The Chopping Block: Is Ether the Only ‘Organic Yield’ in Crypto? - Ep. 477

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, they are joined by Laura Shin, author, journalist, and host of Unchained, to discuss the drama around the Arbitrum governance’s proposal, the MEV attack on Ethereum, the Shanghai upgrade… and much more! Show highlights: what the intentions behind Arbitrum Foundation's ratification poll were why Tarun says that it was suggested by a crypto lawyer what will happen to Ethereum staking after the Shanghai upgrade how ETH provides 'organic yield,' according to Tarun whether staking makes ETH a security how a validator on Ethereum got slashed after a $25 million MEV attack the drawbacks of how Proof of Stake requires a locked stake, while Proof of Work allows joining and leaving freely whether Tarun should cut his hair (yes, this was actually discussed) Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Guest Laura Shin, author, and host of Unchained Disclosures Links Arbitrum DAO Unchained: Arbitrum Backtracks on AIP-1 After Community Backlash MEV attack Unchained: Rogue Ethereum Validator Slashed After $25 Million MEV Bot Attack Euler hack Unchained: Euler Hacker Returns All $200 Million Stolen in Exploit Shanghai: Unchained: A Guide to Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Single Secret Leader Election Gauntlet’s View on the Shanghai Upgrade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Not a dividend, it's a tale of two puns.
0:02.4	Now, your losses are on someone else's balance.
0:05.2	Generally speaking, air drops are kind of pointless anyways.
0:08.0	I manage trading firms who are very involved.
0:10.6	I like that eat those the ultimate problems.
0:12.8	DeFi protocols are the antidote to this problem.
0:16.8	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the chopping block.
0:18.6	Every couple of weeks, the four of us get together
0:20.2	and give the industry insiders effective
0:21.8	on the crypto topics of the day.
0:23.7	So quick and chose.
0:24.5	First, we've got Tom, the DeFi Maven and Master of Memes.
0:27.2	Next, we've got Turun, the Gigabrain,
0:28.8	and Grand Puba at Conlin.
0:30.7	Then we've got Laura, the CEO of the show.
0:33.1	And then you've got myself.
0:34.1	I've received a head height man, a dragonfly.
0:36.5	We are early stage investors in crypto,
0:37.7	but I want to caveat that nothing we say here
0:39.4	is investment advice, legal advice, or even life advice.
0:42.4	Please see chopping block that XYZ for more disclosures.
0:45.8	Been for once a relatively calm week in crypto.
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