Bankless15 Jan 2024

205 - The State Of Ethereum L2s

We're thrilled to be joined today by Paradigm CTO, Georgios Konstantopoulos and founder of Conduit, Andrew Huang who are on the show today to deliver a masterclass on the state of Ethereum Layer 2s, how they're going, and where they're headed.

There's nobody better to take us through this technical and very educational episode on the state of L2s.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Intro
00:05:59 L2 Vibes, How Are We Doing?
00:08:43 L2 Obstacles
00:11:47 Building Conduit
00:14:19 Strengths of L2
00:17:30 Few Rollups or Many Rollups?
00:21:29 Market Demands
00:24:47 The Evolution Of Superchains
00:30:47 Shared Sequencing
00:34:02 Universal Composability
00:35:57 Evolution and Benefits
00:38:35 Unionized vs Independant L2s
00:45:42 Benefits Of Staying in The Ecosystem
00:50:05 The Modular Conversation
00:52:02 Cheaper DA
00:56:13 RAAS Business Model
01:01:26 Scaling Out The Business Model
01:04:23 L2 Security
01:11:27 Modification
01:16:15 Dealing with Growth
01:17:56 What Comes Next
01:20:01 RETH

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RESOURCES

Andrew Huang
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Georgios Konstantopoulos
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