Austin King is the CoFounder of Omni Network and CEO of Omni Labs.
In this episode, we discuss how Omni Network is reuniting Ethereum's L2 scaling ecosystem. With Omni's Core Mainnet live, we explore how Omni empowers developers to access users and liquidity across all rollups, without smart contract upgrades. This conversation covers why Austin's team at Omni believes the solution is more obvious than ever to fixing what's been broken for DeFi users navigating L2s and what we can expect from a more united Ethereum UX in 2025, while maintaining the benefits of maximum decentralization.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
5:01 - What is Omni Network?
6:15 - Austin’s previous work and how it led to Omni
8:13 - Ethereum is scaling but “in an uncomfortable stage”
9:54 - Ethereum’s vision is clearer than CT gives it credit
11:54 - Unf*ck Ethereum campaign
13:16 - How does Omni unf*ck Ethereum?
15:18 - Reception to this campaign
17:16 - Maximalists are loyalists and why we need them
20:33 - How Omni Network works?
24:16 - Incentivizing Omni Network solvers
25:18 - Example how DeFi users will benefit from Omni
26:34 - How will Omni solvers serve larger liquidity
28:43 - What’s live with Omni Core Mainnet?
29:39 - Benefits of Everclear and Omni working together
30:47 - What if EF enshrined infra overlapping with Omni?
32:55 - Mantle mid-roll
33:36 - How could/will Uniswap participate in Omni?
36:12 - Thoughts on based rollups vs Omni Network scaling solution
39:10 - When will the benefits of Omni be obvious to DeFi users?
41:32 - OMNI token utility
42:03 - Addressing cynics of Omni Network
48:16 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Omni Network Website: https://omni.network/
► Omni on X/Twitter: https://x.com/OmniFDN
► Austin on X/Twitter: https://x.com/0xASK
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