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t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun

Episode Summary

We were joined by Can Kisagun, CEO & co-founder of t1 Protocol, to discuss Ethereum liquidity fragmentation and how t1 aims to achieve seamless cross-rollup interoperability through real-time proving.

Episode Notes

While L2 rollups did help scale Ethereum, they also created siloed ecosystems, all fighting over the same liquidity, users and devs. t1 Protocol is building layer-2 infrastructure to achieve seamless cross-rollup interoperability through real-time proving, powered by TEEs. t1's low-latency with 1-second block times provides faster preconfirmations, significantly improving UX, all while maintaining full Ethereum composability.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Can’s background
• Why Enigma/Secret Network built on Cosmos
• Solving Ethereum’s liquidity fragmentation
• t1’s rollup & real-time proving in TEEs
• Sequencer setup inside the TEE
• Dealing with other rollup trust assumptions
• Integrating new L2s
• Permissionless TEEs
• Potential attack vectors
• TEE alternatives
• Asset issuance on mainnet vs. L2s
• t1 development
• Partnerships & BD
• Solana vs. Ethereum UX
• TEE misconceptions

Episode links:

• Can Kisagun on X
• t1 Protocol on X

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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.