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Jesse Walden offers a message to crypto development teams: Keep it simple.<\/p>\n
The co-founder and general partner at Variant says that one way teams in crypto can \u201cmaximize their shots on goal\u201d is by minimizing the \u201csurface area\u201d of what is managed by their smart contracts on-chain. By doing so, developers can \u201coutsource\u201d the fine-tuning of elements, which can then be developed in an iterative fashion as market demands evolve.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the On the Other Side podcast (Spotify<\/a>\/Apple<\/a>), Walden suggests unbundling the fixed components of the system from those that could be tuned over time. The more dynamic components can then be controlled outside the protocol\u2019s governance by free market participation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe on-chain portion of what you\u2019re building refers to something that\u2019s off-chain or controlled by you or by other third party operators that plug in these missing parameters to make the thing work.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA company or an individual \u2014 anyone \u2014 can permissionlessly plug in those components of the system so that there can be thousands of experiments and really rapid iteration,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Walden says he is seeing this modular framework approach \u201ccoming to fruition in DeFi<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re starting to see more DeFi protocols take this approach to building their marketplaces,\u201d he says, citing Uniswap<\/a> v4 as an example.<\/p>\n Backtracking through the earlier iterations of Uniswap, Walden says, \u201cUniswap v1 and v2 were very simple and very opinionated,\u201d following a basic formula. \u201cAll tokens had to adhere to those parameters,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n The simplicity was \u201cgreat,\u201d Walden says, \u201cbut it was also risky.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat if that wasn\u2019t the best formula? It would\u2019ve been really hard to change and really hard to recall.\u201d<\/p>\n Fortunately for Uniswap, the basic formula turned out to be pretty robust. As the protocol evolved from its initial versions to v3 and v4, Walden notes that the marketplace functions have grown more complex. By v4, nearly every dynamic aspect of the marketplace can now be tailored to meet specific needs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an elegant design, Walden says, that has effectively unbundled the dynamic components from the core functionality of the protocol.<\/p>\n Uniswap v4 is \u201cexplicitly unopinionated<\/a>,\u201d Walden says, implementing \u201chooks\u201d that allow any participant to come up with their own curve and dynamic parameters for the marketplace. According to Walden, this functionality enables the free market to decide which parameters work best for a given situation.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gives consumers more options through free market competition to parameterize the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n Walden expects companies like Gauntlet \u2014 specialized experts in risk parameterization of protocols<\/a> \u2014 to enter the fray with their own unique approaches. \u201cAnd because it\u2019s permissionless and anyone can do it, you can expect there\u2019s going to be a lot more competition coming for Gauntlet,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many more experts will enter the field seeking revenues by spinning up their own set of dynamic market parameters, Walden says, \u201cand I think that\u2019s really good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n When a token holder governance makes all the decisions, as is the case in some \u201clegacy DeFi<\/a> protocols,\u201d Walden says, \u201cyou essentially have central planet versus free market competition and iteration for the parameters that are going to best serve customers.\u201d<\/p>\n Allowing the market to set parameters<\/a>, Walden says, \u201cenables much more rapid iteration, much more competition and ultimately, more choice for end-users.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the day\u2019s top crypto news and insights delivered to your email every evening.\u00a0Subscribe to Blockworks\u2019 free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Want alpha sent directly to your inbox? 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