Amir Forouzani is the CoFounder and CEO at Puffer Labs.

In this episode, we unpack why Ethereum builders according to Amir, remain heads-down focused on building, how based rollups like Puffer UniFi could unlock a simpler UX across all rollups on Ethereum, and what’s coming this year to boost Ethereum/ETH’s fundamentals.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:35 - What are Ethereum’s strengths according to builders?
8:25 - Why should investors be excited about ETH the asset?
11:17 - How Puffer products fit into Ethereum’s roadmap
13:52 - Major improvements to Ethereum’s UX about to be realized
16:58 - What it means when we say “based rollup”
20:01 - How will we gain access to apps via based rollups?
22:42 - Sponsor break
23:20 - What would a naysayer say about based rollups?
25:36 - Anticipated advantages for based rollups users
29:14 - Overview of L1 scaling, Pectra upgrade and blob space
34:06 - Sponsor break
35:04 - vePUFFER governance and onchain incentives with CARROT
40:25 - What keeps Ethereum builders bullish despite CT?
42:15 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Puffer website: https://puffer.fi/
► Puffer UniFi website: https://unifi.puffer.fi/
► vePuffer staking: https://vote.puffer.fi/
► Puffer on X: https://x.com/puffer_finance
► Puffer UniFi on X: https://x.com/puffer_unifi
► Amir on X: https://x.com/amironchain

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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad is an investor in Puffer Finance and both DeFi Dad and Nomatic hold ETH. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.