The announcement of the upcoming launch of Uniswap v4 sparked fresh versions of old debates. Is it OK for DeFi\u2019s leading DEX to not be fully open source at launch? What counts as composability and what counts as plagiarism? Is Uniswap\u2019s dominance a threat to decentralization? Founder Hayden Adams joins the show to respond to the critics and explain the novel features of Uniswap v4.\xa0\n\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nShow highlights:\n\nhow Uniswap was born and how it has evolved since 2018\n\nhow the SushiSwap vampire attack was a win for Uniswap\xa0\n\nwhether the new version of Uniswap brings it closer to the true ethos of Ethereum\n\nwhat the problems were with the previous fee model and how the new v4 approaches fee tiers\n\nan explanation of \u201chooks,\u201d the most important feature of the new code\n\nwhat Hayden thinks the most common uses of hooks will be\n\nhow v4\u2019s time-weighted average market maker (TWAMM) feature works\xa0\n\nwhether Hayden is worried that hooks will be engineered to do rug pulls\n\nwhat Hayden thinks about v4\u2019s new \u201csingleton\u201d approach\n\nhow EIP-1153 (if implemented) will make Uniswap v4 more efficient\xa0\n\nwhen Hayden estimates that the v4 code will be deployed\xa0\n\nwhy Uniswap decided to go with a four-year business license\n\nHayden\u2019s response to allegations that Uniswap plagiarized Crocswap for its v4 code\n\nwhether there\u2019s a risk that U.S. authorities blacklist certain transactions on v4\n\nwhether it is possible to add KYC and AML compliance into v4 pools\n\nwhy Hayden is sad about the U.S. approach to regulating crypto\n\nwhy he believes that Uniswap will not become a centralizing force\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nCrypto.com\n\nTOKEN2049\n\nOKX\n\nGuest:\n\nHayden Adams, founder of Uniswap\nLinks\n\nUnchained:\n\nUniswap Releases Draft Code for V4\n\nUniswap V3 Forks Are Now Legal After BSL Expiry\n\nLiquidity Pools: How DEXes Allow Trading\n\nUniswap: Our Vision for Uniswap v4\t\n\n\nEIP-1153: Transient storage opcodes\n\nv4-core/LICENSE at main \xb7 Uniswap/v4-core \xb7 GitHub\n\nFrax Finance\u2019s Sam Kazemian tweet\n\n\nTWAMM - Paradigm\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices