#33 – Molly Mackinlay: building Filecoin

This is my conversation with Molly Mackinlay, Head of Engineering, Product, and Research Development at Protocol Labs, and CEO at FilOz.Timestamps:(00:00:00) - intro(00:01:59) - sponsor: Privy(00:03:15) - motivation(00:09:30) - exabytes of network capacity(00:12:11) - edge computing, bringing compute to data(00:14:26) - the history of IPFS, libp2p, IPLD, Filecoin, FVM, L2s and IPC(00:20:08) - designing incentives in Filecoin(00:25:11) - designing the block rewards curve(00:27:28) - progress through time(00:31:19) - learnings from building production systems, (00:34:15) - EVM-compatibility, future-proofing and network upgrades(00:43:51) - sponsor: Optimism(00:44:56) - IPC, L2 scaling on Filecoin(00:48:55) - architecting applications on subnets(00:54:12) - business models on subnets(00:57:27) - the interface between a subnet and the internet(01:04:41) - FilOz as a public goods amplifier(01:07:10) - opening up the Protocol Labs network(01:12:23) - Edge Esmeralda, field building, neurotech, and education(01:21:04) - outroLinks:Molly Mackinlay - https://x.com/momack28Protocol Labs - https://protocol.aiFilecoin - https://filecoin.ioFilOz - https://www.filoz.orgInterPlanetary Consensus - https://www.ipc.space/ Textile Basin - https://basin.textile.io/ web3.storage - https://web3.storage/ Filecoin Virtual Machine - https://fvm.filecoin.io/ Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:Optimism - https://optimism.io Privy - https://privy.io Into the Bytecode:- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.comDisclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.