Luigi DeMeo and Patrick O'Grady join us to discuss Avalanche's core thesis and roadmap. We cover Avalanche's cored design, why projects will leverage subnets, what's holding Avalanche back, legacy vs next-gen chains, L2 rollups and appchains, the RWA use case and more!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:05) Avalanche’s Design and Core Thesis

(10:34) Avalanche's Consensus Mechanism and Validator Requirements

(18:54) AVAX and Value Accrual

(24:45) Legacy vs Next-Gen Chains and Rune’s SVM Post

(32:45) L2 Scaling and Appchains

(40:39) Where Will Value Aggregate on Avalanche?

(45:38) Avalanche’s Core Focus and Use Case

(56:18) How Do You Think About Community?

(01:05:17) Rapid Fire

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Resources

Avalanche

https://twitter.com/avax

https://www.avax.network/

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Legacy vs Next-Gen Chains: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Avalanche | Luigi DeMeo, Patrick O'Grady