Today we’re joined by Nixo, Chief Nerd Wrangler at EthStaker. 

In this episode we discuss: 
* EthStaker 
* Why stake?
* Beacon chain 
* ETH staking volume
* Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
* Professional node operators 
* Staked ETH landscape
* Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
* Where to go from here
* Coinbase validators/correlation penalties 
* Penalty rebalancing
* Do we even need solo stakers?
* Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues 
* Solo stakes maintenance 
* Host diversity  

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:31) Nixo’s background 
(03:42) EthStaker 
(05:00) Why stake?
(07:37) Timeline: Beacon chain 
(10:10) Macro: ETH staking
(16:55) Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
(20:41) Professional node operators 
(22:05) ETH staked breakdown
(27:36) Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
(31:30) Where to go from here
(38:56) Coinbase validators/correlation penalties 
(44:02) Penalty rebalancing effectiveness 
(46:58) other solo staker problems 
(50:38) Do we even need solo stakers?
(59:25) Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues 
(1:02:44) Solo stakes maintenance 
(1:06:31) Host diversity  
(1:12:44) Outro

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Today we’re joined by Bitwise Co-Founder & CTO, Hong Kim to discuss how Bitwise has built the world's largest crypto index fund and the future of crypto ETF's and institutional onboarding into crypto.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Bitwise metrics & early days 
• ETF’s brand/transparency importance 
• Crypto native branding ETFs
• Bitwise’s customer profile  
• Bitwise report
• What is a financial advisor?
• ETF performance: BTC vs ETH
• Wirehouse/financial advisors relationships
• Wealth transfers among demos
• BTC outperformance
• Bitcoin ETF BTC absorption risks
• ETH ETF staking/restaking

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction

(01:25) Bitwise metrics & early days 

(09:20) ETF’s brand/transparency importance 

(16:31) Crypto native branding ETFs

(20:39) Bitwise’s customer profile  

(24:39) Bitwise report

(29:43) What is a financial advisor?

(32:08) ETF performance: BTC vs ETH

(44:01) Wirehouse/financial advisors relationships

(47:26) Wealth transfers among demos

(48:43) BTC outperformance

(50:36) Bitcoin ETF BTC absorption risks

(59:52) ETH ETF staking/restaking

(1:03:53) Outro

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Today we’re joined by RWA.xyz Co-Founder & CTO, Charlie You to discuss bringing Real World Assets onchain. RWA.xyz is the Premiere data website for Real-World-Assets.

In this episode we discuss: 

• What is rwa.xyz
• Yield farming to RWAs
• What are Real-World-Assets?
• The Spectrum of Tokenization report 
• What does on-chain RWAs solve?
• Tokenized funds 
• Stablecoin differentiation
• TRON
• Lending markets comparable vol 
• RWAs quality evaluation  
• RWA blockers: regulation 
• RWA roadmap 
• RWA chart crime

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction

(00:50) What is rwa.xyz

(04:16) Yield farming to RWAs

(08:24) What are Real-World-Assets?

(09:12) The Spectrum of Tokenization report 

(14:05) What does on-chain RWAs solve?

(20:57) rwa.xyz deep dive: tokenized funds 

(23:58) rwa.xyz deep dive: stablecoin differentiation

(29:39) rwa.xyz deep dive: TRON

(36:36) rwa.xyz deep dive: lending markets comparable vol 

(40:35) RWAs quality evaluation  

(44:10) RWA blockers: regulation 

(51:36) RWA roadmap 

(57:43) RWA chart crime

(59:11) Outro

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Today we’re joined by Ethereum Researcher, Thomas Thiery AKA soispoke, to discuss censorship resistance.

In this episode we discuss: 

* What does ‘censorship resistance’ mean?

*  Why is ‘censorship resistance’ important?

* SMG’s transaction censorship report 

* Blob censorship concerns

* Inclusion lists

* EIP ETA

* What’s after Inclusion Lists?

* Development conflicts with censorship resistance 

* Ethereum Foundation next focuses 

* The future of Ethereum 

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(06:55) What does ‘censorship resistance’ mean?

(14:45) Why is ‘censorship resistance’ important?

(21:44) SMG’s transaction censorship report 

(31:40) Blob censorship concerns

(33:54) Chart crime

(41:06) Inclusion lists

(1:04:46) Defining inclusion 

(1:09:41) EIP ETA

(1:11:29) What’s after Inclusion Lists?

(1:12:38) Development conflicts with censorship resistance 

(1:15:34) Ethereum Foundation next focuses 

(1:18:43) The future of Ethereum 

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Today we’re joined by Joseph Noorchashm, Founding Partner of Sorella Labs and Ludwig Thouvenin, Co-Founder of Sorella Labs. Today we're discussing MEV searcher profits!

In this episode the five of us discuss: 

• Why build MEV 
• Angstrom 
• Frequent Batch Auction 
• Brontes deep dive 
• Angstrom Dashboard demo 
• Bid adjustments
• Builder profits 
• Concentrated AMM’s 
• Potential limitations 
• Programmatic determinations 
• Exchange open price endpoints 
• Atomic arbs 
• Profit margin across MEV
• Observed data set trends  
• Angstrom UI 
• Wen launch? 
• DEX focus
• CEX/DEX volume hot takes 

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction 

(02:40) Why build MEV 

(04:21) Angstrom 

(09:52) Frequent Batch Auction 

(12:03) Brontes deep dive 

(16:53) Angstrom dashboard demo 

(28:53) bid adjustment  

(32:28) Builder profits 

(34:56) Brontes examples 

(43:39) Concentrated AMM’s 

(44:36) 1INCH example 

(53:07) Limitations 

(57:43) Programmatic determinations 

(1:01:34) Exchange open price endpoints 

(1:08:18) Atomic arbs 

(1:12:34) Profit margin across MEV

(1:19:24) Key findings/spicy takes

(1:27:07) Observed data set trends  

(1:35:40) Angstrom UI 

(1:38:53) Wen launch? 

