# Great stuff I Read this week...

By [chandan](https://paragraph.com/@iamchandan) · 2024-07-15

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Great stuff I read this week…

[https://collective.flashbots.net/t/it-s-time-to-talk-about-l2-mev/3593](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/it-s-time-to-talk-about-l2-mev/3593)

[https://x.com/defi\_monk/status/1809236196209344828](https://x.com/defi_monk/status/1809236196209344828)

[https://x.com/poopmandefi/status/1809848914738344360](https://x.com/poopmandefi/status/1809848914738344360)

[https://x.com/paramonoww/status/1811083786773483628](https://x.com/paramonoww/status/1811083786773483628)

Allowing anyone to bet any size on anything will become a reality.

[https://mirror.xyz/1kx.eth/jnQhA56Kx9p3RODKiGzqzHGGEODpbskivUUNdd7hwh0](https://mirror.xyz/1kx.eth/jnQhA56Kx9p3RODKiGzqzHGGEODpbskivUUNdd7hwh0)

[https://medium.com/@markleontev/lets-talk-solana-thesis-1-453955f910c6](https://medium.com/@markleontev/lets-talk-solana-thesis-1-453955f910c6)

[https://greenfield.xyz/2024/07/04/the-muted-seven-7-things-you-should-consider-re-confidential-compute/](https://greenfield.xyz/2024/07/04/the-muted-seven-7-things-you-should-consider-re-confidential-compute/)

Some Poorly Researched Ideas of the Week

*   Easier to raise capital.
    
*   Too many tokens.
    
*   Many usage metrics are incentivized.
    
*   Betting on the founder is a good plan…
    
*   Believing in the future…
    
*   Having a stubborn founder and investor.
    
*   Every cycle, we see a refinement of old ideas and new infrastructure for developers to build on.
    
*   What new things are being enabled and developed?
    
*   Optimizing EVM hasn't been done by most teams (e.g., current teams working on MegaEth, Monad).
    
*   The prices of Bitcoin and ETH are driven by institutions.
    
*   In 2017, people tried to integrate IoT into blockchain.
    
*   In 2021, people tried to integrate the Metaverse into blockchain.
    
*   In 2024, people are trying to integrate AI into blockchain.
    
*   Wouldn't it be nice to have a story of Crypto X AI?
    
*   Bitcoin L2s are mostly Bitcoin sidechains.
    
*   New York, Singapore, and Dubai are the best places for crypto.
    
*   Technology only gets better.
    
*   Prediction markets are getting integrated into news.

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