Shared sequencers and decentralized rollups by default | Josh Bowen, Astria (Celestia spotlight #3)

Welcome to Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the third episode, we welcome Josh from Astria to discuss shared sequencers and they enable rollups that are decentralized by default.

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Timestamps 🕒

0:00 start

0:19 Intro

1:39 What is Astria?

4:00 How shared sequencers work

8:34 How MEV works with shared sequencers

13:28 MEV supply chain

21:30 Where the execution happens in a shared sequencer model

29:34 Making it easy to deploy rollups

36:21 How rollups integrate with shared sequencer networks

46:16 Why use a shared sequencer network for your application

57:00 Ambitions of Astria and its EVM rollup

1:02:52 Will Astria support other data availability layers?

1:04:07 App-specific vs general purpose rollups on Astria

1:05:27 What consensus algorithm will Astria use?

1:08:07 Cross-rollup composability

1:10:54 Will Astria enable rollups to capture their own MEV?

1:14:29 5 year vision for Astria

1:19:35 Where developers can follow Astria’s progress?

1:21:58 Is Astria hiring?

1:23:21 Closing remarks