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Deeply Intents

A Web of Our Own Making - Ellie Davidson

12 Jul 2025

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In this episode of Deeply Intents, I sit down with Ellie Davidson (Head of R&D at Espresso). We begin the episode by discussing Ellie's background working on products for Vanguard, her passion for technology, and her early time at Espresso as a consensus researcher. Next, we spend some time breaking down the different flavors of sequencing before getting into balancing Ethereum coordination with her role at Espresso. After, we spend some time on the Open Intents framework by discussing the ideal use cases for intents and solver economics. We end the episode by discussing Ellie's experience building the Compassable Podcast and how to maintain neutrality on the microphone. (01:03) - Working at Vanguard(02:31) - Innit for the tech(03:58) - Espresso loves privacy(06:03) - Shared vs Centralized Sequencing(13:51) - Espresso and Ethereum Leadership & Coordination(20:50) - Open Intents Framework(26:05) - Standards and Coordination(34:11) - Fast Finality for Ethereum(38:12) - Rainbow Staking(40:22) - Fast confirmations and native assets(45:13) - Intents are perfect for that(52:50) - High bootstrapping cost for solvers(55:10) - Podcasting skills(1:01:00) - Credible Neutrality(1:08:38) - Contributing to Ethereum(1:10:58) - Ethereum dictator for a day DisclaimerNothing in this episode should be interpreted as financial, technical, or legal advice. The host does contract work for Heliax, a public goods laboratory, focusing on Anoma.  

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