# 4-24 Optimum Twitter Space Transcript

**Published by:** [rainight-雨夜](https://paragraph.com/@jackmusk/)
**Published on:** 2025-04-25
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[Opening / Mic Check] Rob: Mic check. All good? Muir: Yeah, looks good there. Kent: Mic check. I can hear you, Muir. Rob: And Masha, you're promoted to speaker now. Masha: Thanks. Rob: I can hear you on the space, Mike. Mic check. [Kickoff] Rob: Hello everybody. Welcome to another Optimum Spaces. We have excellent guests from Everstake and CMT Digital. Aryan (CMT Digital): Head of Research. Published an investment thesis on Optimum last week. Masha (Everstake): Head of staking initiatives. Everstake is one of our early adopters. [Guest Introductions] Masha: Leads staking at Everstake. 4+ years in blockchain, focused on staking infrastructure. Running 80+ blockchains/protocols, 70+ nodes. Expertise in staking and re-staking, working with top-tier projects. Aryan: Head of Research & Investor at CMT Digital, Chicago-based VC. 4 funds, personally focused on infrastructure. Experience includes consensus mechanisms, data decoupling. Miriel: Co-founder & CEO of Optimum. Former MIT professor (NEC chair in software engineering). Founded Optimum out of MIT’s network coding lab. Kent: Co-founder of Optimum. Former MBA student at Harvard, ex-president of Blockchain Club. Joined Optimum after recognizing market need with co-founder Kishore. [Recent Announcements] Raised $11M in an oversubscribed seed round. Huge community traction: over 200,000 Discord members. [Tech Overview] Optimum P2P (Propagation Layer): Replaces outdated gossip protocol with Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC). Decentralized, latency-optimized data propagation. Testnet Update: Working closely with Everstake. Validating latency and throughput improvements. [Aryan’s Investment Thesis] Infrastructure bottlenecks exist beyond execution (e.g., bandwidth, storage). Optimum addresses the networking/data layer. Solana cited as an example of high bandwidth demand. Bandwidth is a centralization bottleneck. [Validator Perspective – Masha]: Validators handle transaction validation, state updates. Traditional memory layer is static and inefficient. Optimum introduces dynamic RLNC + DRAM for decentralized state handling. [Miriel on Timing]: Execution improvements have outpaced networking/storage. Modular blockchain stacks need memory and network decoupling. Validators’ cost structures under pressure. [Modularity & Design]: Web3 as a decentralized world computer: compute, memory, and bus. Bottlenecks exist when memory or data propagation is weak. Memory must be modular and efficient. [Validator Economics]: Faster propagation = higher rewards for validators & stakers. Optimum uses available resources optimally. DRAM reduces full-node storage burden. [Usability Impact – Aryan]: Reduces transaction delay, improves app UX. Potential to shift Web2 stack elements on-chain. Lower gas, faster finality. [System Analogy – Miriel]: Your PC doesn’t need a bridge app between Telegram and WhatsApp. In a well-structured system, memory/bus should be invisible to users. [Infrastructure Bottlenecks]: Example: congestion = higher gas = poor user experience. Optimum = scaling the highway (network bandwidth). [VM-Agnostic Advantage]: Works across L1, L2, any VM (e.g., EVM, RISC-V). In line with Ethereum’s evolving architecture. [Wrap-up & Future Outlook] Next product: Optimum DRAM. Continuous improvement across chains. Community-first approach: active Discord, OG badge holders, hiring. [Closing Words] Rob, Kent, Miriel, Masha, Aryan thank the community. "Let’s make blockchain feel fast again." Stay tuned on Discord & Twitter for future events and updates. =========================== follow 雨夜

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