Austin Marrazza on X: "robinhood is joining arbitrum as base is abandoning the superchain as a former arbitrum employee who has been critical in the past, let me just say: the pendulum is swinging back a trip down memory lane arbitrum was dominating optimism in 2021. OP whitelisted developers while" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Grok Quote Austin Marrazza @realitywarp · Jun 30 robinhood is joining arbitrum as base is abandoning the superchain as a former arbitrum employee who has been critical in the past, let me just say: the pendulum is swinging back a trip down memory lane arbitrum was dominating optimism in 2021. OP whitelisted developers while The post highlights a shift in blockchain dominance, noting Arbitrum's resurgence with Robinhood's appchain integration, contrasting with Base's departure from the Superchain, a network of interoperable Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) solutions, driven by its success and self-interest in avoiding native interoperability. Historical context reveals Arbitrum's early lead in 2021 with open developer access and DeFi adoption (e.g., GMX, Dopex), losing ground in 2023 when Coinbase's Base leveraged the Superchain to monopolize developer attention, a trend supported by data showing Base handling over 70% of S

Austin Marrazza @realitywarp robinhood is joining arbitrum as base is abandoning the superchain as a former arbitrum employee who has been critical in the past, let me just say: the pendulum is swinging back a trip down memory lane arbitrum was dominating optimism in 2021. OP whitelisted developers while arbitrum was open to everyone, and arb quickly became the home of defi with gmx, dopex, and others then in 2023, coinbase chose the superchain base became so successful that they monopolized developer attention, including from optimism. OP mainnet became a complete ghostchain, forcing them to

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