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Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania, talks about legislation in the crypto industry, how to determine if something is a security, the future of CBDCs, and much more.
1inch
Crypto.com
Messari
Sen. ToomeyPrevious Coverage of Unchained on regulation:
SEC Views
Gary Gensler’s comments on PoS tokens
Sen. Toomey’s opinion
White House Reports
Stablecoins
Tornado Cash
Ian Balina charges
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In a heated debate, Eric Wall, crypto blogger and investor, and Justin Bons, founder and chief investment officer of Cyber Capital, discuss Bitcoin’s security model, whether there are fundamental flaws in its design, and which is the best consensus mechanism.
Show highlights:
Crypto.com
Ava Labs
a16z
Justin:
Eric:
Episode Links
Previous Coverage of Unchained:
Bitcoin’s Security, Blocksize and Culture
Surprisingly, Tail Emission Is Not Inflationary by Peter Todd
Justin’s thread that kicked off the debate
A (brief and incomplete) history of censorship in /r/Bitcoin
Theory On Bitcoin Governance; Three Stage Model by Justin Bons
Centralization:
Ethereum Post-Merge Centralization
Lido’s validators
BTC Centralization
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Justin Drake, researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, talks about the Merge, how this transition affects Bitcoin, where Ethereum’s road map is going, and more.
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1inch
Crypto.com
Messari
Justin
Previous Coverage of Unchained on the Merge:
The Merge:
ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:
Post Merge MEV:
ETH Proof of Work
Ethereum’s roadmap:
Haym on Ethereum’s roadmap
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Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Emin Gün Sirer, the emperor of Avalanche, also joined the conversation
Show topics:
Hosts
Guest
Episode Links
Ava Labs Accusations:
Tornado Cash
ETH Proof of Work and Miners:
The Merge:
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Kevin Zhou, co-founder of Galois Capital, and Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute, discuss how to trade the Ethereum Proof of Work fork, what the market is telling about the Merge, and whether the Merge affects Bitcoin.
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Crypto.com
Ava Labs
a16z
Kevin:
Evgeny:
Episode Links
Previous Coverage of Unchained on the Merge:
ETH Proof of Work:
ETH Trade
ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:
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Preston Van Loon, cofounder and Ethereum core developer at Prysmatic Labs, talks about the Merge, its impact on an environmental level, and why he is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Treasury Department over Tornado Cash.
Show highlights:
1inch
Crypto.com
Messari
Preston
Episode Links
Previous Coverage of Unchained on the Merge:
Lawsuit against the US Treasury:
The Merge:
ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:
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Arthur Hayes, cofounder of BitMex, discusses how he’s trading the Merge, the impact of macroeconomic policy in the markets, his career as a writer, and much more.
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Crypto.com
Ava Labs
a16z
Arthur:
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Previous Coverage on Unchained:
Arthur’s posts discussed during the show:
Macroeconomics:
ETH Trade:
ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:
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Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi and Tom Schmidt chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Jill Gunter, the empress of Espresso, also joined the conversation.
Show topics:
Hosts
Guest
Jill Gunter
Episode Links
Tornado Cash
Ava Labs Accusations:
Social Slashing and Censorship on ETH
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Miles Jennings, general counsel at a16z crypto, talks about its new “can’t be evil” NFT licenses and how they help to solve many problems within the NFT industry. Show highlights:
1inch: https://1inch.io/
Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021
Messari: https://mainnet.events/
Guest Miles
Twitter: https://twitter.com/milesjennings
“Can’t be evil” NFT licenses:
Previous coverage on Unchained:
IP issues around prominent NFT collections:
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Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021
Ava Labs: https://avax.network
a16z: https://link.chtbl.com/HObAJQDL?sid=unchained
Andrew
Twitter: https://twitter.com/propelforward
Martin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/koeppelmann
Previous Coverage of the Tornado Cash Sanctions on Unchained:
Social Slashing and Censorship on ETH
Axios summary of the situation: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/how-transactions-might-be-censored-after-ethereum-changes-next-month
BitMex research on how the sanctions affect Ethereum: https://blog.bitmex.com/ofac-sanctions-ethereum-pos-some-technical-nuances/
Ethermine banning transactions: https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1560690035955011585?s=20&t=59hWdhr8_O-hYA8uYnZJ8w
Nic Carter’s article: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/25/if-ethereum-starts-slashing-it-burns/
Eric Wall’s article on social slashing: https://ercwl.medium.com/the-case-for-social-slashing-59277ff4d9c7
CoinDesk article: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/08/23/as-censorship-on-ethereum-begins-could-this-open-sourced-code-help-counter-it/?outputType=amp
Hetzner banning Ethereum users: https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1563146729314467840?s=20&t=ubFhCQqrQyHKfflgMHEmJw
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