Patrick O'Grady: Avalanche – Building High Performance VMs With HyperSDK

Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 506

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Episode description

The recent history of L2s has shown that there doesn’t need to be ‘one chain to rule them all’ or an ‘ETH killer’. Instead, a healthier approach would be to find the best solution for a specific need, taking into consideration any potential tradeoffs. Avalanche has done just that, focusing from the get-go on delivering high transaction throughput, using their unique subnet architecture, consensus protocol and warp messaging. HyperSDK continues this conviction, offering a framework for developers to spin up customisable, high performance virtual machines.

We were joined by Patrick O’Grady, VP of Engineering at Ava Labs, to discuss HyperSDK and how it enables building customisable, high performance VMs on Avalanche subnets.

Topics covered in this episode:

Patrick’s background
Avalanche’s consensus protocol
Subnets
AvalancheGo design concepts
Warp messaging
Staking and subnet validators
HyperSDK
HyperSDK vs. Cosmos SDK
Avalanche throughput parameters
Custom solutions for developers

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This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/506

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