About this episode

The episode discusses Arbitrum's response to a hack, the implications for decentralization, and broader topics in crypto including Ethereum's history and Bitcoin's future risks.

Cap and Outer spent the first half of the show on Arbitrum’s response to the KelpDAO exploit, debating whether emergency controls make L2s more practical for real capital or weaken the decentralization they claim to offer. That security thread widened into Ethereum’s hard fork history, Bitcoin’s future under quantum risk and the broader question of whether crypto will need more circuit breakers as bigger money moves onchain. In the back half, the conversation returned to BAYC from a different...

People in this episode

Host: Cap

Guest: Outer

Topics covered

• Arbitrum response
• KelpDAO exploit
• Ethereum hard fork history
• Bitcoin quantum risk
• crypto circuit breakers
• BAYC OTC desk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arbitrum, KelpDAO, Ethereum, Bitcoin, BAYC

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