Do We Still Need L2s Now That Ethereum Has Scaled? - Uneasy Money

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Austin Griffith and Karl Floersch join the crew to debate the value proposition of L2s as Vitalik Buterin says the scaling vision no longer makes sense. 🔥 EPISODE LINK 🔥 👉 https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast-uneasy-money/uneasy-money-how-the-increasingly-better-ai-agents-are-being-used-onchain/ 👈 =============================================================== Thank you to our sponsors! Fuse: The Energy Network - http://fuseenergy.com/energy-network MultiChain Advisors - http://multichainadv.com =============================================================== Vitalik Buterin just dropped a bombshell: the L2 vision no longer makes sense. Meanwhile, AI coding agents are going parabolic. In this monster episode of Uneasy Money, Ethereum Foundation Head of Developer Growth Austin Griffith and Optimism co-founder Karl Floersch join hosts Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan to unpack the reasoning behind Vitalik's remarks and debate whether Ethereum needs L2s to pull institutions. They also take a deep dive into the OpenClaw and Moltbook craze and Austin shares how he has different agents running on different machines, including one that texts his wife good morning everyday. Is “AI the new UI?” Hosts: ⭐️ Kain Warwick, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix ⭐️ Taylor Monahan, Security Expert at MetaMask Guests: ⭐️ Austin Griffith, AI Lead at Ethereum Foundation ⭐️ Karl Floersh, CTO of OP Labs Timestamps: 🚀 1:05 Introduction 😬 3:28 Why Vitalik is rethinking the purpose of L2s 🤔 18:38 Are L2s needed for Ethereum to become the primary blockchain for institutions ❕️ 32:11 Why Karl says Ethereum should abstract all the chains 💥 38:35 How OpenClaw is making AI agents more accessible 🤔 43:51 Why are AI agents choosing Coinbase's Base? 👀 55:26 Is “AI the new UI?” 👀 1:05:59 Why Austin says AI agents need their own passkeys ⁉️ 1:09:06 What is the best form factor for AI Agents? 🤯 1:15:15 How Austin used an AI agent to run a pfp prediction app 👀 1:20:56 Kyle Samani stepping away from crypto? =============================================================== Subscribe to our channel! CHECK OUT THE CRYPTOPIANS → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzunCFXrv4 WEBSITE → https://unchainedcrypto.com UNCHAINED DAILY NEWSLETTER → https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ LAURA'S TWITTER → https://x.com/laurashin UNCHAINED TWITTER → https://x.com/unchained_pod FACEBOOK → https://www.facebook.com/unchainedwithlaurashin INSTAGRAM → https://www.instagram.com/laurashin/?hl=en LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurashin/ MERCHANDISE → https://unchainedpodcast.company.site/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW EPISODES: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unchained/id1123922160 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 YOUR NO-HYPE RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS CRYPTO!