(1:40:30) DEX focus

(1:42:25) CEX/DEX volume hot takes 

(1:45:18) Chart crime 

(1:52:13) Outro 

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Today we’re joined by dataalways, Researcher @ Flashbots.

In this episode the four of us discuss: 
- Block building latency games 
- Block slots
- Winning bid arrivals 
- Relays 
- Ethereum’s 12 second deviation 
- L2’s centralized sequencers  
- MEV revenue incentives  

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction 
(04:30) Block building latency games 
(12:56) Block slots
(24:46) Winning bid arrivals 
(30:58) Rocket Pool 
(32:21) Relays 
(40:08) Winning bid arrival times 
(48:51) Missed head votes over proposers 
(54:00) Ethereum’s 12 second deviation 
(57:10) L2’s centralized sequencers  
(1:01:31) MEV revenue incentives  
(1:11:51) Gas fee/activity 
(1:15:45) Chart crime 
(1:20:20) Outro 
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Today we’re joined by Burak Öz, Ph.D. Candidate at Technical University of Munich, 2023 & @thelatestindefi research fellow. In this episode we discuss: 

• Research Paper deep-dive: Who Wins Ethereum Block Building Auction?”
• MEV pipeline
• Beaverbuild, Rsync, Titan 
• MEV Boost Decomposition 
• Transaction Label Taxonomy 
• Valuable Order Flow 
• Exclusive Providers
• Block packing
• Exclusive Order Flow Access
• Research focuses

And much more—enjoy!

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Links:
Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13931
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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(07:09) Research Paper deep-dive: Who Wins Ethereum Block Building Auction?”

(13:14) MEV pipeline

(24:46) Beaverbuild, Rsync, Titan 

(34:45) MEV Boost Decomposition 

(42:11) Transaction Label Taxonomy 

(53:06) Valuable Order Flow 

(1:08:01) Exclusive Providers

(1:10:13) Block packing

(1:24:37) Exclusive Order Flow Access

(1:34:37) Research focuses

(1:38:34) ‘The Vitalik Surpriser’

(1:40:28) Outro

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Today we’re joined by Kofi, self-proclaimed data nerd, responsible for ERC-4337 data aggregator; bundlebear.com, and more. In this episode we discuss: 

- ERC-4337
- Bundle conflicts
- Transaction fees
- Account abstraction UX improvements 
- BundleBear: ERC-4337 data review/dApp landscape
- DEX ERC-4337 adoption
- Freelancing demand as a Data Analyst

And much more—enjoy!

Note: apologies for Kofi's smoke alarm!

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(10:35) ERC-4337 Transaction signing 

(15:15) Bundle conflicts

(16:40) Fees

(21:25) Account abstraction UX improvements 

(30:40) BundleBear: ERC-4337 data review/dApp landscape

(43:02) Account abstraction comparisons 

(45:21) Polygon vs Base user behaviours & DEX ERC-4337 environment

(53:31) DEX ERC-4337 environment continued

(1:02:42) Freelancing demand as a Data Analyst

(1:19:59) ERC-4337 chart crimes

(1:21:19) Outro

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Today we’re diving deep on the ETH ETF launch, Polymarket, politics, and more! We discuss: 

• ETH ETF Flows
• Address disclosures
• Polymarket updates
• Bitcoin 2024 Conference
• What a Trump presidency might mean for crypto
• EIC2

Plus, an MEV teaser!

Enjoy!

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:02) ETH ETF flows update

(26:30) Address disclosure 

(33:14) Data curation: Spice tool

(39:46) Polymarket developments

(1:08:27) Bitcoin 2024 Conference/Trump presidency

(1:16:53) EIC2

(1:20:10) MEV teaser

(1:26:46) Outro

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The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:19 Why Solana Data is So Hard to Analyse?

06:37 Challenges with Solana's Fast Development Iteration

13:08 How Solana's VM Differs From Ethereum's

20:16 Lack of Developer Docs & Toolings

26:44 Rust Implementation Challenges

32:47 DEX and MEV on Solana

45:30 Staking & Liquid Staking on Solana

50:13 NFT Markets on Solana

59:19 Andrew's Educational Resources

01:02:42 Analytics Tips & Solana Data Outlook

01:07:02 Outro

Links:

https://dune.com/queries/3609253/6081458
https://dune.com/ilemi/solana-dex-metrics
https://dune.com/queries/3887117/6533563
https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1787892675145781611/photo/1
https://dune.com/ilemi/solana-staking
https://dune.com/ilemi/candymachines
https://dune.com/ilemi/solana-nfts
https://dune.com/queries/3887142
https://roadmap.sh/r?id=65fee5b66deb533d6e19fb88

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
02:03 Event Logs or No Event Logs?
05:20 What Are Events and Why the Debate?
09:08 State of Events, Gas Spend and Limitations
23:07 Impact of Events on State Growth & Scaling Solutions
40:09 Offchain Events Trade-offs
50:19 Outlook of Offchain Events' Adoption
59:41 Outro

Links:

https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/03/how-to-raise-the-gas-limit-1
https://dune.com/alvin/gas-costs-of-events
https://blog.shadow.xyz/pendle-case-study/

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