The State of Ethereum Optimism

In this video, Ryan Adams and David Hoffman, hosts of the Bankless Podcast, interview Ben Jones and Karl Floersch from Optimism as they give updates on Ethereum's Optimistic Rollups, where do they stand now and where they can lead Ethereum in the future.

Episode timestamps:

0:00 Intro
7:00 Ben Jones & Karl Floersch
9:10 Is Ethereum Scaling?
10:03 The History of Optimism
16:20 A Scaled Ethereum Chain
19:26 A Mental Model & Theme Parks
27:24 Governors & Contracts
29:29 Infrastructure & Use Cases
37:07 The Optimistic EVM
41:32 How Much Scale is There?
49:04 Latency & Liquidity
58:59 Layer 2 to Layer 2
1:06:29 Understanding Tradeoffs
1:09:18 MEV & Sequencing
1:19:17 Power & Responsibility
1:27:08 Saving Humanity
1:29:48 Fire Round Questions
1:34:54 Closing & Disclaimers

The episode premiered on August 11, 2021.