Solfate Podcast - Interviews with blockchain founders/builders on Solana

About Solfate Podcast - Interviews with blockchain founders/builders on Solana

Interviews with blockchain founders and builders on the Solana blockchain. Hosted by two developers building on Solana, by Nick (@nickfrosty) and James (@jamesrp13).

Publisher

Nick and James

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jan 2023

Latest episode

4 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

32 of 76 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Guaranteed Solana TX Inclusion with Raiku, feat Robin, Founder and CEO of Raiku

   A conversation with Robin, CEO of Raiku, about Raiku's approach to guaranteed transaction includion on Solana. 📝 Notes from the show In this episode of the Solfate Podcast, hosts James and Nick welcome Robin, founder of Raiku, to discuss Raiku's approach to guaranteed Solana transaction inclusion using validator sidecars, a decentralized coordination layer, and ahead-of-time block auctions. The conversation covers why L1s hit physical latency limits, how inclusion signals and pre-reserved blockspace reduce dropped transactions and retry spam, and where Raiku differs from existing infrastructure like Jito bundles. Robin shares his background from Ethereum and Hyperledger, why he chose Solana, what’s shipping in Raiku's testnet v1 vs v2, and how validator incentives, pricing modules, and oracle speed factor into high-performance DeFi applications. - 00:00 Intro and elevator pitch for Raiku - 03:20 Robin’s background, Ethereum years, and lessons from L2s - 06:34 Why Solana: tech maturity, dev mindshare, edge compute interest - 10:24 Problems to solve: predictability, fragmentation, validator alignment - 13:44 Architecture: validator sidecar, coordination node, block auctions - 16:27 Raiku vs Jito bundles and mempool latency - 18:58 Inclusion signals cadence and “up to 60s ahead” planning - 20:12 Differentiated blockspace, plugins, discounted lanes for oracles - 22:26 Reliability at scale, reducing retries during congestion - 26:06 How auctions work with blockhash TTL, SDK and endpoints - 27:26 Pricing modules, open market for searchers, fee split design - 29:36 Testnet v1 today, v2 decentralization and load testing - 31:32 Not an L2: limited node set, “good actors,” incentive design - 33:06 Extending Solana without classic L2 tradeoffs - 37:14 Transaction flow: app → Raiku node → validator - 38:28 First users: DeFi, perps, HFT, solver flows - 40:42 Faster confirmation needs faster oracles and price feeds - 43:04 Alpenglow outlook and finality targets - 43:46 Hiring, roles needed, closing 🔗 Find Robin and Raiku online Follow Robin on Twitter/X: @degenroot (https://x.com/degenroot) Follow Raiku on Twitter/X: @raikucom (https://x.com/raikucom) Check out Raiku at their website: raiku.com (https://www.raiku.com)

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   6 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Etherfuse Stablebonds as an Essential Blockchain Primitive, feat Dave Taylor, CEO of Etherfuse

   Etherfuse CEO Dave Taylor explains to hosts James and Nick how Etherfuse's stablebonds function as a key blockchain element for foreign exchange, potentially transforming international currency access and trade in this interview.

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   29 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Cudis's blockchain-based longevity protocol, w/ Edison Chen, CEO of Cudis

   A conversation with Edison Chen, CEO of Cudis, about Cudis's longevity protocol that leverages blockchain incentives. Ready to start tracking your health on-chain? Get $60 off your Cudis ring and 500 bonus reward points by visiting (https://cudis.xyz/)their website via this link: https://www.cudis.xyz/join?code=Solfate (https://www.cudis.xyz/join?code=Solfate) and using code "Solfate" at checkout 📝 Notes from the show In this episode of the Solfate Podcast, hosts James and Nick welcome Edison Chen, CEO of Cudis, to discuss their revolutionary blockchain-based longevity protocol. Cudis creates wellness rings that track health and fitness data, storing it on-chain so users own their data. The conversation explores how Web3 technology can transform healthcare through personalized incentives, data ownership, and creating a health data economy. Edison shares insights on building hardware in the crypto space, tokenization of health data as assets, and Cudis's vision for personalized longevity solutions for everyone. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:34 Meet Edison Chen from Cudis 01:06 Why Web3 for Wellness? 07:08 Deep Dive into Cudis Concept 12:14 Sustainable Incentive Design 18:20 Health Data as Assets 27:05 Use Cases and Market Potential 34:26 Hardware Manufacturing Journey 42:10 Why Build on Solana? 46:02 Token Strategy and Design 48:51 Grand Vision for Longevity 53:13 Closing Thoughts 🔗 Find Edison and Cudis online Follow Edison on Twitter/X: @Edcbeatbit (https://x.com/Edcbeatbit)Follow Cudis on Twitter/X @CudisWellness (https://x.com/CudisWellness)Check out Cudis at their website: https://cudis.xyz (https://cudis.xyz/) Ready to start tracking your health on-chain? Get $60 off your Cudis ring and 500 bonus reward points by visiting (https://cudis.xyz/)their website via this link: https://www.cudis.xyz/join?code=Solfate (https://www.cudis.xyz/join?code=Solfate) and using code "Solfate" at checkout 👋 Follow the co-hosts online Nick twitter: @nickfrosty (https://twitter.com/nickfrosty) github: github.com/nickfrosty (https://github.com/nickfrosty) website: https://nick.af (https://nick.af/?utm_source=solfate-podcast) James twitter: @jamesrp13 (https://twitter.com/jamesrp13) github: github.com/jamesrp13 (https://github.com/jamesrp13) website: https://beunboxed.com (https://beunboxed.com) Follow Solfate Podcast on Twitter/X for updates: @solfatepod Thanks for watching frens :) 💖

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Guaranteed Solana TX Inclusion with Raiku, feat Robin, Founder and CEO of Raiku

Published 4 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That will come a little bit later. Now we're pretty much just testing the core construction of Riker in itself, primarily with the validators and then simulations on our end. So the coordination layer it sounds like is its own decentralized network. Yeah. That's sort of dedicated to facilitating this. It's almost like an extremely focused and dedicated L2, right? Like it, it's, it's, it's job is very narrow. It's not an L2 in the way that we normally think about L2. No, it's, it's not an L2 as in it doesn't perform. It doesn't hold any, any keys essentially. It's primarily there to coordinate messages between the different stakeholders. […]

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