About this episode

The episode discusses whether Layer 2 solutions are helping or harming Ethereum's core functionality.

Layer 2 was supposed to scale Ethereum. But what if it fragmented it instead? I n this episode, we break down: • Why public chains are “expensive databases” • Why composability is Ethereum’s real value • Why stablecoins don’t need blockchains • Why L2 may be weakening Ethereum’s core Is scaling helping Ethereum — or hollowing it out? Explore The Defiant ✨

People in this episode

Host: The Defiant

Guest: Yuval Rooz

Topics covered

• Layer 2
• Ethereum
• scaling
• composability
• stablecoins
• blockchains

Keywords

• Layer 2
• Ethereum
• scaling
• composability
• stablecoins
• blockchains

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Digital Asset, Canton

Places: Ethereum

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