SotN#11 - BUILDING w/ Raul Jordan (Eth2 Testnet Broke? L2 will Save Us! Pro-o-o-tocol Sink!)

STATE OF THE NATION #11 - Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Watch on the Bankless YouTube Channel

The State of the Bankless Nation is....BUILDING!

The bankless boys discuss why.

-----

GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS:

⚔️ GODS UNCHAINED - TRADING CARD GAME - you own the cards - start a free account, play and trade!

🧙‍♀️ POLYMARKET - BET ON CRYPTO - bet your beliefs! - use it to bet on DeFi outcomes! 

🌈 AAVE - LEND & BORROW YOUR CRYPTO W/O A BANK - earn some interest!

💸 AMPLFORTH - MONETARY EXPERIMENT FOR BASE MONEY - learn about this experiment!

-----

TOPICS:

1) ETH2 TESTNET BROKE?

2) LAYER2 WILL SAVE US

3) PRO-O-O-O-O-TOCOL SINK

We show: 

1. Bankless Medalla Testnet Guide
2. Official docs for prysmatic labs client
3. Ethereum economic density article - Nic Carter 
4. Loopring DeFi Dad video on Bankless YouTube
5. OMG network taking Tether settlement
6. dYdX scaling with layer2 starkware
7. Near bridging to Ethereum
8. Binance staking DAI using Compound/DSR
9. Huobi launching Global DeFi Summit 

---
Episode Actions:

1. Catch SOTN LIVE on YouTube every Tuesday at 10am EST (2pm UTC)
2. Join AMA with Antonio of dYdX live at 2pm EST this Thursday
3. Subscribe to Bankless to get Medalla testnet guide then get involved

Also...subscribe to Bankless YouTube to watch State of the Nation every Tuesday!

-----

Don't stop at the show!

Subscribe to the Bankless newsletter program
http://bankless.substack.com/

Visit the official Bankless website for resources
http://banklesshq.com/

Follow Bankless on Twitter
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ

Follow Ryan on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ryansadams

Follow David on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState

-----

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 is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time we may add links in this channel to products we use. We may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. We'll always disclose when this is the case.