Ethereum & Celestia: Designing Modular Stacks

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 is focused on understanding 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. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:57) – On Data Availability (DA) and settlement. (00:14:36) – Having a base asset that builds economic security from capturing fees. (00:22:00) – Thoughts on L2 settlement & recursive L3 rollups as a strategy. (00:29:10) – Celestia’s fraud proofs vs. Ethereum’s KZG commitments. (00:42:53) – Tendermint vs. Gasper – the importance of validator sets. (00:55:08) – Thoughts on Celestiums. (01:03:48) – Closing thoughts. Social links: Dankrad’s Twitter John’s Twitter Ethereum Foundation Twitter Celestia Twitter Resources: Ethereum Foundation Website Celestia Website Celestia Github Article on Fraud & DA Proofs Our Previous Interview with John  Celestia on DISRUPTORS  More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.