Infinite Jungle

On the nineteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the timeline for the first Pectra devnet and ongoing research for implementing a confirmation rule for node operators to confirm the canonicity of blocks on Ethereum faster. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-133/ https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7549 https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00549 This episode was recorded on Friday, May 3, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the eighteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Danno Ferrin, an independent Ethereum protocol developer, about an upgrade to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) called EOF.   Guest: Danno Ferrin, Independent Ethereum Protocol Developer https://twitter.com/shemnon Show note links:  https://github.com/ipsilon/eof/blob/main/spec/eof.md This episode was recorded on Friday, April 26, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the seventeenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about why EIP 3074 may be removed retroactively from the Pectra upgrade and why that might be a good thing. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-186/ https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-185/ This episode was recorded on Friday, April 26, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the sixteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Lido DAO Contributor Isidoros (Izzy) Passadis, about the launch of the Simple DVT Module on Lido and next steps for Lido’s decentralization roadmap. Show note links:  https://blog.lido.fi/simpledvt-new-phase-for-lido-on-ethereum/ This episode was recorded on Friday, April 19, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the fifteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the first draft specifications for the Electra upgrade and what comes next for Ethereum developers now that these specifications are out. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-132/ https://twitter.com/ethPandaOps https://twitter.com/parithosh_j This episode was recorded on Friday, April 19, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the fourteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Nick Johnson, Founder and Lead Developer at Ethereum Name Service, about the crypto user experience, its promises, and pitfalls. Guest: Nick Johnson, Founder and Lead Developer at Ethereum Name Service https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson?lang=en   Show note links:  https://ens.domains/    This episode was recorded on Friday, April 12, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the thirteenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about what codes changes Ethereum developers have decided to include vs. exclude from Prague. She also highlights the controversy about EOF, a bundle of EIPs upgrading the EVM that developers remain uncertain about including in Prague.    Show note links:  https://ens.domains/ This episode was recorded on Friday, April 12, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the twelfth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine and Nixo debate whether Ethereum developers should include a change to the issuance schedule of ETH in the upcoming Electra upgrade.  Show note links:  https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/electra-issuance-curve-adjustment-proposal/18825 https://ethresear.ch/t/reward-curve-with-tempered-issuance-eip-research-post/19171 This episode was recorded on Friday, April 5, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the eleventh episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the resolution to the mainnet missing blocks incident and explains what four code changes Ethereum developers are prioritizing for the Electra upgrade. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-131/ https://x.com/sproulM_/status/1773853486373130708 https://x.com/uriklarman/status/1773934072072450243 This episode was recorded on Friday, April 5, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the tenth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #184. Christine also chatted with Verity Coltman, Head of Ecosystem and Partnerships at Espresso Systems, about shared sequencing. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-184/ https://blobscriptions.io/ https://dune.com/queries/3568505 https://dune.com/glxyresearch_team/eip-4844-blobs This episode was recorded on Friday, March 29, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the ninth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #130, where developers agreed to include MaxEB in the next Ethereum upgrade Electra. Christine also chatted with Jason Vranek, Co-Founder and CTO of Puffer Labs, about liquid restaking.  Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-130/ https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/paths-toward-reducing-validator-set-size-growth/ https://www.galaxy.com/insights/podcasts/infinite-jungle/how-ethereum-validators-are-preparing-for-the-dencun-upgrade/   This episode was recorded on Friday, March 22, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the eighth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #183, where developers celebrated a successful activation of the Dencun upgrade. Christine also chatted with Kenny Li, Co-Founder of p0x Labs and the Core Contributor of Manta Network, about the modular blockchain thesis and Ethereum’s roadmap to scale through rollup adoption.   Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-183/ https://dune.com/flashbots/blob-block-builder-board https://dune.com/21co/dencun-upgrade https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs https://esp.ethereum.foundation/data-challenge-4844 This episode was recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the seventh episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #129, where developers shared last-minute updates on their final preparations for the Dencun upgrade. Christine also chatted with Terence Tsao, Ethereum Protocol Developer and Researcher at Offchain Labs, about two important proposed code changes, inclusion lists and enshrined proposer builder separation (ePBS). Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-129/ https://hackmd.io/@ttsao/ByO9D-Uaa https://ethresear.ch/t/epbs-design-constraints/18728 This episode was recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the sixth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #182, where developers debated the merits of two code changes that would help enable account abstraction on Ethereum. Christine also chatted with EthStaker Executive Director Nixo Rokish about her thoughts on a potential reduction in staking rewards to slow the growth of total ETH staked. Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-182/ https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/electra-issuance-curve-adjustment-proposal/18825 https://twitter.com/EthereumDenver/status/1763331975631241541 This episode was recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the fifth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #128, where developers agreed to start working on the Electra upgrade with an initial set of three code changes. Christine also chatted with the Obol team about the development roadmap for distributed validator technology (DVT). Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-128/ This episode was recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the fourth episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #181, where developers debated the scope of the Prague/Electra upgrade. Christine also chatted with OP Labs' Ben Edgington about Ethereum core protocol development and scaling Ethereum through Layer-2 rollups.  Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-181/ This episode was recorded on Friday, February 16, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the third episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #127, where developers picked a date for the Dencun upgrade on Ethereum mainnet and discussed an incident leading to nine missed slots on the network. Christine also chatted with with Flashbot’s Danning Sui about common misconceptions when it comes to working with on-chain data, specifically MEV data. Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-127/ https://www.youtube.com/@indexed_pod This episode was recorded on Friday, February 9, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the second episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Call (ACDE) call #180, where developers agreed to schedule Verkle, an overhaul to Ethereum’s data structure, to the Osaka upgrade and work on laying the groundwork for EIP 4444 in parallel to the Prague upgrade. Christine also chatted with EthStaker’s Nixo Rokish and CryptoManufaktur’s Thorsten Behrens about execution layer client diversity. Links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-180/ This episode was recorded on Friday, February 2, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

On the first episode of Infinite Jungle, Christine summarizes All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #126, where developers scoped out priorities for the next major consensus layer upgrade, called Electra. Christine also chatted with Yi Tong from the Galaxy Ventures team about the narratives and trends she expects to take off in the Ethereum ecosystem in 2024. Links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-126/ https://www.galaxy.com/insights/perspectives/zero-knowledge-proofs-the-magic-key-to-identity-privacy/ https://x.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1750245942261891364?s=20  This episode was recorded on Friday, January 26, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

This is a podcast about the evolution of Ethereum. Hosted weekly by Galaxy Research’s Christine Kim, the show dives into the ways Ethereum as an ecosystem is changing, covering broad trends and narratives that are shaping the way people use Ethereum and think about the value of Ethereum.