Endgame for Fantom: AMA with the Fantom Team

Sonic upgrade, modular vs monolithic blockchains, GameFi and more!

I lied. I said that my AMA with BNB Chain was my last AMA on the role of L1s in the era of L2s.

Yet here we are with the Fantom team, exploring the topic from their perspective. But in this AMA we also discuss the fundamental question of scaling blockchains via monolithic vs modular designs.

Other questions discussed are:

• Did Ethereum win the L1 games?

• What’s so special about Fantom’s Sonic upgrade?

• What’s the plan to rebuild the TVL and bring more users?

By the way, previously I had insightful discussions with Sanket from Polygon, Luigi from Avalanche, Michelle from Solana, Kendall from Near, and Alex from zkSync and BNB Chain Core team. All discussions can be accessed in my “Insider AMAs” section on this blog.

Fantom respondents include:

• Michael Kong (@michaelfkong) - CEO

• Nick S.R. (@Nick_SR5) - Head of Socials/Growth

• Sam Harcourt (@sjharcourt) - Head of BD

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