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ETH vs. SOL: A Professor's Take | Omid Malekan
Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and author of multiple books on crypto joins us. Omid shares his insights on the evolution of blockchain, the concept of digital scarcity, and the future of decentralized finance. Drawing from his experiences in both traditional finance, his teachings, and the crypto industry. Omid also discusses how blockchain offers a fundamentally new way to build trust and redefine property rights in the digital world and his best arguments for why ETH is better than SOL. ------ đŹ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-omid-malekan ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: đKRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  â đŚUNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap đŞMAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden đMANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle   đ¤0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G ------ ⨠Mint the episode on Zora ⨠https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/81?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:52 Omid Malekanâs Crypto Background 9:31 Transitioning from TradFi to Crypto 14:51 Explaining Blockchain to Crypto Newcomers 21:10 The Fear in Crypto Transactions 24:53 Blockchain as a New Financial Architecture 28:07 What New Crypto Users Get Wrong 32:06 Not All Blockchains Are Equal 39:25 Qualitative & Quantitative Block Space 41:49 Lessons from Traditional Finance 46:36 Modular Design in Blockchain Systems 1:01:30 Envisioning Crypto's Endgame 1:09:25 Ether's Value Proposition and Role 1:20:28 Opportunities for High-Quality Liquid Assets 1:23:38 Ether as the Money of the Internet 1:36:55 Settlement Assurances and the Future of Ether 1:44:07 Crypto Cycles and Future Gains 1:45:29 Own Podcast? 1:46:22 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Omid Malekan https://x.com/malekanoms Omid's Books https://www.amazon.com/Re-Architecting-Trust-History-Markets-Platforms/dp/1732027331 https://www.amazon.com/Story-Blockchain-Beginners-Technology-Understands/dp/1732027307 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures â  Â
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