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title: 'Thesis: Multi-chain is inevitable due to optimisation & scaling'

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# Thesis: Multi-chain is inevitable due to optimisation & scaling
***tldr;*** The tight coupling and shared state of a Coupling can be really helpful for some applications good or bad. There are enough use cases for blockchains that want to run an independent state machine that Eth / Solana won't be a one size fits all. 


## Questions
* What situations can't ethereum handle? (e.g Osmosis consesus tweak to stop front running)
* Does this imply Bridging vs IBC vs PolkaDot parachain
* How much scale can ethereum get? 
* Can bridges work?
    * multiple wrappings can reduce security and cause confusion - sifchain said they had an answer also auto unwrapping to smallest amount of bridges
* compsibility across bridges
* a-sync vs sync

* How are we tracking this? 
* Should we try to model where value will end up. 
* How big an opportunity is this?
    * 100s of Billions
* Timeframe around this thesis?
    * Months/Years