On today’s episode we welcome Bryce Patrick and Steve Dakh from the Ethereum Attestation Service. EAS is a new public good, open, permissionless, and token free. Is this the key unlock for decentralized identity through crypto?  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-eas/  ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? AAVE V3 is Here! http://app.aave.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠  ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap ?️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:27 What is an Attestation? 11:51 Attestations as a Primitive 14:35 What Are The Good For? 19:15 Defining Identity 22:39 Primitive Before the App 25:55 What is EAS? 30:31 Attestation Form Factors 36:51 Use Cases 40:19 EAS Growth Goals 42:17 Why Do We Need Attestations? 46:10 Why Build This on Ethereum? 52:46 Who is Using EAS and For What? 1:00:04 Web2 vs Web3 Attestations 1:05:17 Decentralized Reputation 1:08:05 The App Layer on Top of EAS 1:15:08 Privacy 1:19:48 Comparing To Sign In With Ethereum 1:21:22 How is it Funded? 1:25:08 Soulbound Tokens 1:30:00 Closing and Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES EAS https://twitter.com/eas_eth  https://attest.sh/  Steve Dakh https://twitter.com/stevedakh  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

Bankless

187 - The Ethereum Attestation Service

FULL ARTICLE: https://www.bankless.com/davids-takes-burning-man David just got back from the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, where, for one week of the year, tens of thousands of people congregate for the annual Burning Man festival. The parellels Crypto and Burning Man are strong, but it's not until participating in both that you can concretely grasped why. So, David went to Burning Man to go see what all of the excitement was about. And Bankless Nation… like Crypto, Burning Man is a rabbit hole.  ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? AAVE V3 is Here! http://app.aave.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠  ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ?️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

David's Takes: The Burning Man Network State

WRU 2nd Week of September ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? AAVE V3 is Here! http://app.aave.com/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ?️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:55 MARKETS 5:25 L2 TLV and Scaling Factor  https://thedefiant.io/starknet-activity-surges-on-token-speculation  7:15 Crypto wealth stats - David how many crypto millionaires do you think there are? https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/crypto-wealth-report  9:10 U.S. deficit explodes despite growing economy https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1698391469881455098  https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1698391482724442607  13:40 Wen BTC ETF? https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1696887691122548798  https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1697360209453187085  https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1699480838868517273  17:35 Uniswap Spot volume surpassed Coinbase in spot trading volume in 2023 https://twitter.com/RasterlyRock/status/1694039760745152761  20:25 Maker DAO’s endgame on Solana? https://twitter.com/RuneKek/status/1697623700013822244  28:50 Vitalik sold his entire remaining stake of 500 MKRs https://twitter.com/OnchainDataNerd/status/1697941332826923348  https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1698182686568018238   31:00 Justin Leroux https://twitter.com/0xMidnight/status/1697634909706215604  32:00 Foobar https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1698832035647787513  38:55 Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement to Solana https://twitter.com/cuysheffield/status/1699031134229926284  41:39 Base had a delay in block production https://twitter.com/buildonbase/status/1699192035553812658   46:00 Court sides with Uniswap over class action suit https://twitter.com/eleanorterrett/status/1696918343943340235   https://www.docdroid.net/APrJolt/risley-v-uniswap-pdf  https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1696991910370411003   https://twitter.com/BillHughesDC/status/1696998957526696405  52:20 Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty https://cointelegraph.com/news/tornado-cash-cofounder-pleads-not-guilty  50:20 Polygon launches their “Supernets” kit for  https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1696618823422529898 54:35 Arbitrum released Stylus https://twitter.com/OffchainLabs/status/1697232795268177987  https://twitter.com/CryptoIsCute/status/1697647185561866382  56:30 StarkWare's Stone Prover now open sourced https://twitter.com/Starknet/status/1697504345485381652  57:00 RocketPool two major upcoming upgrades  https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1698554983837282750  57:30 Kevin Owocki is returning to Gitcoin https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1699056199445221437  58:14 Justin Bieber is releasing NFT collection  https://anotherblock.io/drops/justin-bieber-company  1:00:20 Fidelity released an Investment Thesis for Ethereum https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1697364409755029860  1:03:10 Binance is delisting privacy coins in Belgium  https://twitter.com/mister_ch0c/status/1699290391168618722  1:04:00 MetaMask introduced bank and PayPal cash-out options https://portfolio.metamask.io/  1:07:19 Questions From the Nation 1:13:50 Takes of The Week https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1699594987892256889  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1696957206116315566  1:18:30 What Are We Bullish On? https://twitter.com/ckc12_rb/status/1675159167940587520  https://twitter.com/cathsimard_/status/1675150596570230785  https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1675165817569439744  https://twitter.com/cathsimard_  https://twitter.com/mattmedved/status/1697795471803297847   Ryan: Bankless is releasing Claimables!  https://imgur.com/a/w9f2r0B  Meme of The Week & Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1699782057793372342 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

