Optimism’s Superchain vs Cosmos

Season 3 | Episode 6
In this episode of Bell Curve, Myles and Mike dive deep into today’s most innovative blockspace scaling techniques. They begin by discussing Optimism's recent "Superchain" rebrand and the similarities between the OP Stack and Cosmos SDK.
We also discuss Coinbase's new L2, exploring its potential impact on general-purpose L2s and user demand. This leads to our ongoing thesis that the roadmaps for Cosmos and Ethereum are merging, an intriguing development that we unpack in detail.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 The Superchain
17:07 Cross-Chain Messaging and Shared Sequencers
20:37 The Role of General-Purpose Chains
24:24 The Cosmos SDK vs OP Stack
32:12 Communication Hubs and Value Accrual
39:05 SDK Network Effects
46:04 What’s Left to Build
51:19 How Ethereum has Influenced Cosmos
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Resources:
The Inevitability of UNIchain
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Optimism's Superchain
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bell Curve is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mike, Jason, Michael, Vance and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

[@victorcarrizo8960]

Nice content, very underrated show Imo

[@twilkpsu]

Great show. The most underrated show. Bravo!

[@KJN311]

This show just filled with knowledge. Sub.

[@victorylapp]

You didn't mention Polkadot . The architecture of OP Superchains seems closer to the Polkadot ecosystem rather than Cosmos. Polkadot has shared security which is the relaychain similar to the shared security of the OP which I guess is Mainnet . However The Cosmos setup above uses bridged solochains using IBC. The Cosmos ecosystem also has interchain security which plays the role of shared security, That is quite comparable to the OP Stack

[@christophehkg6056]

Fascinating episode! Thanks

[@alexNGMI]

Amazing ep!

[@martinhansen8044]

Great show! Regarding security in Cosmos, check out what Babylon is doing. They're bringing Bitcoin security to any IBC-enabled chain via a checkpointing mechanism that will enable lots of cool things like significantly reduced unbonding times for staking.

[@1ntrcnnctr608]

SUPERCHAIN is so super n exactly how to name things in Idiocracy! greetings, Superman Mann

[@galatasarayca]

Lol - Ethereum does not provide security to an optimistic roll up chain - they only provide it to a zk roll up chain - hahahahaha