Why DeFi matters on Ethereum
summary
Argument: Ethereum L1 offers 60 billion liquidity and a long track record of consensus uptime so high-value settlement and deep price discovery stay on mainnet, but L1 gas spikes historically price market makers out (Kyber in DeFi Summer) so high-frequency pricing and microtransactions move to L2s. Builders cite L2s for low fees and speed, Uni V4 hooks and WBTC/USDC on Ethereum expand onchain assets, Infinex aims to bring CEX UX noncustodially onchain, and most current L2 tokens feel cursed.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:21Introduction
- 2:47Why DeFi matters on Ethereum
- 8:03L2s in Ethereum DeFi
- 16:13Ethereum vs other blockchains
- 23:26Optimizing Ethereum L1
- 30:5910x DeFi on Ethereum
- 35:41Q&A
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