🔺 Avalanche @avax says it can finally square the circle: sub‑second finality, a large decentralized validator set securing the chain, and thousands of sovereign L1s sharing liquidity. In the genesis episode of our new ECOSYSTEMS podcast, we unpack the Avalanche story from "stadium sampling" consensus" to today’s “city of chains.” If Avalanche is right, it has the chance to make finance programmable at scale. If not, we add to the L1 graveyard. What will it be?(The Defiant)