DEXs: Uniswap Origin, Intents, Scaling, and LVR | Season 6 Premiere

Season 6 | Episode 1

Welcome to season 6 of Bell Curve! Season 6 will take a dive into the world of DEXs and Dan Robinson, General Partner and Head of Research at Paradigm, with be joining Mike as co-host. In today's episode the duo dive deep into DEX designs and discuss the origin story of Uniswap, the V4 design, and the overall growth journey the protocol has endured. They also dive into design decisions including intents, mitigating LVR, and prioritizing retail and market makers. We're excited to have you along for the ride this season!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Uniswap Origin Story

(10:48) Market Making & Design Decisions

18:40) Uniswap V4

(25:04) Swappers & LPs While Scaling

(32:54) Value Journey in DEXs

(36:24) Impact of Gas Constraints

(39:11) What is LVR?

(48:51) Uniswapx and Offchain Designs

(54:11) Retail and Market Makers

(1:02:40) Intent Based Architecture

(1:05:47) Vertical and Horizontal Scaling

(1:13:32) Perps and Options Market Structure

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