Today’s episode is with Nick Dodson, co-founder of Fuel Labs and one of the minds behind the Sway language. We deep dive the FuelVM, Sway, and how Nick approaches his work as an engineer. 

Stream salaries with Superfluid: https://use.superfluid.finance/payroll

00:00 Intro

5:14 How Nick got into crypto

8:36 Why build Fuel?

11:51 Where does Fuel fit in the web3 developer ecosystem, and how does it relate to Ethereum?

14:26 Parallel transaction execution

16:38 Register machine architecture

21:38 Sway

33:45 Scripts, predicates, & how they can improve UX

39:05 Fuel’s native asset model

48:00 Smart contract security with a new language

51:50 What does Nick hope people build on Fuel? 

56:10 What should you be prepared for when building on Fuel

1:00:47 How has Nick leveled up as an engineer?

1:04:12 What bad advice should young engineers NOT follow?

1:06:15 What does nick hope our industry looks like?

Fuel Docs: https://fuellabs.github.io/fuel-docs/master/
EIPs implemented in Fuel that are still open for the EVM: https://fuellabs.github.io/fuel-docs/master/vs-evm.html#eips-implemented-in-fuel
Sway: https://fuellabs.github.io/sway/v0.31.1/
Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAmNickDodson
Our Episode with Cami - Head of DevX at Fuel: https://www.devsdosomething.fm/episodes/cami-ramos-garzon-developer-experience-fuel-bringing-crypto-to-latam