# 211 - Is DA a Good Business Model? - Neel Somani & Jon Charbonneau

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Feb 23, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/is-da-a-good-business-model*

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What’s Data Availability (DA) and what’s its Business Model?

In this episode we’re welcomed by Jon Charbonneau, researcher-investor at DBA and Neel Somani, CEO of Eclipse.

We unpack everything Data Availability from what it unlocks to its economics. We also get into the DA Market covering participants like Celestia and EigenDA.

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## TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro

4:49 What is DA?

14:07 Is DA a Commodity?

21:02 DA Costs

27:45 What DA Unlocks

35:04 The DA Market

56:07 Network Effects

1:02:24 DA Economics

1:09:17 DA Value Capture

1:14:50 Celestia Monetary Premium

1:23:38 What’s Next for DA

1:28:57 Solana DA

1:30:29 Closing Thoughts

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## RESOURCES
Jon Charbonneau
[https://twitter.com/jon_charb](https://twitter.com/jon_charb)

Neel Somani
[https://twitter.com/neelsalami](https://twitter.com/neelsalami)

Celestia
[https://celestia.org/](https://celestia.org/) 

EigenDA
[https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/eigenda/overview](https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/eigenda/overview)
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