Steven Goldfeder is back on the podcast today to discuss Arbitrum’s and all Ethereum L2 FUD. 

Is a win for Arbitrum also a win for Ethereum, or is Arbitrum competing for users and liquidity? Steven addresses governance concerns and discusses the decentralization of Arbitrum’s Sequencer.

In the second half of the show, we get into the latest developments in the Arbitrum ecosystem, including Stylus, Bold, Orbit, and Timeboost.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
4:01 L1 vs. L2 Relationship
10:45 Use Cases of the L1 vs. L2s 
18:56 Fastest Blockchain
20:05 Decentralization Priority 
25:15 Sequencer Debate
33:06 Arbitrum x Espresso 
38:02 Optimistic Rollups Capturing Ethereum Governance? 
41:58 What Does Arbitrum Want From the L1 
45:21 Increasing Block Times?
49:17 Arbitrum Ecosystem 
52:21 How Does Stylus Work?
57:22 Web2 Devs Now Web3 Devs  
1:03:02 Arbitrum’s Next 10x
1:08:17 Closing & Disclaimers 

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RESOURCES

Steven Goldfeder
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