The Chopping Block: Are Layer 2s Stealing Ethereums Thunder? - Ep. 484

Published: April 22, 2023, 10 a.m.

Welcome to \u201cThe Chopping Block\u201d \u2013\xa0where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, the gang plays \u201cguess the chart\u201d and takes a deep dive into the booming world of Ethereum Layer 2s.\n\nShow highlights:\xa0\n\nhow much Layer 2s are spending to post data to Ethereum\n\nwhether L2s suck up all the value of ETH\n\nthe challenge of providing a good user experience across multiple rollups\n\nhow the underlying technology of security is not improving but attackers are getting more sophisticated\n\nwhether centralized lending in the industry is dead\n\nwhy crypto users still hold stablecoins that yield much lower than Treasury bills\n\nthe new approach to bringing real-world assets and tokenized yields to blockchains\n\nwhether all L2s are running via proof of authority\n\nwhether alternative Layer 1s are dead or are actually more important than ETH L2s\n\n\nHosts\n\n\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\n\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\xa0\n\n\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\n\n\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\nDisclosures\nLinks\nHildebert\u2019s charts\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices