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Thogard | Holistic Arc

@thogardpvp

Chief of gshmonad @0xFastLane. We make smart contracts that help apps and validators with sequencing, staking, and UX.

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Our team at Chorus One is very excited about Monad ⨀, and we wrote a piece about timing games on the network alongside the FastLane Labs team. One major point that makes timing games on Monad very different is its architecture and MonadBFT: on Monad, the leader for a slot: -

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If you go to a research conference you’d walk away thinking that all blockchains use PBS, all swaps go through an xy=k AMM, and “solvers” grow on trees. My current theory is that researchers forked back in 2023 and at this point don’t have the state needed to process a reorg.

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Decentralization is extremely important in reducing the level of control that a “trusted” entity can exercise over a system. But “trustless” is strictly better than “decentralized.” The problem is that “trustless” systems rarely extend to conveying data to and from the end user.

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To be clear, the goal of Gavel has never been to "fix" memecoins. The point is to provide a credible path to on-chain capital formation and liquidity bootstrapping for quality products. It's embarrassing that on-chain products launch off-chain tokens.

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While we expect ATLAS (ante-transaction layer application sequencing, aka ASS) to be the largest source of real revenue / yield for the ShMonad LST by this time next year, it's currently behind both regular (validator-aligned) MEV and the paymaster.

While we expect ATLAS (ante-transaction layer application sequencing, aka ASS) to be the largest source of real revenue / yield for the ShMonad LST by this time next year, it's currently behind both regular (validator-aligned) MEV and the paymaster.
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Every time I feel the urge to judge a team for "extractive" behavior (e.g., profiting from the gambling of others), I remind myself that I "extracted" a full scholarship to university that was funded by my state's lottery... and then magically I stop being judgemental.

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Gauntlet built the first risk desk for lending protocols. Fastlane is building the first execution desk for lending protocols.

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Application-specific sequencing means Curvance dictates how transactions are ordered inside its own systems instead of leaving it to external validators. Why does this matter? Because it improves liquidations and captures fees generally lost to MEV: ☑️ No gas wars or

Application-specific sequencing means Curvance dictates how transactions are ordered inside its own systems instead of leaving it to external validators.  

Why does this matter?  

Because it improves liquidations and captures fees generally lost to MEV:  

☑️ No gas wars or
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In CPR training they tell you to single out a specific person to ask to “call 911” because in a group nobody will take responsibility. I think about that a lot whenever I’m in a large telegram group chat with another team. We’ve got a robust crm system, but most defi teams dont.

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"Solving MEV" in distributed networks is a lot like getting a toddler to eat all of their vegetables - fundamentally impossible. Rather than tricking anyone into eating, FastLane focuses on making the vegetables taste good.

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Fun fact - you can build a fully based roll up with FastLane’s ASS. We don’t talk about it because our gas footprint on the L1 for atomic L2-> L1 interop exceeds what most native L1 apps use, ergo there’s no market for it… but it *does* work.

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Monad > Solana > Ethereum. Post-Mainnet monad and post-alpenglow Solana will have finality in roughly the same time (1s), but the EVM allows for much more expressive L2 designs and composability (ie optimistic composability handling on L1) + tx size limits. Mainnet is coming.