ROLLUP: Solana’s MakerDAO & Visa Win | Base L2 Halted | Uniswap Court W | Justin Bieber NFT Drop

Today we're joined by Mike Ippolito, co-founder at Blockworks, who's here to breakdown his take on the Blockchain trilemma and how Ethereum, Solana, and Cosmos chains all attempt to solve it. This wide ranging interview asks great questions and shines a light on what a multi-chain future might look like. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-blockchain-trilemma/  ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ ? AAVE V3 is Here! http://app.aave.com/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader ----- Resources: On the margin podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-margin/id1558223079  Mike: https://twitter.com/mikeippolito_  ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:13 Intro To Mike 11:16 The Three Frontiers 19:11 Recap and Overview 25:58 Different Approaches to The Scalability Trilemma 31:42 Explaining PEPC 36:13 A Point By Point Walkthrough 45:29 Ethereum Vs The Invisible Hand 56:58 Should The Free Market Be in Control? 1:01:11 Moloch 1:08:13 Solo Validators 1:10:31 Defining Decentralization 1:15:49 Power Law Winners 1:19:03 Roll Apps vs App Chains 1:29:09 Defining Soverign Rollups 1:33:29 Sequencer Incentives 1:36:20 Exploring The Superchain 1:41:31 Price Discovery on Chain 1:44:15 Making Crypto Accessable 1:48:50 Permissionless Panel 1:51:29 Outro and Disclaimers ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

186 - The Blockchain Trilemma - ETH Vs SOL Vs ATOM with Mike Ippolito

WRU 1st Week Of September ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? AAVE V3 is Here! http://app.aave.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2     ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap    ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 5:24 MARKETS https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  9:36 Layer 2 Check https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  13:45 Anthony's Bullish Predictions https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1696162071715422442?s=20  32:41 Grayscale Beats the SEC https://www.bankless.com/grayscale-beats-the-sec https://www.docdroid.net/vrehbKf/dc-cir-22-1142-01208547571-0-pdf  36:53 Takes on the Case https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1696544309699363201?s=20  43:27 Are NFTs Securities? https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-163  45:59 IRS Proposal for Digital Brokers https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1705  49:37 US HOSTILITY TO CRYPTO https://twitter.com/zkmattwyatt/status/1695190244516319564?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1695160970111300053  54:29 Roman Storm Released on Bail https://twitter.com/brianeklein/status/1694779420731658700?s=20  55:26 Farcaster V3 https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1695187576003645873  57:41 Lido Almost 33% https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1696220879976284511  1:09:10 AMEX Gives out POAPS https://twitter.com/mamb0san/status/1695458362237034957  1:09:46 X Gets Currency Transmitter License https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1696587745089540494  1:11:47 DCG to Deliver Recoveries https://twitter.com/DCGco/status/1696506972781138275?s=20  1:14:28 Bitboy Crypto Boots Bitboy https://twitter.com/Bitboy_Crypto/status/1696184571279159401?t=R1qQjJ06kpariGkBKzbjrw&s=19  1:17:01 Instadapp Multisig https://twitter.com/Instadapp/status/1696537797916799035?s=20  1:20:56 Questions From the Nation https://discord.com/channels/615592155481767941/1058053004705669211/1145795932575760565  https://discord.com/channels/615592155481767941/1058053004705669211/1146193895345111162  1:31:13 Takes of The Week https://twitter.com/neerajka/status/1346836020927619077?s=46  https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1695583389167075822?s=20  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1696618835518857610?s=20  1:35:29 What Are We Bullish On? 1:39:08 Meme of The Week https://twitter.com/CryptoCred/status/1696041243061420108  1:40:17 Check out The Daily Gwei! 1:42:00 Moment of Zen ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠  

