srinivasan and Akshay BD to discuss crypto networks, sovereignty and the practicality of decentralization. If you only tune in to one episode of Lightspeed,…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Solana Defi 2.0: The Comeback | Jarry Xiao, Lucas Bruder, MacBrennan Peet

Episode 2

Solana DeFi is having a resurgence, and Solana DeFi Summer is a narrative that's starting to emerge. What's the catalyst behind this resurgence, and is it sustainable? We bring on Jarry Xiao, Lucas B…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago