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On multiple occasions, Vitalik Buterin has applauded or highlighted experimentation in Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem. One example he’s specifically cited before? Fuel.
Fuel has its own bespoke FuelVM. Instead of the account-based architecture that most L2s have inherited from Ethereum, Fuel uses an unspent transaction output (UTXO) approach centered around assets and transactions. This style is unique in the L2 landscape today, allowing Fuel to execute transactions in parallel and scale horizontally. Simply put, it’s an advance that has widened the horizon of what’s possible atop Ethereum.
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Bankless Nation, in this episode, we are thrilled to host Omid Malekan, a professor at Columbia Business School who has been teaching crypto since 2019 and authored the insightful book Re-Architecting Trust.
Malekan is renowned for simplifying complex crypto topics, earning him the title of “Explainer in Chief” in the blockchain space.
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