On this episode of Archebyte, Katherine Wu and fellow Archetype team member, Nick Pai, are joined by the CEO and co-founder of Risk Labs, Hart Lambur, to talk bridges, L2s, and interoperability.

Hart and Risk Labs are best known for creating UMA, an optimistic oracle, and Across Protocol, a crosschain bridge. In the multichain future that is quickly becoming the present, infrastructure like oracles, bridges, and sequencers play crucial roles. But, these tools that are meant to facilitate interoperability between blockchains still have plenty of room for improvement.

During our conversation, we dig into the problems that bridges currently face, how Across is designed to mitigate them, and what a safer multichain ecosystem looks like. Hart and Nick give their thoughts on centralized, decentralized, and shared sequencers, intents, and the role aggregators play in regards to bridges. They also answer the loaded question - are bridges L2s?

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⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:10  The bridging problem

5:30 How Across works

8:15 Making safe bridges

15:31 L2s and centralized vs decentralized sequencers

20:05 Sequencer misconceptions?

23:35 Aggregators in bridging

27:03 L2 metrics for success

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Hart: https://twitter.com/hal2001

Nick: https://twitter.com/mountainwaterpi

UMA: https://uma.xyz/
Across: https://across.to/

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Katherine: https://twitter.com/katherineykwu

🌐 LINKS

UMA: https://uma.xyz/ 
Across: https://across.to/

Risk Labs: https://risklabs.foundation/

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