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Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week, it’s an Ethereum apostasy spectacular: we’re joined by David Hoffman and Max Resnick, who hit the confessional booth to explain why they’ve left the church of Ethereum.

We kick off with David’s viral “ETH is money” post-mortem: why he finally sold, and whether ETH can escape its spot on the yield farm for good. Max jumps in with an OG technologist’s view on EF’s internal struggles, talent flight, and the move-slow, break-nothing philosophy now gripping Ethereum’s core. Is the EF just ossifying—or is it devolving into the “Microsoft of crypto”?

From there, the hosts dissect the “second foundation” meme, why Twitter doomers might not matter for the ETH price, and whether Solana has stolen the next generation of devs. Max throws down on Solana’s quantum future while the group takes barstool shots at metrics, narratives, and the never-ending “Ethereum is for boomers” debate.

Whether you’re a ride-or-die Etherean or just here for the schadenfreude, let’s get into it.

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