09.11.2020 - By Laura Shin
0xMaki, a cofounder of SushiSwap explains how and why he got involved in this project forked from SushiSwap, why he thinks his view of decentralization differs from that of many centralized teams that being such projects, and what the benefits of the SushiSwap vampire mining scheme have been. He discusses:
how and why he got involved in SushiSwap
why he feels his view of decentralization differs from that of teams such as Uniswap
who he believes the other cofounders are, demographically
why cofounder Chef Nomi cashed out to take $13 million after a week's worth of work on the project
how it was decided to hand the admin key to SushiSwap over to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX and Alameda Research
how SushiSwap proved that liquidity is not a moat, although trading volume might be
why he doesn't own $SUSHI
how he feels about taking code from Uniswap
the vision for SushiSwap going forward
whether or not SushiSwap will be built on another blockchain
where he got his $YFI sweatshirt and $YAM pants
how SushiSwap introduced a lot of people to being liquidity providers for the first time, and why that's beneficial for DeFi in general
why, despite Chef Nomi cashing out, he thinks people will still trust anonymous devs going forward
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Episode links:
0xMaki: https://twitter.com/0xMaki
SushiSwap: https://sushiswapclassic.org
SushiSwap stats: https://sushiswap.vision/home
The Defiant’s pre-migration recap of the SushiSwap saga: https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/sushiswaps-vampire-scheme-hours-away
How the SushiSwap migration went down: https://www.coindesk.com/sushiswap-migration-defi-protocol-politicians
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/77324/sushiswap-initiates-migration-of-over-800m-in-liquidity-funds-from-uniswap
Forbes interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on the SushiSwap drama: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianakoffman/2020/09/06/exclusive-sbf-speaks-out-on-defis-sushi-saga/#55e447d65145
Chef Nomi’s explanation of why he or she decided to cash out: https://twitter.com/NomiChef/status/1302214292792422401?s=20
Reaction to Chef Nomi cashing out: https://twitter.com/alistairmilne/status/1302246157628956672?s=20
Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposal to build out SushiSwap on Solana: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EParJnqmYs1TJ1qX2q8nnyPeKCA1pF10zLCLYoDxTL8/edit
In the end, the total amount of liquidity across both AMMs is greater than before SushiSwap was created: https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1303784413864636417?s=20
Links from news recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-key-metric-that-jumped-82-in-august/