Stacker Chat with Jude Nelson of the Stacks Foundation: App Chains for Scaling Stacks and Bitcoin
October 21, 2021
Gina Abrams (Special Projects, Hiro) and Jude Nelson (Stacks Core Developer and Research Scientist at the Stacks Foundation) chat about Jude's path to building Stacks, history of the project, and appchains as a scalability solution for Stacks.
Gina Abrams (Special Projects, Hiro) and Jude Nelson (Stacks Core Developer and Research Scientist at the Stacks Foundation) chat about Jude's path to building Stacks, history of the project, and appchains as a scalability solution for Stacks.
Time stamps
0:00 Intro
0:55 What compelled you to join the Stacks project back in 2015?
5:15 Can you speak about your journey in the Stacks ecosystem and what your current focus is?
10:00 What are you focused on today in the Stacks Foundation?
11:26 Can you share an overview of App Chains?
20:30 Can you walk us through an example of App chains?
27:12 What are the factors that would go into the cost of mining an app chain?
30:10: What are the differences between App chains and other scaling solutions in the broader Web 3 space?
35:38 Are there any limitations to app chains that folks should keep in mind?
39:18 You’ve mentioned 4.1B app chains is the upper limit for App chains, can you walk through
43:11 What are your thoughts on user experience in a multi-chain world?
45:51 What is the best way for folks to get involved in app chain development?