ROLLUP: What Grayscale's Win vs The SEC Means For The Next Bull Market

Joining us today for this deeply technical conversation is RiscZero CEO Brian Retford and Justin Drake. RiscZero is attempting to create a zkEVM for Ethereum that will require such low compute requirements that validators could be run on smart watches and mobile phones. Moderated by Justin Drake, we take a look at the implications this tech can have on the future of Ethereum. ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠  ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap   ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS  0:00 Intro 7:47 Validator On Your Smartwatch 12:16 Bandwith Requirements 15:00 Implications for mainnet scaling 18:57 Is This Our Multi-Core Moment? 21:35 What is RiscZero? 27:57 Why Build a zkEVM? 32:00 TLDR Summary 35:42 The 3 Steps To Snarks 41:40 Performance Unlocks 43:59 How close are we to all this? 51:54 How Secure is This? 57:34 Licensing this Tech 59:59 RiscZero Business Model? 1:03:53 What’s Next on The Roadmap? 1:06:15 Core Values of RiscZero 1:07:54 How Does Ethereum Look in 5 Years? ---------- Resources: The Sci-Fi roadmap to Ethereum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_NXxcGe7Ts  Brian: https://twitter.com/BrianRetford  Justin: https://twitter.com/drakefjustin  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Scaling Ethereum To The Next Level with zkEVM

On today’s episode we brought on repeat Bankless guests, Ben Jones, Co-Founder of Optimism and Creator of Base, Jesse Pollock.  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-superchain  ----- Base! Coinbase’s Layer 2 has almost hit 1 million users in 2 weeks. It has more transactions per second than Ethereum mainnet. Jesse digs into the magnitude of this development. Base chain was built on Optimism’s tech stack. This is just 1 chain of many thousands we’ll see over the coming years. How do we tie them all together? Ben dives into all things Superchain. The Superchain is how we bring 1 billion people onchain. ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap   ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:42 Base Launch Reflection  9:53 Optimism’s Reflection  11:35 Coinbase x Optimism Collaboration 17:14 OP Stack Incentives  23:43 Base’s Impressive Numbers  26:26 Explaining the Superchain   31:40 Why Join the Superchain?  33:55 The Law of Chains  45:26 The Coinbase Onchain Formula 51:15 Base Part of Optimism Governance  58:40 What About Other L2s?  1:04:56 Optimism Collective’s Fee  1:08:25 The Tech Behind the Superchain 1:13:34 Superchain Timeline  1:15:45 Fault Proofs 1:18:36 Risk Profile of Base     1:22:15 Optimism’s Governance Minimization  1:24:10 Wen Fault Proofs & Stages  1:30:00 How Many Clients Does Optimism Have?  1:33:36 Near Term Focus For Base 1:37:01 Near Term Focus For Optimism 1:38:27 Closing & Disclosures  ----- RESOURCES Jesse Pollock https://twitter.com/jessepollak  Ben Jones https://twitter.com/ben_chain  The Law of Chains https://gov.optimism.io/t/law-of-chains-v0-1-full-draft/6514  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

185 - The Superchain Explained with Jesse Pollak & Ben Jones

WRU 4th Week Of August ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap%E2%81%A0    ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 5:14 MARKETS 7:22 L2 Economics https://dune.com/niftytable/rollup-economics  https://twitter.com/0xbreadguy/status/1686040103989190656?s=46  14:39 Why Did We Dump? https://watcher.guru/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TOTAL_2023-08-18_09-54-05.png  16:50 Arthur Hayes Article https://cryptohayes.medium.com/kite-or-board-64bc45d49931  21:03 Mantle DAO staked 40K ETH https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1693578509413654990?s=20  24:12 Tornado Cash Case https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1702  https://www.coincenter.org/new-tornado-cash-indictments-seem-to-run-counter-to-fincen-guidance/  https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1694474067678822410?s=20  https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434785454698979?s=20  https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434807004991545?s=20  https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434795646808118?s=20  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1694423912321274148?s=20  https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694396049430118521?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694736128220483629?s=20  45:45 Coinbase Tornado Cash Lawsuits https://twitter.com/billhughesdc/status/1692256433818001792?s=46&t=LKBC7Qtm18FnZ380xCF2pA  https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1692260842585350334  51:43 Friend.tech continue shaking with CT https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344?s=20  https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973?s=20  https://twitter.com/moonoverlord/status/1693364919637344535?s=46  https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480?s=20  https://youtu.be/AVZlvnex4Gw?si=7m3COBp9iOe3HXqM  https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1694157222597521893?s=46  53:18 Is Binance in trouble? https://www.wsj.com/finance/binance-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-ddb948c3  https://twitter.com/Travis_Kling/status/1694042353797824764  58:19 Coinbase and Circle formally melding https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1693719963565969654?s=46&t=iahr7Lh5v08SSM_Ery-bGw  59:05 Dencun Devnet! https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1691927807230677133?s=20  1:01:08 EigenLayer Updates https://restaking.nethermind.io/  First Squad Block Proposed  https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1694511259020837036?s=46  Scroll Entering Beta https://twitter.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1692194581918745066?s=20  Farcaster news https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1691480693443108864?s=20  https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1694020862545109272?s=46  OP Stack Encrypted Mempool  https://twitter.com/project_shutter/status/1693986910795186647?s=20  Airdrops https://blog.connext.network/announcing-the-next-airdrop-be764b1c548  https://imgur.com/Je2IGRB  https://earni.fi/account  Starkware Stone https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1693991491713261809  Fire Wallet Released https://twitter.com/_joinfire/status/1691847167382618455?s=20  Balancer Hacked https://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1694014645378724280  NFT Stuff https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1693357671850688809?s=46  Bitcoin stuff https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-sentenced-prison-first-ever-digital-asset-insider  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/sec-said-to-be-poised-to-allow-us-debut-of-ether-futures-etfs-eth#xj4y7vzkg  https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1692314639235735836?s=20  https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1693989173106266413?s=20  Releases https://twitter.com/RiscZero/status/1694047369028059218  Takes of the Week https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1694705374941560893?s=20  What are you bullish on? https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1694357014086815757?s=20  MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1694446626591363150/photo/1  Moment of ZEN https://twitter.com/Permissionless/status/1693355946779812009?s=20  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

