Harmonic Fires Back in Solana’s Block Building Wars | Ben Coverston
Gm! In today’s episode we are joined by Harmonic CEO Ben Coverston to discuss his background in quantitative trading and transition to crypto, the evolution of DeFi on Solana, and Harmonic’s approach to block building and transaction scheduling. We also cover market structure debates, decentralization concerns, competition among block builders, and potential protocol changes like MCP and Alpenglow.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:14) Ben's Background
(9:34) The Temporal Ecosystem
(13:14) Inside Harmonic: Solana's New Block Builder
(22:37) Block Builder Wars & Criticism from Competitors
(29:26) Solana's Future Architecture
(50:07) The Future of DeFi Market Structure
(1:00:13) Closing Comments
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