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So, what did Yuga Labs actually buy? They only bought the intellectual property (I.P.) to the artwork, and around 400 cryptopunk Non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) that are from a collection of 10,000 tokens. Buying the I.P. is like a web 2.0 company buying web 2.0 property. Boring. This is an important distinction…

I do not recognize the v1 tokens as punks. Sure, they were called “punks” for two weeks, and then the consensus moved over to the upgraded contract. …

That's incorrect. In eth2, you still need to perform tasks to be able to receive a reward. (You're probably thinking of DPoS, not PoS)

Just a quick thought on L1 scalability, which I call the “L1 always congested” thesis: and why L2 will also be essential for Eth 2.0, and for all other chains too (should they get any traction). Why? That’s because if fees/congestion go down, then everyone will be careless about gas…