Welcome back to Bankless Takes! On the show today we walk through David’s recent article on the unified architecture theory for Ethereum.  Where does Ethereum stand in a world of many chains? How does ethereum compare to Bitcoin, Solana, Celestia, and many others are fighting for users in the space. The comparisons and top competitors might surprise you. ------ ?SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ?KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  ?CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ? SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://bankless.cc/SafeCon  ? CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  ?MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ?️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 02:08 Reason For This Article 06:32 Bitcoin Block Size Wars 17:51 Modern Day Big vs Small Blockers 22:06 Sophisticated Vs Primitive Blocks 33:19 Functionality Escape Velocity 37:17 The Root Of Trust 45:57 Cosmos, The Lost Tribe 56:02 Sovereignty Escape Velocity ------ RESOURCES Davids Article: https://www.bankless.com/the-unified-architecture-of-ethereum  Vitalik Article: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/12/26/mvb.html?ref=bankless.ghost.io  Ryans Tweet: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778865602121060863  L2 Beat: https://l2beat.com/scaling/risk  Cosmos Tweet: https://twitter.com/hxrts/status/1774504453682405467  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