Is the Beam Chain the endgame for Ethereum? At Devcon, Justin Drake presented what he called his most ambitious proposal to date! Beam Chain, a roadmap which fell very flat in public discourse. In this episode we fill the gaps of this reaction and we discuss the rise of Credible Competition to the three major components of Ethereum Roadmap. Execution, which competes with Solana, Data Availability which competes with Celestia and Consensus, which competes with Bitcoin. So what’s Ethereum’s strategy for winning this Three Front War against three legitimate competitors? Stay tuned! ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://go.iyield.com/bankless ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/105?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:29 Beam Chain Reactions 9:43 Is Ethereum Ossifying 18:07 Ethereum’s Three Front War 27:03 Bitcoin Utility Prospects 33:20 The Endgame for Crypto 48:55 Beam Chain 101 54:20 Beam Fork Aftermath 59:51 Pre-Confirmations 1:05:06 L1 Execution Layer 1:12:47 Rollup Design Space 1:26:20 Ethereum’s Midgame 1:32:37 Ethereum 3.0? 1:34:04 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin Beam Chain Announcement https://youtu.be/rGE_RDumZGg?t=7001 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing behavior. Meanwhile, Base and Farcaster hit record TPS and inflows as memecoin trading heats up. In Washington, Trump nominated pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. What does this mean for crypto policy? Plus, a surprising investor joins Trump’s World Liberty Financial raise—we’ll reveal who. And a major court victory for crypto privacy: judges ruled OFAC overstepped in the Tornado Cash case, declaring immutable smart contracts unsanctionable. Does this mean Tornado Cash is back? ------ 📣UNISWAP https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/104?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 7:12 Markets https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1859978611606102494 https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1859979524487909769 https://x.com/saylor/status/1861033309934862601 https://www.theblock.co/post/328025/microstrategy-4-per-cent-of-bitcoin-bernstein-price-target-600-usd https://x.com/Galois_Capital/status/1861299857975046261 https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518 https://imgur.com/pUSaAQ2 https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1860397442547790105 26:00 Pump.fun suspends livestream feature https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/pump-fun-s-streams-show-the-dark-side-of-memecoin-trading https://x.com/crypto_bitlord7/status/1860989408092258441 https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1860969504798302691 https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1861138234580869128 https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1861091091585409400 https://x.com/moo9000/status/1860980423716659462 34:15 Base And Farcaster AI Agent meta heating up https://x.com/phantom/status/1861108202022318470 https://x.com/qiqileyuan/status/1861650662590947411 https://x.com/cryptotesters/status/1861216310631506364 https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1861434379270308195 https://x.com/dwr/status/1861595910498631928 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861422824029647241 https://x.com/anoncast_ https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1860806662962954526 https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x5c38e09ce41560f3a469946c8e08bcf463f31469 https://anoncast.org/anonfun https://x.com/ChazSchmidt/status/1861539655620919497 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861041911542223294 https://warpcast.com/cherdougie/0x2c3ba9646bc37de213953294076b1250acf8635b https://x.com/search?q=%24blonde&src=cashtag_click https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1861683577722909062 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals https://app.virtuals.io/ 48:00 Bankless disclosures https://www.bankless.com/disclosures https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1861028893408317863 53:06 Big victory in Tornado Cash case as judge says OFAC exceeded authority https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342 https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1861565828270846048 https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861566807225532470 https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1861575644796330392 https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm 1:00:01 US court struck down SEC broker-dealer rule https://x.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1859657449856463077 https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1859678807600529892 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529294640959784 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1861430542668886408 1:05:53 Trump Media files a trademark for “TruthFi” https://x.com/JoshGerben/status/1859689670986408392 1:07:10 Tron became the largest investor into World Liberty Finance https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1861121947372773545 https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1861794875668136104 https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1861123142439313714 1:11:37 Bankless has its biggest Black Friday offer ever! https://www.bankless.com/join 1:13:04 Top signals? https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1861470493280206907 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1861053012573057285 1:17:15 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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AI ROLLUP: Base vs. Solana | Ai16z | GOAT | AIxbt | Virtuals & Zerebro
AI agents are reshaping the crypto landscape, from gaming to decentralized venture capital. This week, we explore groundbreaking developments in Crypto AI, including breaking news out of Ai16z’s meteoric rise (and fall?), GOAT, AIxbt, Virtuals, Zerebro, and Base vs. Solana. Ejaaz Ahamadeen joins us to break down the trends, drama, and future of autonomous agents in crypto. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/103?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 4:35 GOAT https://x.com/truth_terminal/status/1859749795855990817 21:07 Ai16z Drama https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1858807615914229936 https://x.com/ColinTCrypto/status/1859070457724428734 45:10 Project or Memecoins? 48:39 AIxbt https://x.com/aixbt_agent 50:40 Virtuals & Zerebro https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1858768880916672971 https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1858899700042395925 59:44 Framework Competition 1:01:26 Base vs. Solana 1:08:55 David/Ejaaz’s Focus Next? 1:12:12 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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A Short Story About Private Law | Peter Van Valkenburgh
The Director of Research at Coincenter, Peter Van Valkenburgh joins us for our final talk at the Bankless Summit with a story that hits close to home about privacy and surveillance. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/102?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 03:39 What Is This Talk About? 08:16 Lets Talk About Cars 12:46 The Stolen Bike 14:37 Surveillance 17:18 California 24:41 Supercharged Surveilance 27:48 What We Should Be Building ------ RESOURCES Peter - https://x.com/valkenburgh ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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Why ETH is Permissionless Money | Mike Neuder
Ethereum Foundation researcher Mike Neuder joins us at the Bankless Summit with a really bullish articulation of what ETH and Ethereum is in 2024. Mike Neuder explains why ETH is permissionless, why ETH is money and therefore why ETH is permissionless money. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/101?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:08 ETH is Permissionless 13:28 ETH is Money 28:42 The Full Picture 30:05 Questions ------ RESOURCES Mike Neuder https://x.com/mikeneuder Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X5YxaSbpjl1wUdi4HczfAN6aObumH82e ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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