1 Year After Leaving Ethereum For Solana

Max Resnick, Lead Economist at Anza, joins Gwart to talk about optimizing Solana for financial markets. He discusses the shift from Ethereum, the mechanics of MCP to stop censorship, and how “ACE” (Application Control Execution) empowers apps. Max discusses dominance of Prop AMMs, the controversy around block packing, and how Solana plans to compete with Hyperliquid in the perp market.

Notes:

  • Binance retail fee is ~10 basis points
  • Prop AMM execution gap up to 10 bps
  • Humidify quotes 0.1 bps spreads

The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They’ve done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.

Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you’re an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that’s already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠.

Enjoy this episode? Get the full Blockspace experience.

Create a free account to access exclusive research, market data, and Bitcoin mining insights from our team.

Create Free Account

Related Episodes

Zack Shapiro breaks down the current state of crypto policy, the battle over the CLARITY Act, and why the banking lobby is fighting stablecoin yield. Zack explains the "Defi Mullet," AI agent personhood, and the reality of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Feb 22, 2026
Ex-Bank of Canada economist Mitchell and liquid fund veteran Kevin join the show to discuss Sierra, the evolution of liquid yield tokens.
Feb 15, 2026
Tyler Whittle joins the show to discuss the looming threat of quantum computing to modern cryptography. We chat the Q-Day timeline, Google’s Willow breakthrough , and why Bitcoin must transition to post-quantum standards to survive the next decade.
Feb 08, 2026
David Hoffman discusses the "crypto hangover," the shift from communities to businesses, and why internet capital markets are the only way to keep pace with AI.
Feb 03, 2026
Lucas & Hersch from World Markets explains why centralized exchanges function like casinos, how onchain risk engines unlock up to 50% returns, and why fully transparent DeFi market structure may replace today’s perp platforms.
Jan 25, 2026
Bitcoin developer Brandon Black (ReardenCode) analyzes the reality of the quantum computing threat to Bitcoin.
Dec 28, 2025
Vladimir Novakovski joins us to discuss Lighter’s rapid rise as a top DEX. We cover the zero-fee model, ZK technology for verification, and the surge in on-chain Forex volume. Vlad also shares roadmap alpha on options, fixed income, and upcoming tokenomics.
Dec 21, 2025
Ruslan from Extended Perp Exchange discusses building a unified margin perp exchange, the verifiability of DEXs, the zero-fee debate, attracting users and liquidity, cross-asset collateral, their roadmap, and the future of the perp DEX market.
Dec 14, 2025
Ian Miers, Zcash co-founder & cryptographer, discusses zero-knowledge proofs, crypto privacy, identity solutions, quantum computing threats, and why blockchain transparency is fundamentally broken for payments.
Nov 29, 2025
Now, listen here

Get updates on new episodes and a whole lot more

By subscribing, you agree to the Blockspace Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.