In this episode of Empire, Santi is joined by Steven Goldfeder and Raul Jordan to discuss the Prsymatic Labs acquisition and the future of Arbitrum. We cover Arbitrum's approach to state growth, AnyTrust chains, developer usability, ZK tech and more. And trust me, Steven's take on enterprises leveraging crypto is worth staying until the end!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(03:57) Arbitrum Acquires Prysmatic Labs
(09:04) Monetizing Open Source & Building For Ethereum
(17:29) State Growth, ZK Tech And L2 Innovations
(31:14) Are L2s Ready For Prime Time?
(35:51) Circle Ad
(37:33) Arbitrum AnyTrust Chains
(42:40) User & Developer Acquisition
(46:31) What Changed After The Merge?
(49:31) Reddit Points & Enterprise Interest
(1:00:11) L1 Censorship Risk
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Resources
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