94 - The Swiss Army Knife of Scaling | Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal & Mihailo Bjelic

<p>Polygon is the Swiss Army Knife of Scaling. With a suite of scaling products, Polygon is pushing in many directions to scale out the Ethereum ecosystem.</p> <p>On the heels of the 'Abandoning Ethereum' twitter drama, Sandeep and Mihailo from Polygon come on the podcast to discuss how Ethereum is, in fact, not abandoning its users.</p> <p>A ton has happened in the world of Polygon in the six months since they were last on the show, including a partnership with DraftKings and massive leaps into the Metaverse.</p> <p>✨ EPISODE DEBRIEF ✨<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-swiss-army">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-swiss-army</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 OPOLIS | YOUR CRYPTO CAREER<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Opolis">https://bankless.cc/Opolis</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🧙‍♀️ ALCHEMIX | SELF-PAYING LOANS<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/Alchemix">http://bankless.cc/Alchemix</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Sandeep & Mihalo Return<br /> 8:20 Not Abandoning Ethereum<br /> 15:27 Adoption of Ethereum<br /> 24:06 On Maximalism<br /> 29:52 A Portfolio of Chains<br /> 37:47 The Mission<br /> 44:50 Tokens & Unifying Forces<br /> 49:42 Is Polygon an ETH Killer?<br /> 54:33 Polygon vs Alt Layer 1’s<br /> 1:04:40 Checkpointing to Ethereum<br /> 1:08:53 Bridges & Sidechains<br /> 1:18:00 Facts & Tribalism<br /