Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Kyle Samani, managing partner at Multicoin Capital, debate the merits of Ethereum, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain. In this episode, they discuss: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Ethereum is losing market share to Solana and BSC</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether decentralization matters and at what point decentralization becomes redundant</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why they think Solana and Binance Smart Chain need to be taken seriously as competitors to EThereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether BSC or Solana is the bigger long-term threat to Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the biggest obstacle to Ethereum’s success (and it’s not gas fees)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Ethereum will navigate fragmented Layer 2 solutions</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Solana and its lack of developers</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what differentiates DeFi from CeFi</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Solana has an edge on Ethereum in terms of composability </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Ethereum will onboard new users</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Kain is such an ardent backer of Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why both Kyle and Kain think EIP 1559 and the potential for higher ETH prices is bad for Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">if Synthetix would ever consider launching a cross-chain product</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the viability of a multi-chain world</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Kyle believes the future holds a winner-take-most blockchain ecosystem</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsors! E&Y: <a href= "https://ey.com/globalblockchainsummit">https://ey.com/globalblockchainsummit</a>  <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2">https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2</a>  Kyber Network: <a href= "http://dmm.exchange/">Dmm.exchange</a>    Episode Links   People Kyle Samani <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/KyleSamani">https://twitter.com/KyleSamani</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Multicoin Capital: <a href= "https://multicoin.capital/">https://multicoin.capital/</a> </li> </ul> Kain Warwick <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter:  <a href= "https://twitter.com/kaiynne">https://twitter.com/kaiynne</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Synthetix: <a href= "https://synthetix.io/">https://synthetix.io/</a> </li> </ul>   Content Kain’s tweet that instigated this pod: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1387266949302734852"> https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1387266949302734852</a></li> </ul> Multicoin Blogs: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">New $100m fund focused on Solana</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2021/05/04/announcing-venture-fund-ii/"> https://multicoin.capital/2021/05/04/announcing-venture-fund-ii/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">BNB Investment + valuation</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2019/02/19/binance-coin-analysis-and-valuation/"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/02/19/binance-coin-analysis-and-valuation/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Investment in Solana</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2019/07/30/the-world-computer-should-be-logically-centralized/"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/07/30/the-world-computer-should-be-logically-centralized/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ethereum analysis</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2019/05/24/the-unbundling-of-ethereum/"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/05/24/the-unbundling-of-ethereum/</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Value Capture at Layers 1 and 2</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://multicoin.capital/2019/03/14/on-value-capture-at-layers-1-and-2/"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/03/14/on-value-capture-at-layers-1-and-2/</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Kain Warwick and Sam Bankman Fried podcast <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.cryptonotes.org/2020/10/sbf-kain-blockcrunch-117/"> https://www.cryptonotes.org/2020/10/sbf-kain-blockcrunch-117/</a> </li> </ul> Comparing AMMs on different blockchains <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/pancakeswap-uniswap-sushiswap-crypto-defi-exchange"> https://www.coindesk.com/pancakeswap-uniswap-sushiswap-crypto-defi-exchange</a> </li> </ul> BSC and Solana NFT platforms <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/102959/binance-is-launching-its-own-nft-marketplace-in-june"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/102959/binance-is-launching-its-own-nft-marketplace-in-june</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/banksy-burners-raise-3m-to-build-nft-platform-on-solana"> https://www.coindesk.com/banksy-burners-raise-3m-to-build-nft-platform-on-solana</a> </li> </ul> Overview of Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/scaling/layer-2-rollups/#:~:text=Layer%202%20is%20a%20collective,decentralized%20security%20model%20of%20mainnet"> https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/scaling/layer-2-rollups/</a></li> </ul> Binance Smart Chain guide <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://defiprime.com/binance-smart-chain">https://defiprime.com/binance-smart-chain</a></li> </ul> Solana guide <a href= "https://thedefiant.io/solana-defi-ecosystem-overview/"> https://thedefiant.io/solana-defi-ecosystem-overview/</a>

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How Solana and Binance Smart Chain Could Take Ethereum's Lead - Ep.240

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