Though Offchain Labs is, formally talking, distinct from the Arbitrum Basis, it might appear affordable to query if Labs – which constructed Arbitrum – is perhaps pulling strings behind the scenes. If there was any take away from Goldeder’s deal with at Consensus, it was his acute consciousness that this relationship between the 2 organizations – or lack thereof – stays prime of thoughts for folks making an attempt to suss out whether or not Arbitrum is, actually, decentralized.