Hashing It Out podcast: What does the future hold for BNB Chain?
Arno Bauer, the senior solution architect at BNB Chain, denies the “Ethereum killer” tag in a discussion highlighting new BNB Chain updates. Episode 25 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast explores the BNB Chain ecosystem with Arno Bauer, the blockchain's senior solution architect. Bauer explains the rationale behind creating the BNB Chain and how the project intends to contribute to the Web3 ecosystem. Bauer addresses the competition in the space and explains that BNB Chain was not designed to “kill Ethereum” but to provide value for a unique set of users. “I wouldn’t call ourselves an Ethereum killer because I don’t think anyone wants to kill Ethereum.“ Recently, BNB Chain launched a new layer-2 testnet called opBNB, which is based on the Optimism OP Stack and is expected to make BNB Chain more scalable. When asked if this could lead to a fragmentation of the BNB Chain ecosystem, Bauer explains that users may be confused with making a choice, and the best way to simplify...