Patrick O’Grady of Ava Labs | Application Infrastructure Part 2
Hashing It OutHashing It Out is continuing its series on blockchain infrastructure with part 2 of the Application layer. In this episode, Corey, Dee and Jessie talk to Head of Engineering at Ava Labs, Patrick O’Grady. Prior to joining Ava Labs, Patrick worked as a software engineer at Coinbase where he created Rosetta - a system and method for integration of components to facilitate executing transactions with different blockchain networks by using a standard API format. Patrick has a deep understanding of blockchain networks and the infrastructure surrounding them.
Timestamps
00:00|Intros
06:00|How does one construct a virtual machine (VM)
10:20|Tradeoffs of building with blockchain VM vs nonblockchain
16:05|Leveraging data to build the right infra for the application
18:55|Importance of maintaining blockchain states and tradeoffs for throughput
23:20|Bootstrapping peers and the evolving notion
26:20|The ever changing landscape of building applications on blockchain infrastructure
33:20|Waiting for technology to catch up to the application
38:00|Don’t fix what isn’t broken
41:00|How do we build bridges safely
45:50|Can quick and seamless messaging make up for lack of native composability
48:00|Optionality for building applications
52:30|Early days of Avalanche subnets
Episode hosts - Demetrick Fergurson, Corey Petty, Jessie Santiago
Produced by - Christian Noguera
Original music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloom, Annie McEwen, Matt Kielty
And edited by - Christian Noguera
