In this episode of Deeply Intents, I chat with Peter Watts, founder of Relay Protocol. We begin the episode by discussing Peter's journey from music to Reservoir to Relay. Next, we spend time digging into Relay, its architecture, resource locks, vaults, DEX meta-aggregation, and MEV strategies. We finish out the episode by unpacking B2B distribution, reliability & SLAs, and product market fit.

Timestamps

(00:00) - From Music to Intents
(07:20) - Late follower advantage
(10:53) - What is Relay?
(16:57) - Layers of Relay's architecture
(23:28) - Verification without smart contracts
(25:09) - Resource Locks
(31:25) - Vaults for solvers
(37:10) - Digging into vaults
(41:15) - DEX meta-aggregation
(48:34) - MEV strategy
(53:48) - Landing transactions
(55:31) - Chain Abstraction
(1:00:14) - B2B distribution
(1:03:45) - Reliability and SLAs
(1:07:14) - Customer service strategy
(1:10:33) - Pre and post PMF
(1:16:43) - Ethereum upgrades and standards
(1:21:19) - Fast interop layer

Disclaimer
Nothing in this episode should be interpreted as financial, technical, or legal advice. The host does contract work for Heliax, a public goods laboratory, focusing on Anoma.