Modular vs. Monolithic
summary
Panel argues modular means separating consensus from execution and enabling rollups and app chains while monolithic/integrated chains keep more in-house. Examples: Pay uses custom ZK cryptography and a sequencer for private, low‑latency payments, Helius implements ZK compression on Solana to keep transactions on L1, and dYdX migrates to a Cosmos app chain to control its full stack and token economics. Data‑availability sampling, light clients and shared security are billed as the practical next steps.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Why developers care
- 3:10Developer experience
- 7:21Solana’s architecture
- 10:36Modular infrastructure
- 17:18Criticism of vacuum
- 21:51Solving real problems
- 27:10Token economics
- 33:34Verifiable cloud
- 42:44Network extensions
- 49:23Summary
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