Optimistic Cross-Chain Bridging with Pranay Mohan of Nomad

Pranay Mohan of Nomad joins me to explain how the protocol works and the opportunity for truly cross-chain applications. 00:00:00 Intro and Pranay's background 00:06:00 The challenges of the Interchain vision 00:11:56 Semantics of blockchain interoperability 00:18:40 Nomad's architecture 00:27:00 Nomad contracts 00:28:45 Transaction finality 00:30:10 Nomad transaction example 00:34:45 Future of cross-chain apps 00:42:30 Incentivization mechanisms 00:48:30 Nomad trade-offs 00:51:03 Nomad SDK and Xapps 00:55:10 Deploying Xapps 00:59:37 IBC and EVM compatibility 01:06:46 Nomad in the EVM ecosystem 01:11:10 How to build on Nomad Links - Nomad: https://nomad.xyz - Nomad Bridge: https://app.nomad.xyz - The Nomad Design Philosophy: https://blog.nomad.xyz/the-nomad-design-philosophy-6fc0eacf3263 - Nomad Docs: https://docs.nomad.xyz The Interop is hosted by Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0