What is Celestia ($TIA)? Unpacking Modular Blockchains

Celestia’s token ($TIA) just dropped. Highlighted by its modular data availability network the crypto community has showed a lot of excitement around this launch.

Why? What is so valuable about Celestia? What is its vision for crypto? How, if successful, will Celestia change the crypto landscape?

Today, on Bankless We’re talking to two Celestia CoFounders Mustafa and Ismail to explore the thesis behind Celesia. So, strap yourselves in, put on your learning cap, because we’re going to learn about Celestia in today’s episode.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
4:10 What is Celestia?
6:12 The Modular Thesis
9:00 Celestia & Ethereum Relationship
18:27 Economics of Celestia
21:21 Celestia’s SDK
26:31 Celestia’s Capital Power
28:15 $TIA
32:18 Blob Stream
34:30 Celestia Endgame
36:18 Current & Future Projects on Celestia
41:15 Celestia’s Vision
43:55 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Mustafa
https://twitter.com/musalbas

Ismail
https://twitter.com/KreuzUQuer

Celestia
https://celestia.org/learn/

Vitalik’s Endgame
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html

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