Ethereum & Celestia: Designing Modular Stacks
JUL 11, 2022
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In this episode, Jon Charbonneau hosts John Adler (Co-founder of Celestia) and Dankrad Feist (Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation) for a technical deep dive into designing modular blockchain stacks. The conversation focuses on the subtle differences and design considerations between Celestia and Ethereum, covering fraud proofs versus KZG commitments, the importance of validator sets, Celestiums, and much more.
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Resources:
- Ethereum Foundation Website
- Celestia Website
- Celestia Github
- Article on Fraud & DA Proofs
- Our Previous Interview with John
- Celestia on DISRUPTORS
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