LinksAaron Lammer TwitterExit ScamAllison Reichel TwitterTaylor Monahan TwitterMycryptoShow PartnerThis episode is presented by Blockfolio. Trade on an awesome mobile interface fee-free, and still get all the great portfolio tracking features you know and love: https://uponly.tv/blockfolioShow NotesLedger & Allison Reichel <> Aaron Lammer <> Taylor MonahanLedgerOnlyTV notesExit Scam Podcast Story⁃ Quadriga (large Canadian exchange) had a decent reputation⁃ The Quadriga wallets did not lead to any cold storage – it was a ponzi scheme ⁃ Founder Gerald Cotten goes to India and dies, holding $280M in users funds locked on his laptop⁃ Going to have to listen to Exit Scam Podcast to hear the restCrypto Market⁃ It is easy to make it in crypto by not doing anything… so it’s really hard to get people to work when you don’t have to do anythingMyCrypto⁃ Using an ETH wallet as a Web3 login was a wow moment⁃ In 2015 Taylor imagined everyone would use a smart contract wallet⁃ Smart contracts require a certain confidence level – Taylor thinks the billions of dollars running through them daily might be getting ahead of ourselvesTechnical Question: CEXs⁃ When you see “5 ETH in wallet” there’s no wallet with your ether in it lol⁃ CEXs have a huge mush pot of everyone’s coins ⁃ Why can’t CEXs actually just give everyone a wallet? ETH wallets are free⁃ Kraken used to have an audit feature to checkAaron Background⁃ 2017 newb —> 2021 farming expert⁃ “It’s all just plagiarized from my chats”⁃ “not a videogame person but am bullish the metaverse”Allison Background⁃ Goes to an Austrian economics school (although not an Austrian economist herself) ⁃ Writes a newsletter “Inflated Expectations”“The only way to guarantee good content is to send them to UpOnlyTV” factsIs Gerald Cotten Dead?⁃ Taylor: “idkidkidk….dead”⁃ Allison: “alive”⁃ Ledge: “alive but wife is innocent”EIP-1559 Bear Case⁃ with DeFi miners can choose which order transactions are in⁃ “ultrasound money, deflationary, number go up” feels like too much hype⁃ devs getting over-optimized where users don’t need itInflation/ Deflation⁃ Narrative is always inflation is so bad⁃ Hyperinflation is a symptom of bigger problems ⁃ Crypto is almost cheering for inflation… you gotta understand:⁃ With revolutions and regime changes comes mass destruction + global financial ruin⁃ Inflation of ~2% makes people put their money to work and can sometimes be good…fackChances of Going to 0?⁃ Bitcoin: 0.0000% ⁃ Ethereum: 0.0% ⁃ All others: non-0 chanceNotes by @cmsinternMusic by GiovanniPickle