Will Ethereum Keep Up? The Rollup Roadmap, Solana’s Growth, and Gensler’s Crypto Exit – The Chopping Block
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, we dive into Ethereum’s growing identity crisis as frustration mounts over the Ethereum Foundation’s leadership, vision, and sluggish innovation. Is Ethereum losing its edge while Solana, Base, and Tron take over? We also break down the Second Foundation drama, discuss Justin Sun’s wild L2 taxation proposal, and debate whether Ethereum needs a CTO-style overhaul to stay competitive. Plus, Vitalik Buterin’s unexpected embrace of the Milady NFT movement and what Gary Gensler’s exit from the SEC means for the future of crypto regulation.

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Hosts
⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly
⭐️Robert Leshner, CEO &Co-founder of Superstate
⭐️Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures
⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly

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Links
Hayden Adam’s Tweet:
https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1884134669265891433

Justin Sun’s EF Plan Tweet:
https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1881999625990836229

Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and Beyond by Vitalik Buterin:
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/01/23/l1l2future.html

Zen and the Art of Shifting Mindsets in Technology: Aya Miyaguchi interview in Wired Magazine:
https://wired.jp/article/the-next-innovators-4-aya-miyaguchi-en/

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:47 Ethereum Foundation's Civil War
05:53 The Bronze Age Mentality
07:32 Community Criticism and Governance
10:03 Vitalik's New Persona: Embracing Milady
14:33 Future of Ethereum and L2s
37:39 L1 vs L2: Do People Really Care?
42:12 Ethereum's Strategy and Colonialism Analogy
46:10 The Role of the Ethereum Foundation
58:34 Gary Gensler's Move to MIT and His Legacy

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