June 18, 2021

Simon Harman: Exploring Chainflip’s Cross-Chain Native AMM

1 hour 36 minutes

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Simon Harman, the founder of Chainflip, a cross chain native AMM.

In this episode we discuss Simon’s journey, the need for a cross-chain native exchange, competitive differences, timelines, economic security, value accrual for FLIP, concentrated liquidity, signature schemes, and much more. We also cover why Delphi Ventures is such an excited investor in Chainflip.

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Show Notes

(2:21) – (First Question) – Simon’s Background and what brought him to Crypto.

(15:00) – What is Chainflip.

(26:12) – Chainflip Usability / User Experience.

(29:27) – How Chainflip works.

(37:33) – Chainflip’s signing schemes / Security / Economic attack factors.

(50:20) – How hard is it to get control over a majority of the nodes in a vault.

(1:00:20) – Thoughts on Multi-Chain AMMs.

(1:03:26) – What is the timeline for Chainflip.

(1:04:44) – Why build on Substrate.

(1:07:53) – How hard would it be to run a validator for Chainflip.

(1:09:38) – Thoughts about the risks of upgrading.

(1:12:10) – Flip Token / fees / model for value accrual.

(1:25:14) – Thoughts on Impermanent Loss.

(1:33:40) – Where to find Chainflip.

Resources:

Simon Harman, Founder of Chainflip

Chainflip Site

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