In this episode, we talk to Ismail Khoffi, Co-Founder and CTO at Celestia Labs, the first modular blockchain network. Celestia is the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable, secure Web3 applications. It is a minimal blockchain that only orders and publishes transactions and does not execute them. By decoupling the consensus and application execution layers, Celestia modularizes the blockchain technology stack and unlocks new possibilities for decentralized application builders. Ismail's Twitter (https://twitter.com/KreuzUQuer) We spoke to Ismail about Celestia, and: IT & programming Math & coding Merkle trees Rollups & execution Apps & fees Bots & smart contracts Adoption Simplicity DeFi The metaverse Validating Architectures Motivation The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | Celestia (https://celestia.org) | Informal Systems (https://informal.systems) | Ethereum (https://www.ethereum.org/) | Google (https://www.google.com/) | EPFL (https://www.epfl.ch/en/) | Jae Kwon (https://twitter.com/jaekwon) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) |Ethan Buchman (https://www.citizencosmos.space/ethan-buchman-cosmos) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/r1-q8S25snA) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Ismail Khoffi.