ROLLUP: Under Attack - Crypto, Freedom, & Privacy

Friend.tech has dominated the crypto landscape as of late and it’s now breaking out into multiple mainstream non-crypto audiences. Should we pat ourselves on the back? Or do we need to more carefully reflect on the consequences of this new financialized social application?  Ryan and David give their raw thoughts on these questions and much more.  ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 5:28 RSA’s survey  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344  6:15 Sassal’s take https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973  9:00 How friend.tech works 13:00 Is anyone using friend.tech? https://imgur.com/uLOTIYB  15:10 Non-crypto influencers using friend.tech https://imgur.com/iq0lwlS  https://www.bankless.com/can-friend-tech-go-mainstream  17:00 Anti-friend.tech takes https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693977201618653260  This is a glimpse of a brand new SocialFi stack! https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1691591282395619686  37:00 David’s friend.tech conclusion (as of today) 43:52 Market Maximization & Financialization   45:31 Net Good vs. Net Bad?  49:53 Meme of the episode 51:31 Sleeping Dragon 52:46 Closing & Disclosures  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Is friend.tech Good or Evil?

FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.bankless.com/the-last-crypto-cycle  Is crypto entering its last market cycle before its mature era begins? For today's take, David makes the case that crypto will always have a Wild West, yet there are signs all around us that the ecosystem is trending toward being more dependable and safer. In other words? Crypto's growing up! ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠  ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

David's Take: This is the Last Cycle

On the show today, we’re bringing Vance on to talk about S M E L L. Not an odor, but instead 5 different assets. The FAANG of Crypto? We walk through all 5 assets and talk about the merits of each, along with the other subjects running around the current crypto meta. Let Vance loop you into what he thinks is worth paying attention to. ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠  ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap%E2%81%A0   ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 06:37 Takes on Friend.Tech 13:02 Good Or Bad For Crypto? 17:40 The SocialFi Narrative 20:17 S.M.E.L.L 23:23 Synthetix 27:55 Maker 35:34 Ether 41:26 Lido 47:10 ChainLink 50:48 Can They Outpace ETH? 56:35 Where's Uniswap 59:22 Solana? 1:01:29 Closing and Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES Vance Spencer  https://twitter.com/pythianism  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Vance Spencer: The FAANG of DeFi (S.M.E.L.L)

David Marcus started a company that was acquired by PayPal, he then became President of PayPal (running the company), then he joined Facebook as VP of the Messenger app, and that’s when he started Facebook’s Libra project. Currently, he’s the CEO and Co-founder of Lightspark, a company that builds out Bitcoin Lightning tech. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-david-marcus  ----- From whitepaper to being summoned in front of Congress in 3 weeks…what really happened to Facebook’s stablecoin endeavors and what can we learn from it? This episode is a post-mortem of Facebook’s highly ambitious crypto project from 2019. They tried to build a stablecoin but the U.S. government stopped it.  Topics covered in today’s episode:  1) Facebook’s Libra project…why did it fail? Who tanked it? The U.S. gov? The banking lobby? Why can’t the West seem to innovate its banking systems? 2) Why SuperApps won’t work? 3) Why our David Marcus thinks the money layer of the internet will be built on crypto…but more specifically…on Bitcoin! ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:20 The Libra Project  9:10 Facebook’s Involvement  9:59 Super App Thesis 12:05 Getting Government Approval  14:39 Messaging & Payments Intersection  16:45 Releasing the White Paper  18:05 Libra’s Government Reaction   19:50 Summoned to Congress Experience 21:25 U.S. Crypto Competition  25:40 Government Money Power Structure  30:00 FedNow  42:40 Will Twitter/X Become a Super App? 48:18 Bear Case for Super App 51:42 Lightspark 54:35 Bitcoin vs. Stablecoins 58:15 Why Lightning Uses Bitcoin 1:06:25 Bitcoin vs. Ethereum 1:11:37 The Future in 5-10 Years  1:14:40 Closing & Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES David Marcus  https://twitter.com/davidmarcus   Lightspark https://twitter.com/Lightspark   ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

