Challenging the Notion of Ethereum as Ultrasound Money

In today's episode, Jon unpacks his relatively controversially titled new piece, "ETH Is Not Ultrasound Money: Part 1"

Is ETH doomed? Was Ultrasound money a myth? Tune in to hear Jon's arguments. 

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 5:06 Jon's Argument 11:30 Triple Point Asset Thesis 17:52 ETH 18:53 The Disagreement 22:10 Semantics  26:40 Profit  30:00 PoW vs. PoS 33:15 Does Issuance Matter? & L1s & L2s 37:57 Blockchain Sustainability  42:00 Deflation vs. Inflation Value 47:50 How is Jon's Argument Bullish? 51:35 Alt L1s Issuance 59:20 Jon's Model Spreadsheet 1:17:53 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Jon Charbonneau https://twitter.com/jon_charb 

Jon's Essay https://joncharbonneau.substack.com/p/eth-is-not-ultrasound-money-part 

Jon's Model Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UlxKC98STwN-AoonytC-qOscZ_99fAMpMvB6EfGGe9E/edit#gid=0 

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