James Bayly is the COO of SubQuery and onfinality which are basically data service providers focussing on non-EVM chains such as Polkadot and Cosmos. In this conversation we talk about indexing blockchain data and making it available for users and apps to query in a manner that’s cost efficient, quick, and reliable. We also touch on the modern evolution of blockchains, the blockchain trilemma, and creating a Web3 data marketplace.

Timestamps:

00:00 intro

01:45 indexing blockchain data

11:24 opensourcing code

14:13 FTX debacle & boom bust cycles

20:37 SubQuery decentralising data

25:00 tokenised incentives

28:22 reliability & uptime

29:47 onfinality infrastructure

31:30 building in New Zealand

35:24 Polkadot as a 3rd gen blockchain

44:30 blockchain trilemma

48:22 industry groups & legislation

52:23 rapid fire

55:59 fin

Some notes from the show:

• SubQuery 


• onfinality 


• Etherscan 


• Consensys/MetaMask/Infura 


• Coinbase holds 2m bitcoin 


• FTX leaked balance sheet 


• Kimchi premium  


• Mt. Gox 


• Centrality 


• blockchain trilemma with sharding 


• bridge hacks in 2022 

Contact James:

• Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesABayly 


• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bayly/ 

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Recorded at blockheight 765227. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.