184 - Why Facebook’s Stablecoin Failed, with David Marcus

David speaks with Anthony from the Daily Gwei about the current crypto meta, price swings, and emerging narratives from around the Ethereum sphere. ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ ? SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠  ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠  ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠  ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- RESOURCES Anthony Sassano  https://twitter.com/sassal0x  Daily Gwei https://twitter.com/thedailygwei  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

David and Anthony Discuss the Crypto Meta

WRU 3rd Week Of August ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap   ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:46 MARKETS 4:52 L2 Beat Check https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  5:44 US GDP Aint Bad https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/atlanta-fed-model-lifts-us-third-quarter-gdp-view-58-2023-08-16/  8:38 Base Activity UP https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/base  13:51 Permissionless Party! https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1141000052253397112/1141127988935655485/BK_invite.jpg?width=1620&height=2096  18:00 Friend.Tech https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1690137625414569986?s=20  https://twitter.com/_ThePinkyToe/status/1691818070317081080?s=20  https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1689961952007561216  24:36 FriendMEX https://friendmex.com/  https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1691591282395619686?t=aB2QdT8F3LV0pNh1rZCCDA&s=19  31:31 SEC vs. Coinbase https://dailyhodl.com/2023/08/14/blockchain-association-supports-coinbase-in-amicus-brief-filing-says-sec-short-circuiting-legislative-process/  https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1690355411373772800  35:36 SBF In Jail https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590939/gov.uscourts.nysd.590939.200.0.pdf  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-existence-is-pretty-bleak-the-harsh-conditions-sam-bankman-fried-will-face-behind-bars-202511231.html  https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1691200324269228032  41:37 Fraud Proofs! Do they matter? https://twitter.com/MattFiebach/status/1691600391635427360?s=20  https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1690395159538634753?s=20  https://twitter.com/DCbuild3r/status/1691610447663735288?s=20  50:21 Gitcoin partnered with Shell https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1691092823872073728  https://imgur.com/ekdl7LP  https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1691488210315288576  54:56 CoW Swap releases TWAP orders https://twitter.com/CoWSwap/status/1692152855694803112?s=20  56:07 Visa testing onchain payments https://twitter.com/digitalmustafa/status/1689741716084215809?s=20  58:24 Argentina's Pro Crypto Candidate https://www.thestreet.com/cryptocurrency/argentina-pro-bitcoin-candidate-javier-milei  1:00:05 Donald Trump's Crypto Wallet https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1691875444809781337?s=20  1:01:59 3AC in trouble again https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1691791478815641859?s=20  1:03:38 Bankless Airdrop Hunter! https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  1:09:26 BitGo Raises https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/16/bitgo-raises-100m-after-scrapping-prime-trust-deal-bloomberg/  1:12:35 Questions from the Nation https://discord.com/channels/615592155481767941/1058053004705669211/1138917318899027988  1:17:54 Takes Of The Week https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1690106630610829312?s=46  1:20:10 What Are We Bullish On 1:25:21 Meme Of The Week https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1691961456491639022?s=20  1:26:40 Outro and Disclosures ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠   

ROLLUP: Friend.Tech | SBF to Jail | SEC vs Coinbase

Welcome to David's takes. A new format with David and RSA where we explore David's weekly articles in 30 minutes or less. This week, we’re diving into one gigantic metaphor. Ethereum as a reserviour of liquidity. So sit back, relax, and enjoy "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Riding an MEV Bot". Read David's article here: https://www.bankless.com/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-riding-an-mev-bot/  If you're looking for a more technical explanation check out our recent episode with Dan Robinson: https://youtu.be/h4gzZib0j48  ----- ? Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠  ?METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   ⁠ ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ ?UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap%E2%81%A0    ?STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:00 Why did David Write This? 6:17 A Reserviour of Liquidity 9:25 The Ships Metaphor 13:36 Offchain Signed Orders 17:17 Intents 22:07 Dutch Auctions 24:06 Impications Of This? 28:25 How This Impacts Bridges 30:30 What's Left To Unpack? 33:15 Closings And Disclaimers ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

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