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Sudoswap Hype, Ethereum Censorship Risk & ETH PoW Debate | Roundup
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In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, Jason is joined by two of Blockworks' top research analysts, Dan Smith and Sam Martin, to discuss this week’s biggest stories.
Highlights include:
-- Is Sudoswap a zero to one moment for NFTs?
-- Is Ethereum's censorship resistance compromised?
-- Will anyone use ETH PoW post-merge?
Tune in to find out!
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Timecodes:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:32) Ethereum's censorship risk, 3 potential outcomes
(11:40) Will the ETH PoW chain have value?
(15:42) FlashBots is open sourcing their relayer software
(19:19) Crypto's reliance on centralized cloud providers
(21:24) Avalanche Ad
(22:52) Sudoswap, a zero to one moment for NFTs?
(33:17) OpenSea vs Sudo
(35:48) Should NFTs have creator royalty fees?
(39:12) Canto, a weird crypto experiment (NFA)
(47:26) Canada enforces new crypto regulation
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