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Felix Leupold

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If you want to understand MEV and how it impacts you and how to avoid it, this is the episode for you. If you also wanted to understand the incredible value that Gnosis brings to DeFi, then this too is the episode for you.  Find out how COWSwap makes swapping safer and easier.  Did you know that you can do complete swaps at the best rates on COWSwap without having any ETH in your wallet?  This is a powerpacked episode, because Felix Leupold not only helps us understand MEV and why they built COWSwap, but also how critical Gnosis is to the DeFi ecosystem, how COWSwap came about because they saw the problems with MEV long ago and they decided to build a different swap capability that avoided the issue.  Name of Guest:  Felix Leupold Name of Project:  Gnosis / COWSwap Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/fleupold_ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/MEVprotection Project URL:  https://cowswap.exchange/#/swap https://gnosis.io/  ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support

If you want to understand MEV and how it impacts you and how to avoid it, this is the episode for you. If you also wanted to understand the incredible value that Gnosis brings to DeFi, then this too is the episode for you.  Find out how COWSwap makes swapping safer and easier.  Did you know that you can do complete swaps at the best rates on COWSwap without having any ETH in your wallet?  This is a powerpacked episode, because Felix Leupold not only helps us understand MEV and why they built COWSwap, but also how critical Gnosis is to the DeFi ecosystem, how COWSwap came about because they saw the problems with MEV long ago and they decided to build a different swap capability that avoided the issue.  Name of Guest:  Felix Leupold Name of Project:  Gnosis / COWSwap Twitter URL of Guest: <a href="https://twitter.com/fleupold_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fleupold_</a> Project Twitter URL: <a href="https://twitter.com/MEVprotection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MEVprotection</a> Project URL:  <a href="https://yunt.capital/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://cowswap.exchange/#/swap</a> <a href="https://gnosis.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gnosis.io/</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support</a>

Ep 13 - Felix Leupold of Gnosis on MEV, COWSwap, Origins of AMM, SAFE, and much more

Originally started with a focus on prediction markets, Gnosis has done innovative work around automated market makers (AMMs) and decentralized exchanges for years. The latest protocol launched by the Gnosis team is CowSwap. CowSwap introduces various innovations that could improve user experience, reduce gas costs, reduce the effects of MEV and result in better outcomes for retail traders.We were joined by Felix Leupold, software developer at Gnosis to discuss CowSwap and the future of decentralized exchanges.Topics covered in this episode:Felix's background and how he started working on CowSwap with GnosisWhy did Gnosis make the  shift away from prediction markets, and why the return to focus on AMMsThe relationship between Gnosis Protocol and CowSwapHow CowSwap works from a user perspectiveHow are solvers chosen and what are the incentives around providing solutionsWhat MEV is and why it’s a problemThe upcoming integration with Balancer V2How fees in CowSwap work and the effect on LPsWhere is CowSwap today and what is its roadmapFelix's views on the future of order-book based exchangesEpisode links:CowSwapGnosisCowSwap on TwitterFelix on TwitterSponsors:Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenterExodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenterThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain &amp; Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/399

Originally started with a focus on prediction markets, Gnosis has done innovative work around automated market makers (AMMs) and decentralized exchanges for years. The latest protocol launched by the Gnosis team is CowSwap. CowSwap introduces various innovations that could improve user experience, reduce gas costs, reduce the effects of MEV and result in better outcomes for retail traders.We were joined by Felix Leupold, software developer at Gnosis to discuss CowSwap and the future of decentralized exchanges.Topics covered in this episode:<ul><li>Felix's background and how he started working on CowSwap with Gnosis</li><li>Why did Gnosis make the  shift away from prediction markets, and why the return to focus on AMMs</li><li>The relationship between Gnosis Protocol and CowSwap</li><li>How CowSwap works from a user perspective</li><li>How are solvers chosen and what are the incentives around providing solutions</li><li>What MEV is and why it’s a problem</li><li>The upcoming integration with Balancer V2</li><li>How fees in CowSwap work and the effect on LPs</li><li>Where is CowSwap today and what is its roadmap</li><li>Felix's views on the future of order-book based exchanges</li></ul>Episode links:<ul><li><a href="https://cowswap.exchange/#/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CowSwap</a></li><li><a href="https://gnosis.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gnosis</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mevprotection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CowSwap on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/fleupold_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Felix on Twitter</a></li></ul>Sponsors:<ul><li>Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - <a href="https://solana.com/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://solana.com/epicenter</a></li><li>Exodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - <a href="https://exodus.com/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://exodus.com/epicenter</a></li></ul>This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain &amp; Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/399" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/399</a>

