Modular vs. Monolithic Blockchains with Ismail Khoffi of Celestia

Ismail Khoffi of Celestia joins The Interop to discuss the modular blockchain design paradigm and how Celestia aims to bring more scalability to crypto by providing a generalized data availability layer for rollups. **Join Us in Paris for Nebular Summit** The Interop and Interop Ventures are organizing Nebular Summit in Paris on July 22. Join Cosmos ecosystem developers, researchers and entrepreneurs as they discuss the challenges facing the Interchain and envisage the expanding Internet of Blockchains. Tickets: https://nebular.paris Topics: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:39 Nebular Summit in Paris on July 22 00:02:54 Ismail’s background 00:09:24 Rebranding to Celestia 00:12:54 Modular vs Monolithic blockchain design 00:33:44 What is Celestia 00:44:04 How Celestia works 00:53:54 Why use Celestia over Cosmos 01:00:19 How Celestia scales 01:04:35 Mamaki testnet launch 01:09:30 How Celestia aligns with the Interchain vision Links: - Celestia: https://celestia.org - Celestia Documentation: https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/overview - Celestia Blog: https://blog.celestia.org/clusters/ - LazyLedger White Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.09274.pdf - What is Data Availability: https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-data-availability - Optimistic Rollups for the Rest of Us: https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/optimistic-rollups-for-the-rest-of-us The Interop is hosted by Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0