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Future of Smart Contract Platforms Gün (Avalanche): A one-size-fits-all blockchain will get dominated by whoever can pay the highest fees (the DeFi folks) They will crowd out everyone else
The L1 Wars: SOL, AVAX, NEAR | 15 Jan 2022
Agosti: If there are several chains with comparable market share (# of users, # of transactions), and these chains serve similar types of applications, then I believe that a multi-chain wallet is a better experience. If there is a significant difference between how the chains work, or the user-base of the chains, or the use-cases those chains provi... See more
Mario Gabriele • MetaMask: The Hero Crypto Deserves
Blockchains are the Lego of crypto-finance and crypto-governance: they are a very effective tool for implementing transparent in-protocol rules to govern common resources, assets and incentives.
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
However, L1 settlement alone is an incomplete picture of what the rollup-centric roadmap aims to accomplish. Ethereum also serves as an affordable settlement and DA layer for rollups. I see rollups (and their corresponding rollup platform à la Optimism Superchain and Arbitrum Orbit) as independent fiefdoms. Each platform will compete to give users ... See more
HackMD: Your Collaborative Markdown Workspace for Knowledge Sharing
While Blockstack is a low-entropy carrier of identity, naming, routing discovery, and property rights, Ethereum is a high-entropy platform for Internet money-making, fundraising, and ingenious programming.