Solana Weekly #92 - How Chris is Increasing Bandwidth and Reducing Latency (IBRL) On Solana with TitanDex

Show Notes:

Key Points:

• TitanDex is building a DEX aggregator that consolidates on-chain liquidity across Solana

• Features meta-aggregation: aggregating other aggregators like Jupiter and Spider Swap

• Achieves 81% win rate on price improvement with average 1% outperformance

• Planning public launch in January 2025, currently in private beta

• Led by team with 10+ years experience in traditional finance and crypto

Technical Infrastructure:

• Uses mathematical optimization vs traditional pathfinding algorithms

• Processes trades within 400ms block time

• Implements MEV protection by default

• Focuses on providing best execution without compromising on infrastructure

Roadmap & Features:

• Initial focus on spot trading and core swap functionality

• Future plans include:

  • Limit orders

  • DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging)

  • Portfolio swaps

  • Custom index creation

  • Long-term vision to become comprehensive "home of Solana DeFi"

Market Insights:

• 80% of Solana trades go through DEX aggregators (vs 20% on Ethereum)

• Lower fees enable more complex routing and better price execution

• Recent increase in trading volume (40B monthly vs usual 25-30B)

• Growing interest in "tail edge assets" (meme coins, newer tokens)

User Experience & Adoption:

• Non-custodial solution focusing on best execution

• Emphasis on transparent pricing and routing

• Plans to add API access for systematic traders

• Currently accepting waitlist signups at titandex.io

Interesting Stats:

• Team seeing ~200 basis points of price improvement in some cases

• Solana DEX aggregator volume reached 40 billion monthly

• Core trading pair (SOL/USDC) volume decreased by half from Sept to Oct

The conversation also touched on broader market trends, regulatory environment, and the evolution of DeFi infrastructure on Solana.