Ep. 1 - Setting the Stage

Alon and Kevin speak to Arthur Breitman, Co-Founder of Tezos! This is not only the first interview episode we've had for 'Let's Think Etherlink,' but it's also being published during the week of the 10th anniversary of the Tezos whitepaper's release. In this episode Why Tezos — Arthur lays out the philosophical and technical foundations of Tezos and explains why the world needs it, discussing Tezos' key differentiators, including and especially on-chain governance. Why Tezos Smart-Rollups — We further discuss the impetus for Etherlink and its role within the context of the overall Tezos ecosystem; Tezos smart-rollups (which enable Etherlink), and the overall Tezos X roadmap Why Tezos for EVM? — Etherlink's advantages over other EVM L2s are brought into focus; Arthur describes Etherlink's MEV cost protection, security, decentralization, and its capacity for future-proofing and continuous innovation Some Project Ideas — Arthur also mentions some of the types of projects he'd be interested to see builders and entrepreneurs bring to Etherlink and to the Tezos ecosystem in the future Follow us 'Let's Think Etherlink': ⁠@EtherlinkPod⁠ Alon Goren: ⁠@AlonGoren⁠ Kevin Mehrabi: ⁠@KMehrabi⁠ - Follow our guest, Arthur Breitman, at ⁠@ArthurB⁠ - Etherlink website: ⁠etherlink.com⁠ Tezos website: ⁠tezos.com⁠

Alon and Kevin discuss Kevin's trip to TezDev 2024 and the unveiling of the Tezos X roadmap, including the newly announced Jstz (pronounced: 'justice')—the next L2/smart-rollup coming to Tezos that will open the door to over 23 million JavaScript developers to build on Tezos. See Tezos X Roadmap: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUZ0fGrW4AAKlaL?format=png&name=4096x4096 (Apologies for the audio quality issues of this episode) Follow 'Let's Think Etherlink': x.com/EtherlinkPod Alon Goren: x.com/AlonGoren Kevin Mehrabi: x.com/KMehrabi

Alon and Kevin lay out their ideas and expectations for Season 1, including how they want the tenor of the podcast to be, and who should be invited as guests. Follow 'Let's Think Etherlink': x.com/EtherlinkPod Alon Goren: x.com/AlonGoren Kevin Mehrabi: x.com/KMehrabi

A new podcast about the revolutionary EVM Layer 2 called Etherlink, which resolves to Tezos L1 instead of Ethereum L1—(wait, wtf? are they serious?) Join Alon Goren of Draper Goren Blockchain and Kevin Mehrabi of StableTech (Tezos Stable Technologies) as they explore the exciting new world of Etherlink and the projects building on it! Follow 'Let's Think Etherlink': x.com/EtherlinkPod Alon Goren: x.com/AlonGoren Kevin Mehrabi: x.com/KMehrabi