Bridging Rollups, Sidechains, and Ethereum | Hop Protocol

<p>Bankless Nation, meet Chris Whinfrey, CEO and Founder of Hop Protocol. Hop is a liquidity protocol that allows users to transfer assets across different Layer 2's and Rollups, currently supporting Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon, xDai, Optimism, and Arbitrum.</p> <p>Removing the bottlenecks of returning to the L1 is a massive step forward in making Ethereum a modular, scaled ecosystem. Hop has contracts on Layer 1 and Layer 2s, with Hop tokens accounting for the exchanged liquidity across platforms.</p> <p>With an emphasis on Hop's technical capabilities and user experience, we the project from top to bottom and the implications of what composability can do for DeFi.</p> <p>*****<br /> 📣 POOLTOGETHER | DEFI LOTTERY<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> *****</p> <p>🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🧙‍♀️ ALCHEMIX | SELF-PAYING LOANS<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/Alchemix">http://bankless.cc/Alchemix</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Chris Whinfrey of Hop Protocol<br /> 7:28 What Does it Mean To Hop?<br /> 15:03 Accounting for Assets<br /> 21:35 Bank Runs & Incentives<br /> 26:00 Non-EVM Chains<br /> 29:34 Providing Liquidity & Yield<br /> 36:20 Faster, Cheaper, Stronger<br /> 40:19 Hop’s Organization & Roadmap<br /> 43:20 Other Interests… NFTs & DAOs<br /> 46:02 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Chris on Twi