Fireside Chat
summary
Zerion shifts from a user wallet into a developer product, exposing the Zerion API that powers wallets like Rainbow and returns multi-chain token and tx data without running RPCs directly. The stack costs north of 100k a month on AWS, driving a case for specialized APIs over raw RPCs. An experimental Zero Network L2 taxes toxic order flow and subsidizes real users, and Zerion is plugging its API into AI agents to both read balances and eventually submit transactions.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction to Evgeny Yurtaev and Zerion
- 0:47What Zerion does: Wallet and API evolution
- 1:56Zerion API for developers and third-party use
- 2:27Origins of Zerion API and first clients
- 3:32How wallets like Rainbow use Zerion API
- 4:05Challenges in building multi-chain data APIs
- 5:45The cost of maintaining blockchain infrastructure
- 7:34Future of RPCs vs. specialized APIs
- 9:12Trends in wallet adoption and embedded finance
- 11:28Will users have one wallet or many?
- 12:30Simplifying Zerion’s wallet experience
- 14:21Lessons from launching Zero Network L2
- 15:33Advice for new blockchain builders
- 17:19Missing pieces in crypto infrastructure
- 18:27AI integration with Zerion API
- 19:27AI agents and permissionless networks
