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13. Enshrining functionality into Ethereum with Chase Chapman and Kevin Weaver

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In this episode, Kevin and Chase dive into Vitalik’s article: Should Ethereum be okay with enshrining more things in the protocol?

We discuss:

  • Implementing account abstraction into Ethereum protocol
  • Why enshrinement helps reduce gas costs
  • Balancing flexibility and efficiency
  • Benefits of enshrinement
  • Where enshrinement backfires

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    Timecodes

    0:00 Intro

    1:44 Enshrinement at a high level

    3:21 Protocol minimalism

    4:48 Tradeoffs with introducing these standards at the protocol level

    7:38 Why enshrinement is cost beneficial

    10:31 Community response and responsibility

    11:58 Hard forking

    14:29 Benefits of enshrinement

    17:57 When enshrinement could backfire

    19:30 Closing Thoughts

    22:03 Outro


    Vitalik’s Blog Post: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/09/30/enshrinement.html


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