In today's episode, David delves into the interesting dynamics between Ethereum and Celestia. While Ethereum and Solana are often seen as the main rivals, Celestia shares similar design philosophies and goals but with notable differences. Is it Ethereum's true competitor? Joining us to help answer that question and much more is Nick White, COO of Celestia Labs.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
5:28 Celestia 2 Years Ago
6:30 Build Whatever & DA
11:29 Celestia Design Architecture
19:15 Ethereum vs. Celestia
22:26 Celestia No Virtual Machine Trade-Offs 
29:57 Sharing DA Layers & Blockchain Interoperability
37:23 Celestia Trustlessness
42:09 DA as a Commodity? 
54:09 Network Effects of DA
57:35 $TIA’s Role in Celestia Ecosystem
1:01:50 Lightnodes 
1:04:57 $TIA’s Moneyness
1:10:20 Execution & Settlement Layers
1:16:46 Cosmos & Celestia & Ethereum
1:21:56 Sovereign Endgame 
1:26:42 Closing & Disclaimers
 
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RESOURCES

Nick’s 1st Bankless Episode 
https://youtu.be/bmSU3cZhe3U  

Nick White
https://twitter.com/nickwh8te  

Celestia
https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg  

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