What is Celestia ($TIA)? Unpacking Modular Blockchains

Celestia’s token ($TIA) just dropped. Highlighted by its modular data availability network the crypto community has showed a lot of excitement around this launch.

Why? What is so valuable about Celestia? What is its vision for crypto? How, if successful, will Celestia change the crypto landscape? 

Today, on Bankless We’re talking to two Celestia CoFounders Mustafa and Ismail to explore the thesis behind Celesia. So, strap yourselves in, put on your learning cap, because we’re going to learn about Celestia in today’s episode. 

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------ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 4:10 What is Celestia?  6:12 The Modular Thesis 9:00 Celestia & Ethereum Relationship  18:27 Economics of Celestia  21:21 Celestia’s SDK 26:31 Celestia’s Capital Power  28:15 $TIA  32:18 Blob Stream 34:30 Celestia Endgame 36:18 Current & Future Projects on Celestia  41:15 Celestia’s Vision  43:55 Closing & Disclaimers  

------ RESOURCES

Mustafa https://twitter.com/musalbas 

Ismail https://twitter.com/KreuzUQuer 

Celestia https://celestia.org/learn/ 

Vitalik’s Endgame  https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html 

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