censorship resistance

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
https://www.bankless.com/debrief-endgame-vitalik-ethereum-roadmap

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Welcome to Part 2 of Vitalik’s Endgame, where Vitalik’s nominees and Ethereum Foundation Researchers, Mike Neuder & Domothy walk us through the updated Ethereum Roadmap.

This roadmap is composed of 6 urges:

- The Merge: Proof of Stake 
- The Surge: Improve throughput and DA
- The Scourge: MEV
- The Verge: Running validator anywhere with Verkle Trees
- The Purge: Eliminate technical debt
- The Splurge Fix everything else

We dive into all this and more as we wonder what’s next for Ethereum.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
5:39 Dom & Mike Background
7:56 Dencun Upgrade
11:13 The Ethereum Roadmap
19:56 The Roadmap Ecosystem
23:25 Ethereum Core Values
25:32 The Merge
27:37 Single Slot Finality
31:26 Max Effective Balance
35:40 The Importance of Finality
40:56 Proof of Stake Trade-offs
50:37 The Surge
53:51 Getting to Full Danksharding
58:01 DA Sampling
59:43 DA Self-Healing
1:01:41 The DA Market
1:07:25 Rollup Coordination
1:09:32 The Scourge
1:13:38 Inclusion Lists
1:17:11 Encrypted Mempool
1:22:02 Proposer-Builder Separation
1:32:40 The Verge
1:34:58 Why Run a Node?
1:41:50 Verkle Trees
1:51:31 Snarks
1:55:07 The Purge
2:03:04 The Splurge
2:09:57 What’s Next
2:15:07 The Endgame
2:21:02 What Could Go Wrong?
2:24:43 ETH: The Asset
2:28:56 Time Horizons
2:31:38 Closing Thoughts

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RESOURCES

Mike Neuder
https://twitter.com/mikeneuder  

Domothy
https://twitter.com/domothy  

Endgame with Vitalik Buterin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1m_PTVxD 

Vitalik’s Endgame Article
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html  

Blobspace 101 with Dom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjyUY3e53Q  

MEV Burn with Dom & Justin Drake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7x7n8Ga3U  

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For years, it's been on the Ethereum roadmap to transition its blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. Well, it's finally happened. This means that there are no more "miners" validating blocks on the Ethereum network. Instead, they've been replaced with "stakers" or "validators" who manage the network's rules by posting coins as a type of bond or security deposit. Why is that such a big deal for the industry? And what does it say about the future of crypto? On this episode, we speak with Christine Kim, a research associate at Galaxy Digital, who walks us through the significance of "the merge," how validation works and what's next for Ethereum.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-ethereum-unsensored 

With Tornado Cash sanctioning news making waves, the crypto community is asking a big question: Is censorship on Ethereum possible?

We brought on Ethereum researcher Justin Drake to explore this question in detail.

Establishing and preserving censorship resistance is possibly the most important challenge faced by the Ethereum. Covering deep topics like weak vs strong censorship, user-activated soft forks, Justin takes us down what is perhaps our most important rabbit hole yet.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
6:00 Justin Drake Returns
8:45 What is Censorship Resistance?
13:00 Censorship in Crypto
15:25 Weak vs Strong Censorship
21:25 Ethereum Today
26:35 The Ethereum Nation
31:12 Why This Matters
35:25 Preventing Weak Censorship
42:55 Light Clients
46:26 Proposers and Builders
52:50 Enforcing Transactions
59:24 The Mempool
1:03:45 The Weak Censorship Endgame
1:10:00 Preventing Strong Censorship
1:15:00 Diversity
1:20:00 Activist Staking
1:26:25 A Recovery Scenario
1:33:40 Social Fork
1:40:40 A Forking Deterrent
1:44:45 The Human Shield
1:50:45 Property Rights
2:01:00 The Strong Censorship Endgame
2:05:00 The Broader Context
2:10:56 Justin’s Confidence

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Resources:

Justin Drake
https://twitter.com/drakefjustin 

Flashbots Episode
https://youtu.be/xex9WVmVfbg 

Justin Drake Episodes
https://youtu.be/1m12zgJ42dI 
https://youtu.be/dHpAC0m8Rkk 
https://youtu.be/FQTZSb3Rc9I 
https://youtu.be/bWqhn1hXvVc 

Solo Staking
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/ 
https://rocketpool.net/ 

Crypto Lobby Groups
https://gitcoin.co/coincenter 
https://www.defieducationfund.org/ 
https://gitcoin.co/grants/3974/electronic-frontier-foundation 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.