Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Kyle Samani, managing partner at Multicoin Capital, debate the merits of Ethereum, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain. In this episode, they discuss:
- why Ethereum is losing market share to Solana and BSC
- whether decentralization matters and at what point decentralization becomes redundant
- why they think Solana and Binance Smart Chain need to be taken seriously as competitors to EThereum
- whether BSC or Solana is the bigger long-term threat to Ethereum
- the biggest obstacle to Ethereum’s success (and it’s not gas fees)
- how Ethereum will navigate fragmented Layer 2 solutions
- Solana and its lack of developers
- what differentiates DeFi from CeFi
- why Solana has an edge on Ethereum in terms of composability
- how Ethereum will onboard new users
- why Kain is such an ardent backer of Ethereum
- why both Kyle and Kain think EIP 1559 and the potential for higher ETH prices is bad for Ethereum
- if Synthetix would ever consider launching a cross-chain product
- the viability of a multi-chain world
- why Kyle believes the future holds a winner-take-most blockchain ecosystem
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Episode Links
People
Kyle Samani
Kain Warwick
Content
Kain’s tweet that instigated this pod:
Multicoin Blogs:
- New $100m fund focused on Solana
- BNB Investment + valuation
- Investment in Solana
- Ethereum analysis
- Value Capture at Layers 1 and 2
Kain Warwick and Sam Bankman Fried podcast
Comparing AMMs on different blockchains
BSC and Solana NFT platforms
Overview of Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum
Binance Smart Chain guide
Solana guide
https://thedefiant.io/solana-defi-ecosystem-overview/
Source: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-solana-and-binance-smart-chain-could-take-ethereums-lead/
