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Welcome to \u201cThe Chopping Block\u201d \u2013\xa0where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner, chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan explains his vision for providing \u201cdecentralized trust\u201d to new projects on Ethereum. Was Vitalik Buterin\u2019s recent \u201cre-staking\u201d post a shot across EigenLayer\u2019s bow?\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nShow highlights:\xa0\n\nhow Sreeram has transitioned from academia into the world of crypto\n\nwhy he believes that crypto is the \u201ccoordination highway\u201d\n\nwhat EigenLayer is \u2013\xa0explained to a five-year-old, a high schooler, a day trader, a developer, and a crypto professor\n\nhow middleware enables technology innovation\n\nwhere the value accrues if there\u2019s no token for securing a blockchain\n\nwhether Vitalik is right in being concerned about the risk of corrupting validators\n\nwhat EigenLayer did to minimize risks and externalities to Ethereum\n\nwhether protocols and applications will fork if they get hacked and whether Ethereum will \u201cbail them out\u201d\n\nHosts\n\n\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\n\nRobert Leshner, founder of Compound\n\n\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\n\nTarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures\n\nGuest\n\n\nSreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\xa0\n\nDo You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?\n\nDisclosures\nLinks\n\nDon't overload Ethereum's consensus by Vitalik Buterin\nPrevious coverage of Unchained on Ethereum staking:\xa0\n\nShapella in the Rearview: After Major Upgrade, What\u2019s Next for Ethereum?\n\nHow Will ETH React to Ethereum\u2019s Shanghai Upgrade?\n\nPost-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum?\n\nIn the Recent Crypto Market Meltdown, What Role Did Lido\u2019s stETH Play?\n\nIs ETH on Its Way to Becoming Ultra-Sound Money? Yes, Says Justin Drake\n\nLearn more:\n\nHow Liquid Staking Works\n\nA Guide to Ethereum\u2019s Shanghai Upgrade\n\nHow to Stake Ethereum With Liquid Staking\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices