Jon Charbonneau, Bread, and Andy8052 join David to break down Ethereum’s bold pivot back to Layer 1 and what it means for the future of crypto.

They also dive into the implications of scaling the L1 over rollups, the looming death of longtail L2s, and the shifting meta around value accrual, memecoins, and onchain activity. The crew also debates ETH’s monetary identity, HyperLiquid’s EVM ambitions, and whether Ethereum can reassert itself as crypto’s dominant tech and cultural platform.

Jon Charbonneau: https://x.com/jon_charb
Bread: https://x.com/0xBreadguy
Andy8052: https://x.com/andy8052

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

1:58 Ethereum Pivot Has a Tagline
https://x.com/hosseeb/status/1917052715911549399
https://x.com/0xngmi/status/1916910787936797005

18:49 Ethereum Value Accrual

30:29 Fun Chain Premium

34:00 Memecoin Meta These Days

50:17 HyperLiquid EVM

58:01 1 Gorilla vs 100 Men
https://x.com/search?q=1%20Gorilla%20v%20100%20Men&src=typed_query

1:04:07 Closing & Disclaimers

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