Tempo Mainnet: The Race to Agentic Commerce
Tempo Mainnet is live, but this episode isn’t really about just another chain launch. It’s about a bigger claim: that AI agents are about to need native money, and that the internet may need a new payment layer to support them. Georgios Konstantopoulos and Brendan Ryan join Bankless to unpack why Tempo launched with agentic payments front and center, what MPP actually is, how it compares to x402, and why they think machine-to-machine commerce could reshape everything from paid APIs to the business model of the web itself.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Tempo Mainnet goes live
1:18 Why the launch is focused on agents
3:58 What MPP actually is
6:30 MPP vs x402
15:28 Why agentic commerce matters
20:08 The “original sin” of the internet
26:04 MCP, NLWeb, and the emerging agent stack
34:07 The onboarding flow: wallets for agents
37:11 How Tempo’s wallet security works
40:11 Tempo chain design and specs
51:13 Why build an L1 instead of an Ethereum L2?
56:10 The Ethereum tension
1:05:01 Agent identity, reputation, and ERC-8004
1:06:53 TIP20, stablecoins, and what can be built on Tempo
1:12:36 Builder opportunity in the agentic web
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RESOURCES
Georgios Konstantopoulos
https://x.com/gakonst
Brendan Ryan
https://brendanjryan.com
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Multi-Proposers & The Future Of Ethereum
In this special early access episode we're joined by Paradigm's Georgios Konstantopoulos and Charlie Noyes, along with Max Resnick from Special Mechanisms Group to discuss a possible change in direction for one part of the Ethereum Roadmap.
This is a deeply technical episode that covers the history of MEV and new innovations that plan to change it all from the comfort of David's apartment studio, enjoy.
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------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:05:14 Intro To Our Guests 00:09:21 Proposer Builder Seperation 00:12:39 Stepping Forward vs Patching 00:19:35 Getting Rid Of MEV? 00:26:35 Inclusion Lists 00:40:14 What is Braid? 00:50:43 The Bear Case 01:06:37 Vitalik's Take 01:10:53 The Benefits of Braid 01:20:28 L2 Centric Roadmap Changes? 01:36:26 How's Rust Going? 01:44:49 Other Exciting Roadmap Updates 01:57:52 Call To Action
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205 - The State Of Ethereum L2s
We're thrilled to be joined today by Paradigm CTO, Georgios Konstantopoulos and founder of Conduit, Andrew Huang who are on the show today to deliver a masterclass on the state of Ethereum Layer 2s, how they're going, and where they're headed.
There's nobody better to take us through this technical and very educational episode on the state of L2s.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Intro 00:05:59 L2 Vibes, How Are We Doing? 00:08:43 L2 Obstacles 00:11:47 Building Conduit 00:14:19 Strengths of L2 00:17:30 Few Rollups or Many Rollups? 00:21:29 Market Demands 00:24:47 The Evolution Of Superchains 00:30:47 Shared Sequencing 00:34:02 Universal Composability 00:35:57 Evolution and Benefits 00:38:35 Unionized vs Independant L2s 00:45:42 Benefits Of Staying in The Ecosystem 00:50:05 The Modular Conversation 00:52:02 Cheaper DA 00:56:13 RAAS Business Model 01:01:26 Scaling Out The Business Model 01:04:23 L2 Security 01:11:27 Modification 01:16:15 Dealing with Growth 01:17:56 What Comes Next 01:20:01 RETH
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Andrew Huang https://twitter.com/KAndrewHuang
Georgios Konstantopoulos https://twitter.com/gakonst
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66 - Crypto’s Existential Threat | MEV Panel: Phil Daian, Georgios Konstanopolus, Charlie Noyes
Phil Daian is a researcher and software engineer and is leading the charge into mapping MEV with the Flashbots Project. Georgios Konstantopoulos and Charlie Noyes are both partners at Paradigm.
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Bankless Podcast #66: MEV Panel Guests: Charlie Noyes, Phil Daian, & Georgios Konstantopolous
In this State of the Nation, we bring on big-brain experts behind projects like Paradigm and Flashbots to explain the complex but critical topic of MEV - commonly known as Miner Extractable Value, but as discussed in this episode, Maximum Extractable Value is a more appropriate descriptor. MEV is arguably the single most important unsolved problem in the crypto space.
In the context of incentives and network security, MEV generally refers to the ability of miners & validators to take advantage of their position as securers of the network. Blocks are verified by single entities, and these block producers have tremendous power when they are the ones adding a particular block to the blockchain. We refer to this instance as ‘God-Mode,’ in which a node has the power to assemble & order transactions at will. The threat here is the potential gaps between what is best for the network and what is best for the node.
As an internal and unbounded threat to blockchains, solving the problems that MEV presents is critical to maintaining proper consensus and ensuring decentralization and permissionless access. We take a deep dive into potential solutions, and the impact of EIP-1559 and Proof-of-Stake on MEV. Dive in to learn why despite the challenges ahead, Charlie says:
“In the absence of certainty, I’m willing to take the optimistic perspective.”
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Phil on Twitter https://twitter.com/phildaian?s=20 Georgios on Twitter https://twitter.com/gakonst?s=20 Charlie on Twitter https://twitter.com/_charlienoyes?s=20 Exploring Ethereum’s Dark Forest with Dan Robinson https://youtu.be/MtpRDqrCfbc Investing in DeFi Paradigms with Charlie Noyes https://youtu.be/dQOhbb5HmLA
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