What did the Arbitrum L2 just unlock with its BOLD release? What stage of L2 is Arbitrum in? What is next for decentralizing the Arbitrum stack? We brought on Ed Felten and Raul Jordan to help answer these questions and much more.  Ed Felten is a Co-Founder of OffChain Labs, the organization that created Arbiturm.  Raul Jordan is one of the Co-Founders of Prysmatic Labs, the Ethereum consensus client which not too long ago got acquired by Offchain Labs.  ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is coming soon! Become a Citizen for full access:  https://bankless.cc/HuntersGonnaHunt  ------ 📣 STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ 👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET https://polygon.technology/roadmap  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  ----- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:30 What is BOLD? 9:20 Are L2s Decentralized? 19:30 BOLD Timeline 23:40 What Does BOLD Solve? 27:15 How Does BOLD Work?  31:35 Why Use BOLD? 38:00 Shared Sequencing  42:30 Why Was BOLD Hard to Build? 48:50 Will BOLD Be Open-Source? 50:00 Are L2s Secure? 52:30 Staking $ARB 1:00:20 Arbitrum's New Tech  1:03:50 Ethereum's Overarching Roadmap 1:06:30 Closing & Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES BOLD, Permissionless Validation for Arbitrum Chains https://offchain.medium.com/bold-permissionless-validation-for-arbitrum-chains-9934eb5328cc  Ed Felten https://twitter.com/EdFelten  Raul Jordan https://twitter.com/rauljordaneth  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:  https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Bankless Weekly Rollup First Week of August, 2023 ------ 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless II in September. https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless  ------ 📣 STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET https://polygon.technology/roadmap  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:40 MARKETS 5:45 25m ETH Staked https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1686670146427813888  6:40 US Debt Crisis https://twitter.com/stackhodler/status/1686276924773982208  https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/01/fitch-downgrades-us-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa.html  https://twitter.com/LukeGromen/status/1686516760680214528  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-happening-economy-great-wealth-transfer-ray-dalio/  16:10 Tether T-Bills https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1685993811774738432  https://twitter.com/collins_belton/status/1686084175697211392?s=20  20:00 Curve Exploit https://twitter.com/CurveFinance/status/1685693202722848768  https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1685829565158162432  https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1685829579334938624?s=20  https://twitter.com/autismcapital/status/1686251750632853504  https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1686323974563909632?s=20  https://twitter.com/MilkRoadDaily/status/1686422244594012179?s=20  Learn More: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1686190496019017730?s=20  https://www.youtube.com/live/I1bVLQdUkMw  24:20 BASE Mainnet Launch https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1687087044579966976  https://twitter.com/MacnBTC/status/1685589663963078656?s=20  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2XvGTsXwAAm9SW  https://twitter.com/notEezzy/status/1685994199819190272?s=20  29:00 SBF Conspiracy Theory https://twitter.com/hype_eth/status/1686126115947941890  https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1686148330139639808  https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1686184372485976065?s=20  32:00 Passing Arbitrum  https://twitter.com/TheDeFinvestor/status/1685962819051675648  https://twitter.com/westiecapital/status/1686417439372812288  https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1686194472689000448  34:55 SEC Sues Richard Heart https://twitter.com/SECGov/status/1686042971190272000?s=20  https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-143  https://imgur.com/saLUKNd https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1686687165575520256?s=20  https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1686491323908452353?s=20  37:20 Uniswap Delisting HEX? https://coinmarketcap.com/headlines/news/uniswap-delists-hex-token/  45:00 3AC No Longer US Citizens https://www.theblock.co/post/242675/3ac-co-founder-says-us-court-can-no-longer-tell-him-what-to-do  46:30 Justice…? https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1687086457075236864?s=20  48:20 Richard Heart Documentary https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1686491323908452353?s=20  51:15 Binance vs DOJ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2023/us-prosecutors-worry-binance-charges-could-cause-run-on-exchange  https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1686757050464813056?s=20  https://twitter.com/NoelleInMadrid/status/1686808699904344082  54:24 Ethereum’s Birthday and Futures https://twitter.com/LefterisJP/status/1685577856502382592?s=20  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1685672504616968192?s=20  https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1686510111123030016  https://twitter.com/DegenSpartan/status/1686563092061462528  57:30 EIP1559 https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1686419775868620820  https://dune.com/arixon/mev-burn  59:10 MetaMask Staking MATIC https://twitter.com/metamask/status/1684263257450610697  1:00:55 EIP 6968 https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1683916090831937538  1:03:22 Celo Temp Check https://twitter.com/marek_/status/1685982906655662081?s=20  1:03:50 Worldcoin Contd https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1684939802083282944?s=46  https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1686318014034026496?s=46  1:06:50 Microstrategy BTC https://twitter.com/stackhodler/status/1686633880051200000  1:07:50 DCG Bankruptcy Agreement https://www.theblock.co/post/242350/dcg-says-its-close-to-reaching-agreement-on-genesis-chapter-11-appoints-new-cfo  1:10:00 Questions from the Nation 1:16:45 Important to Internalize https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1684981202275667968  1:19:45 Bull Market Starting https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1686671529768079360?s=20  1:20:00 What David’s Bullish On 1:25:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1686428210991419402  1:27:15 Vitalik’s Take 1:28:45 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/pseudotheos/status/1685743250127433728  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