Episode notes
What if TPS is the wrong way to measure a blockchain's scale? Arbitrum began as a Princeton research project nicknamed the "Professor Coin," and today Robinhood runs its own chain on the Arbitrum stack. So why does market sentiment still lag behind what institutions are actually building? Steven Goldfeder is the co-founder and CEO of Offchain.
The conversation follows Arbitrum from its academic roots at Princeton to a platform that runs from Arbitrum One to custom chains like Robinhood Chain.
It covers the license that sends 10% of on-chain revenue from chains not settling on Arbitrum One to the Arbitrum DAO, why perps and DeFi took off on Arbitrum One, and why gas per second says more than TPS. It also covers Web2-style privacy for institutions, the gap between market sentiment and institutional adoption, and why US crypto laws need to be made durable.