0xBeans - IAmTheOptimizer, MEV, & Smart Contract Security
0xBeans is a smart contract engineer who worked at Coinbase in the early days. He now does work across the space as a solidity engineer with a focus on building on-chain games. In this episode, we discuss his IAmTheOptimizer challenge, MEV, and building secure smart contracts.
Today’s guest is with 0xBeans - a smart contract engineer who worked at Coinbase in the early days and now does work across the space as a solidity engineer.
Beans is the creator of the IAmTheOptimizer challenge, which took off earlier this year and saw the industry’s most high profile devs taking a crack at it.
In this episode, we discuss gas optimization, MEV, and building secure smart contracts. Beans is definitely a crypto native, and if you are too, I think you’ll like this episode.
00:00 Intro
4:01 how beans got into crypto
6:30 working at Coinbase & early projects
11:50 NFTs and smart contract security
16:55 how to get started w security/more security thoughts
20:33 IAmTheOptimizer
26:03 MEV
33:19 Designing with MEV in mind
37:22 Blind Vickery Auctions
44:17 What other developments is Beans excited about?
48:06 How Beans gets better as a dev
52:06 What does Beans want to learn next? Huff, Zk, Rust, Sway
58:02 What does Beans hope that the industry looks like in 10 years?
0xBeans on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0x_Beans
Beans is the creator of the IAmTheOptimizer challenge, which took off earlier this year and saw the industry’s most high profile devs taking a crack at it.
In this episode, we discuss gas optimization, MEV, and building secure smart contracts. Beans is definitely a crypto native, and if you are too, I think you’ll like this episode.
00:00 Intro
4:01 how beans got into crypto
6:30 working at Coinbase & early projects
11:50 NFTs and smart contract security
16:55 how to get started w security/more security thoughts
20:33 IAmTheOptimizer
26:03 MEV
33:19 Designing with MEV in mind
37:22 Blind Vickery Auctions
44:17 What other developments is Beans excited about?
48:06 How Beans gets better as a dev
52:06 What does Beans want to learn next? Huff, Zk, Rust, Sway
58:02 What does Beans hope that the industry looks like in 10 years?
0xBeans on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0x_Beans
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