The Celestia Roadmap with Nick White

1GB blocks are coming. Since November last year, 20 rollups have launched according to Celenium, the Celestia block explorer and those rollups have since published over 75GB of data.

Following the Lemongrass upgrade, Celestia will aim to execute the roadmap across three different core tracks with the broader vision of enabling end-user verifiability to the fullest extent possible.

1. Abundant Blockspace: Targeting 1GB blocks to scale for a wide range of rollups.
2. Verifiable Blockspace: Ensures blockspace can be verified by any user, on any device.
3. Frictionless Blockspace: Reduces friction for rollup developers and users.

Celestia being inherently modular means the chain isn’t limited by execution layer overhead or state bloat. This flexibility allows for high-throughput apps, speeding up existing crypto applications and enabling new possibilities, like fully onchain apps.

In today's special podcast, we’re diving into Celestia’s roadmap and what it means for the future of the modular ecosystem with Nick White.

Nick, the COO of Celestia, walks us through the next phase of their roadmap. One of the most significant shifts is the move from 2MB to 1GB blocks, entering the "fiber-optic" era of DA, where abundant block space could transform onchain possibilities.

...However, do we really need all this blockspace? Where are the novel apps? Will Celestia transition to validity proof sampling? How will Celestia make it easy for anyone to run a light node?

These questions and many more answered in today's pod as we break down the key takeaways from Nick’s insights and what they mean for the modular ecosystem.

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