Christopher Goes of Anoma Network joins The Interop to explain this novel blockchain design and its applications in self-sovereign privacy preserving coordination mechanisms. We also dive into IBC and the future of blockchain infrastructure modularity.

Topics:

00:00:00 Introduction and background

00:04:55 Anoma's vision and core principles

00:11:40 Statements of intent and counter-party discovery

00:17:00 Information loss in economic transactions

00:25:17 Layers of the Anoma stack

00:30:24 Privacy by design

00:33:10 Practical applications built on Anoma

00:38:45 Where Anoma fits in the modular blockchain vision

00:45:55 How blockchains will modularize

00:51:25 Cosmos stack in the modular blockchain vision

00:56:43 Will block production become commoditized?

01:00:30 Challenges with blockchain interoperability

01:07:05 Future of IBC

01:11:46 CosmWasm on the Cosmos Hub?

Links:

- Anoma: https://anoma.net

- Anoma Specification: https://specs.anoma.net/master/architecture/namada.html

- Namada: https://www.namada.net

The Interop is hosted by Sebastien Couture: https://twiter.com/seb3point0