Kendall Cole is the Founder of Proximity Labs, a research and development firm focused on NEAR Protocol.

In this episode, we cover NEAR's vision for chain abstraction. Kendall breaks down how chain abstraction will enable users to enjoy DeFi and Web3 without knowing what chain they’re on and why Near is uniquely placed to solve this.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro 5:02 - Kendall's background 7:41 - Proximity Labs and NEAR 8:52 - What is chain abstraction? 11:43 - Why might NEAR solve this? 14:07 - What is sharding? 17:15 - Chain signatures 21:58 - What can be built with chain abstraction? 26:13 - Chain abstraction vs interoperability protocols 28:28 - When will users enjoy chain abstraction? 30:24 - Chain abstraction wallets on NEAR 32:10 - Blueberry mid-roll 32:38 - Value accrual to NEAR 34:58 - State of NEAR dApp growth 37:59 - Popular NEAR dApps 39:59 - NEAR fast finality layer 42:20 - Collaboration with EigenLayer 44:19 - Closing

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Spending time on @lenspostxyz mixing every art piece I’ve made has made me engage with it more. Now I’m not just looking at it, I’m playing with it. Telling stories with it.

Is this the true #openlens?

Stay inspired, Love, Shakti!

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