# Jito BAM and Solana Market Structure | Lucas Bruder Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/0xresearch-5776644/jito-bam-and-solana-market-structure-lucas-bruder Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/0xresearch-5776644/jito-bam-and-solana-market-structure-lucas-bruder.md Podcast: [0xResearch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/0xresearch-5776644) Published: 2026-02-20T21:09:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BWG1050929662.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BWG1050929662.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/0xresearch-5776644/episodes/jito-bam-and-solana-market-structure-lucas-bruder Duration seconds: 3026 ## Resource In today’s episode we are joined by Lucas Bruder, Co-Founder of Jito Labs to discuss Jito’s BAM block builder on Solana, highlighting transparency, verifiability, and application-controlled execution. We also cover market structure, stake adoption, MCP, slot time reductions, and JitoSOL’s ETF efforts. Thanks for tuning in! As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice. -- Follow Blockworks Research: https://x.com/blockworksres Follow Jito Labs: https://x.com/jito_labs Follow Lucas Bruder: https://x.com/buffalu__ Follow Sam: https://x.com/minnus Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Boccaccio: https://x.com/salveboccaccio -- Join us at DAS (Digital Asset Summit) in New York City this March! Use the link below to learn more, and use code 0X200 to get $200 off your ticket! See you there! Learn more + get your ticket here: https://blockworks.co/event/digital-asset-summit-nyc-2026 -- Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:07) Why Jito Built BAM (5:03) Application-Controlled Execution Explained (10:43) MCP and Solana's Future (15:09) BAM Adoption and Stake Growth (32:26) Cutting Slot Times on Solana (39:41) JitoSOL and the ETF Push (46:22) AI, Products, and the Road Ahead (49:53) Closing Comments -- Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: ht… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/0xresearch-5776644/episodes/jito-bam-and-solana-market-structure-lucas-bruder/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/0xresearch-5776644/jito-bam-and-solana-market-structure-lucas-bruder.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.