In this episode, Lex interviews Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, best known as the creators of the Arbitrum Rollup network, one of the leading scaling solutions for Ethereum and Web3. Lex and Steven discuss the foundational productivity of crypto networks, how they grow, how they scale, and how Arbitrum will grow in the future. Steven discusses his history in computer science, involvement with cryptography, and how he came to be involved with the web3 space. Arbitrum is a scaling solution for DeFi apps, and can scale any Ethereum contract.