You chose to build on an Arbitrum-based chain. How did you make that decision as a large public company?
Replied byVlad Tenev
Co-founder & CEO at Robinhood
Niche: Finance, Technology, Cryptocurrency
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
We debated every major chain and whether to build our own. We wanted an existing ecosystem plus a path to own the critical pieces we must engineer ourselves. Starting on an Ethereum L2 like Arbitrum gives that mix now and keeps us multi-chain over time as tokenized assets expand.
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