Interviews with Mark Cuban and with active DeFi projects that chose alternatives to the Ethereum network.Bitcoin’s 2020–2021 bull run has been like the cinematic run of Marvel Comics Universe superhero movies — never-ending action, just a few low points, and ultimately a lot of money made.But if Bitcoin is the headliner in this film, Ethereum has had all the interesting character moments.Investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban is quickly becoming a major advocate for Ethereum. He recently gave us some comments concerning the network by email.How big is Eth going to be in 2021?“I can’t give you predictions with a calendar. Everything is always a continuous work in progress with breakthroughs and roadblocks.”What use cases do you see driving the mainstreaming of DeFi?“Obviously the yields are the attraction. But what is missing for the mainstream is trust. There is an increasing number of rug pulls that will hurt new participants. That’s a problem.”“So there has to be trust built up first. It’s analogous to when Rocket Mortgage got into the business. Historically, you got your mortgage from a bank. But over a period of years, they built up trust for alternatives.Remember how people were afraid to use their credit cards to buy on the Internet? They didn’t trust Amazon, eBay, or anyone. Time and integrity build trust. That’s what it will take.”Is it possible Eth will outshine BTC in 2021 considering the meteoric performance of BTC?“Those two things aren’t related. BTC has claimed its role as a store of value with some global monetary transactions. Ethereum is the platform for smart contracts.As long as Eth can execute on its feature and performance enhancements then it will continue to expand the applications built for it. That expansion, when used on 2.0 with 1559 means that in one manner or another eth will…