Unchained

The Chopping Block: 'Code Is Law' Is 'Obviously Not How Anything Works Ever' - Ep. 411

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Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. 

Show topics:


  • Everyone’s impression of Laura’s interview with Do Kwon
  • The importance to differentiate failure and fraud
  • The Mango Markets hack and whether code is law
  • What happened with the BNB hack and the concerns it raised about decentralization
  • Magic Eden’s decision to enable optional royalties and the debate about NFT royalties
  • How creators are going to find a way around the royalties, according to Robert
  • Whether NFTs should be treated as securities



    • Hosts
    • Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital
    • Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
    • Robert Leshner, founder of Compound 
    • Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital



      Episode Links


      Laura’s interview with Do Kwon:

      Do Kwon of Terra: ‘It Was Never Really About Money or Fame or Success’


      Hacks
      • Mango Markets
      • Mango Markets $42M Reimbursement Proposal Passes
      • Mango Markets Exploiter Returns $67M After Revealing His Identity
      • Mango Markets Hacker Proposes Keeping $70M ‘Bad Debt’ As Bounty
      • Solana’s Mango Markets Sees $100M Drained in DeFi Exploit


        • BNB
        • BNB Smart Chain Plans Hard Fork In Response to $100M Exploit
        • Binance Chain Was Halted Amid Hack Rumors


          • NFT Royalties
          • Magic Eden
          • Magic Eden Moves to Optional Royalties and Heats Up the Debate
          • TCB Debate
          • Tom’s tweet: “turns out people don’t want to pay royalties”
          • Robert’s request for a startup
          • Previous episodes of The Chopping Block debating NFT Royalties:
          • The Chopping Block: Was This Gary Gensler’s Most Liked Tweet?
          • The Chopping Block: Did OFAC Overstep by Sanctioning Tornado Cash?


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