Coinbase - Layer One, Layer Two, Layer Three?

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Do you acknowledge the existence of layer three? Do you think of Coinbase as, so there's these ideas of layer one, layer two, layer three technologies? Yeah. So, yeah, I wouldn't consider us to be like a layer one. These are the decentralized protocols that we're integrating, but we areCoinbase itself is not those. Yes.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:19) – Programming
(14:17) – Coinbase
(45:05) – Startup advice
(1:02:56) – Economic freedom
(1:12:06) – Coinbase technology
(1:23:33) – Listing on Coinbase
(1:32:47) – Regulations
(1:47:25) – Crypto dominance
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(2:10:39) – ResearchHub
(2:20:17) – NewLimit
(2:24:44) – Advice for young people
(2:28:55) – Meaning of life