The Chopping Block: Why Canto, Up Nearly 500% This Month, Has Its Haters - Ep. 452

Published: Feb. 4, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

b"Welcome to \\u201cThe Chopping Block!\\u201d \\u2013 where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. This week, they cover:\\n\\n\\nwhy Bitcoin maximalists are mad about Bitcoin NFTs\\n\\nwhy Robert thinks Bitcoin is not a good blockchain on which to build things\\n\\nwhy Canto, a layer 1 blockchain, surged in price and activity and why Haseeb is anti-Canto\\n\\nhow Ethereum will have multi-dimensional fee structures\\xa0\\n\\nwhat the role of applications in generalized blockchains should be and why they think they shouldn't be enforced at the base layer\\n\\nthe accusations against the LayerZero team and their response\\n\\nthe battle to provide the bridging services to Uniswap\\n\\n\\nHosts\\n\\n\\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\\n\\n\\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\\xa0\\n\\n\\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital\\n\\n\\nLinks\\nDisclosures\\n\\nBitcoin NFTs:\\xa0\\n\\n\\nThe Block: What are Bitcoin NFTs Ordinals and how do they work?\\n\\n\\nBTC: Core On-chain - Glassnode Studio\\n\\nBitcoin - The Overview \\n\\nOrdinals\\n\\n\\nCanto:\\xa0\\n\\n\\nThe Block: Layer 1 blockchain Canto sees surge in trading activity\\n\\n\\nCanto - Lending\\n\\n\\nLayerZero controversy:\\n\\nJames Prestwich\\u2019s tweet\\n\\n\\nBryan Pellegrino\\u2019s response\\n\\n\\n\\nExplanation of the situation by Bartek\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"