Felix Leupold: CowSwap – Tackling the Shortcomings of AMMs

Earlier this week, I did a deep dive on a new DEX trading protocol called CowSwap, which combines many good features into what is possibly the most complete trading experience in Defi. First, you no longer publish a fee-paying transaction to the public mempool. Instead, you sign a transaction and submit it off-chain to the CowSwap relayer, which handles all the execution. For you, this means you can safely set a very low slippage tolerance because you only ever pay a fee if your trade succeeds. Second, and this gets us to real innovation, CowSwap looks for so-called “coincidents of wants” or CoWs before sending your order to the regular on-chain exchanges. For example, if one trader wants to buy ETH at a certain price and another wants to sell it, these two can be matched without paying any LP fees. Off-chain solvers can look at this orderbook and submit optimal matchings that among others, guarantee that all trades in a certain batch have to settle at the same uniform price. Because there’s no point in reordering trades that have the same price, this also eliminates MEV as well. Only after all coincidents have been exhausted, CowSwap sends the rest of the order to the on-chain exchanges via smart routers like 1InchIf you didn’t get all of that immediately, don’t worry - neither did I, and that’s why I invited Felix Leupold from CowSwap and Gnosis to answer my remaining questions. Please enjoy my conversation on CowSwap with Felix Leupold.GUESThttps://cowswap.exchange/#/swapFelix Leupold https://twitter.com/fleupold_Listen to conversations between Su Zhu, the CEO and CIO of Three Arrows Capital, and Hasu, an experienced crypto researcher and writer. Together with occasional guests, we explore the transformative nature of trust-minimized currency and financial services.SUBSCRIBE to the PodcastApple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-core/id1517659188?uo=4 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3vuV292Him90EjQ5YL4XIw Youtube https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNTc4ZDVhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Other https://anchor.fm/uncommoncore FOLLOW on TwitterSu Zhu https://twitter.com/zhusu Hasu https://twitter.com/hasufl Our homepage and mailing list https://uncommoncore.co/podcast/Transcripts, if available https://uncommoncore.co/blog/

Earlier this week, I did a deep dive on a new DEX trading protocol called CowSwap, which combines many good features into what is possibly the most complete trading experience in Defi. First, you no longer publish a fee-paying transaction to the public mempool. Instead, you sign a transaction and submit it off-chain to the CowSwap relayer, which handles all the execution. For you, this means you can safely set a very low slippage tolerance because you only ever pay a fee if your trade succeeds. Second, and this gets us to real innovation, CowSwap looks for so-called “coincidents of wants” or CoWs before sending your order to the regular on-chain exchanges. For example, if one trader wants to buy ETH at a certain price and another wants to sell it, these two can be matched without paying any LP fees. Off-chain solvers can look at this orderbook and submit optimal matchings that among others, guarantee that all trades in a certain batch have to settle at the same uniform price. Because there’s no point in reordering trades that have the same price, this also eliminates MEV as well. Only after all coincidents have been exhausted, CowSwap sends the rest of the order to the on-chain exchanges via smart routers like 1Inch If you didn’t get all of that immediately, don’t worry - neither did I, and that’s why I invited Felix Leupold from CowSwap and Gnosis to answer my remaining questions. Please enjoy my conversation on CowSwap with Felix Leupold. GUEST https://cowswap.exchange/#/swap Felix Leupold <a href="https://twitter.com/fleupold_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fleupold_</a> Listen to conversations between Su Zhu, the CEO and CIO of Three Arrows Capital, and Hasu, an experienced crypto researcher and writer. Together with occasional guests, we explore the transformative nature of trust-minimized currency and financial services. SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple Podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-core/id1517659188?uo=4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-core/id1517659188?uo=4</a>  Spotify <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3vuV292Him90EjQ5YL4XIw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/3vuV292Him90EjQ5YL4XIw</a>  Youtube <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNTc4ZDVhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNTc4ZDVhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==</a>  Other <a href="https://anchor.fm/uncommoncore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/uncommoncore</a>  FOLLOW on Twitter Su Zhu <a href="https://twitter.com/zhusu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/zhusu</a>  Hasu <a href="https://twitter.com/hasufl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hasufl</a>  Our homepage and mailing list <a href="https://uncommoncore.co/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uncommoncore.co/podcast/</a> Transcripts, if available <a href="https://uncommoncore.co/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uncommoncore.co/blog/</a>

The most innovative DEX? - with Hasu and Felix Leupold