In this episode, the team discusses the latest protocol and development updates, including SwapKit revenue sharing, upcoming Zcash and XMR support, and the path toward THORChain becoming self-sufficient. They also dive into ADR 30, intents, Rapid Swaps.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 Solvency sweeper — re-enable dynamic fees
00:04:00 SwapKit rev share
00:05:00 Next week Zcash, XMR fast follow
00:06:00 What was the issue with SwapKit rev share? What delayed it?
00:09:00 Wen Ragnarök Gaia?
00:13:00 Kenton supports keeping Gaia
00:14:00 Marketing update — API usage is great
00:17:00 DefiLlama swaps and ads
00:22:00 Chat Box STO — every other day it gets a “wen XMR?” question
00:24:00 Can we launch XMR ahead of ZEC?
00:26:00 Wen hiring more devs?
00:27:00 Agentic workflows for various devs
00:29:00 AI will lead to devs getting more efficient over time
00:31:00 Should the dev fund be increased?
00:34:00 Houdini Swap income for the treasury
00:36:00 What would the treasury do with the money if the dev fund exceeded operating costs?
00:38:00 Self-sufficiency is potentially not far away
00:41:00 THORChain achieving self-sufficiency in a bear market would be crazy!
00:44:00 ADR process
00:47:00 ADR 30 delegated Node Operator addresses
00:50:00 THORChain.net screenshare
00:57:00 Intents question
01:03:00 What does THORChain need to achieve to be firmly #1 for economic infrastructure for the industry?
01:05:00 Rapid Swap topic
01:06:00 Devel shoutout
01:10:00 THORChain's moat in an intent-driven world
01:16:00 Shoutout to a big XRP to ETH swapper
01:18:00 Will THORChain be invisible in the future or a well-known brand?
01:22:00 If you were redesigning THORChain today, would the architecture look the same or different?
01:27:00 THORName issue with THORName A to THORName B
01:28:00 Opt-in Chain Client still being considered? Does that increase or decrease the complexity of churns?
01:30:00 Security and core services are focused on in parallel
01:36:00 Can we have an exact date for the XMR release or when it goes live?
01:40:00 What's the current stagenet THORNode + Midgard base URLs, and which liquidity model does the XMR pool run (CLP / CCL / DCL)?
