About Composable: Exploring Crypto’s Building Blocks (an Espresso Pod)
Exploring cross-chain composability in a multi-chain world. Composable is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Alysia and Ellie. Brought to you by Espresso Pods.
Exploring the Future of MEV w/ Hasu from Flashblocks
In this episode of Composable, hosts Alysia and Ellie welcome Hasu, an expert in MEV and the strategy lead at Flashbots. They delve into the intricacies of MEV, which stands for Maximal Extractable Value, discussing what it is in detail, its evolution, and its implications for our multi-chain future. The conversation covers topics such as private RPCs, order flow auctions, and the impact of MEV on both user experience and protocol efficiency. The episode also explores the trade-offs between s...
29 Aug 2025
Is Finality Even Real?
In this episode of Composable, Ellie and Alysia dive deep into one of blockchain's most critical yet confusing concepts: finality. Triggered by a real-world story of someone losing funds due to misunderstanding finality in crosschain transactions, they explore the nuanced definitions of finality, settlement, and confirmations across different blockchain layers. The discussion reveals how finality is not a fixed concept but rather depends on trust assumptions, application requirements, and the...
19 Jun 2025
Is the FUD even real?
Hosts Alysia and Ellie examine Ethereum's criticisms, including fees and scaling, using an "Ethereum FUD" die to determine if the concerns are valid.
23 May 2025
Are Intents Even Real? Deep Dive into Across Protocol & Prime
Ellie and Alysia explore intent-based bridges, analyzing Across Protocol and the Across Prime upgrade to understand capital efficiency improvements for liquidity providers in this interview episode.
1 May 2025
Are TEEs even real?
In this episode of Composable, hosts Alysia and Ellie speak with Orest from t1 about proof aggregation, TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments), L2 security, and how these concepts relate to finality. The conversation explores Vitalik Buterin's recent post proposing a "two out of three" proof system combining TEE proofs, ZK proofs, and Optimistic proofs to enhance blockchain security while improving finality times. Orest also shares how t1 is implementing TEEs to achieve faster finality times f...
17 Apr 2025
Who Secures Crosschain Messages?
In this episode of Composable, Alysia and Ellie explore the security of crosschain messages. They examine notable bridge attacks, analyze what makes crosschain messages vulnerable, and discuss various security approaches, including multisigs and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). The episode breaks down the technical aspects of securing crosschain messages while considering the trade-offs between speed and usability. Key Topics Covered:Notable bridge attacks like Ronin, Wormhole, and Orbi...
3 Apr 2025
Unpacking Intents with Hyperlane's Eda Akturk
In this episode of Composable, hosts Alysia and Ellie speak with Eda Akturk, a developer advocate at Hyperlane, about intents in general and the recently released Open Intents Framework, specifically. They explore what intents are, how they're changing user experiences in web3, and dive into the collaborative effort behind the Open Intents Framework, which aims to make it easier for developers to build intent-based applications. Key Topics Covered How to define intents in a blockchain context...
23 Mar 2025
Are Wrapped Tokens Even Real?
In this episode, hosts Alysia and Ellie explore the concept of wrapped tokens in the Ethereum ecosystem, discussing their purpose, benefits, and limitations. Key Topics: Canonical vs. wrapped tokensUse cases for wrapped tokensSecurity implications of token issuanceLimitations and challenges of wrapped tokensBridging solutions and speed/security tradeoffsFuture of wrapped tokensComposable is a bi-weekly podcast exploring crypto's building blocks. Hosted by Alysia and Ellie, and brought to you ...
6 Mar 2025
Is Synchronous Composability Overrated?
In this episode of Composable, hosts Ellie and Alysia dive deep into the topic of synchronous composability with guest Cecilia, an engineer at Gwyneth Taiko. They explore the technical challenges of reaching synchronous composability, potential implementations to enable it, and the future value it could drive. They also examine why many prominent figures in the crypto space consider synchronous composability overrated... Key Topics Covered: Synchronous vs. asynchronous composability in block...
25 Feb 2025
Show Me the Value: Web3 Hype vs. Reality
In this sixth episode of Composable, Alysia and Ellie explore the question of what it means to "Build Something Real" and the tension that exists today between blockchain's potential versus its current hype-filled reality. Key Topics Covered: The controversial role of memecoins in crypto and whether they provide genuine valueWhat it actually means to "Build Something Real" in the blockchain spaceHow Web3 is rediscovering the same financial lessons that TradFi learned decades agoThe paradigm ...
6 Feb 2025
Is Bridging Even Real?
Is bridging assets between chains real or just smoke and mirrors? Join Ellie Davidson and Alysia Tech as they dive deep into the fascinating mechanics and philosophical questions around cross-chain bridging. Key topics covered: The difference between "real" asset movement vs locking and minting wrapped tokensWhy bridging L1 to L2 is faster than L2 to L1, and the role of finalityNative vs wrapped assets: exploring USDT0 and other approachesHow traditional finance parallels help us understand b...
24 Jan 2025
Crossing Chains: Putting Cross-Chain Bridges to the Test
Join hosts Ellie and Alysia as they discuss the realities of cross-chain bridges, including looking at which are the most used, crypto UX, security tradeoffs, etc. — and then put several bridges to the test in a live demo, bridging assets across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base.Key topics covered include:Speed and fee comparisons across different bridge typesBridge architectures: canonical, intent-based, and externally verifiedSecurity tradeoffs between bridge designsEmerging trends: intent stand...
9 Jan 2025
The War for Developers - with Maria Shen, author of Electric Capital's Developer Report
In this episode of Composable, hosts Alicia and Ellie sit down with Maria Shen from Electric Capital to discuss their latest Developer Report that's making waves in the crypto space. They dive deep into how the war for developers is shaping up — with particularly noteworthy data on Ethereum losing out to Solana for most new devs, and a migration of Ethereum devs to working L2s.Key topics covered:The surprising rise of Solana as the leader in attracting new developers, while Ethereum maintains...
26 Dec 2024
From Preconfirmations to BFT Confirmations: The Quest for Stronger Transaction Guarantees
In this episode of Composable, hosts Alicia and Ellie dive deep into the world of blockchain confirmations, exploring the nuances between preconfirmations, confirmations (like those provided by the Espresso Network), and L1 finality. They unpack how these different levels of transaction verification impact user experience and interoperability.Key topics covered:The emergence and evolution of preconfirmations, particularly in relation to based sequencing, and how they differ from BFT confirmat...
13 Dec 2024
Composability Unpacked: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous and Why It Matters
Composable hosts Alysia and Ellie dive into the critical differences between synchronous and asynchronous composability, highlighting its impact on Ethereum's future and user experience.
12 Dec 2024
Composable Teaser
Introducing Composable, a biweekly podcast exploring cross-chain composability in a multi-chain world. Hosted by Alysia and Ellie, and brought to you by Espresso Pods.
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