Deep Dive on Ethereum's Merge to Proof of Stake

00:00 Intro

01:50 Difficulty Bomb

12:00 Proof of Stake Security Model

14:20 ETH Proof of Stake Internal Architecture

17:45 Block Production in Proof of Stake

31:50 Merge Mechanics

34:40 Total Terminal Difficulty

36:40 The Merge Itself: Transition Point from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake

39:00 The Case for Proof of Work Maximalism

46:00 Will the Merge Cause a Hard Fork?

51:15 What Actually Happens in the Merge

54:00 How do Miners and Validators Prepare for the Merge?

59:50 Lido and Liquid Staking

1:07:40 Merge Timing Prediction

Decent Crypto Recap for week ending June 3rd, 2022

00:00 Intro

01:35 Optimism ($OP) Airdrop — lies & gaslighting

19:20 FOMO of the Week — goblintown.wtf

27:20 LUNA 2.0

31:50 ETHCC (request for tickets!)

Deep Dive on ERC-721, the Non-Fungible Token Standard.

00:00 Why does this exist?

01:50 ERC 721 Standard Core Functionality

15:45 Cryptokitties

20:20 Metadata & Traits

25:10 Autoglyphs, Generative Art & On-Chain Metadata

29:19 Uniswap V3 LP Positions

31:30 OpenSea Contracts

37:30 Future Use Cases: Dynamic NFTs, Cross-Chain NFTs, Club Memberships & Loyalty Programs

Recap for the week of 5/20

00:00 UST, Luna & Luna Classic

07:00 Tether Depeg FUD

17:45 FOMO of the Week: Baby Doge & Decentraland

22:10 Okay Bears NFT & Derivative Projects

25:50 NFT Leaderboard

33:30 Invisible Friends x Kith Friends

43:30 Lens Protocol & Web3 Social

Deep Dive on MEV (Miner / Maximum Extractable Value)

00:00 Why is MEV interesting?

01:57 Background — What do Miners Actually do?

12:50 MEV Basics

24:35 Arbitrage

29:10 Liquidations

37:30 MEV in Practice

39:25 Flashbots

44:30 MEV Post-Merge

53:50 Future of MEV

Post Mortem on the life and death of Terra LUNA. UST lost its peg last week leading to an unwind of the stablecoin and a collapse in the price of LUNA.

Timestamps

00:00 Opening Remarks

01:30 Tuesday & Wednesday Price Movement and Hyperinflation

05:00 UST/LUNA mint/burn mechanism

09:55 33% Attack Vulnerability, Blockchain Pause & Validator Centralization

25:50 Do Kwon Proposal to Salvage Luna (Hard Fork)

34:40 Where is the Bitcoin???

38:08 Collateral Damage

45:20 Regulatory Fallout

50:40 Market Fallout, Bear Market & Alt L1 Narrative Death

54:40 Closing Remarks. Check out our previous LUNA episodes below to learn more.

UST Collapse Emergency: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tj0Ev78JlMdd27qemghdy?si=41593ebfae99487a

LUNA Deep Dive: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Dq547TCh0QyRuyefpHmem?si=ae96747fd6024f2b

0:00 UST Depeg & LUNA Price Crash

38:05 Azuki Floor Tank due to Zagabond revelations

Decent Crypto Recap for the week of May 6

00:00 Intro

1:10 Market Update & Fantasy Portfolios

15:15 Bored Ape Otherdeeds Fail & Fallout

41:24 Obituaries — Fantom

59:43 FOMO of the Week — Ragnarok Meta & Doodles

Deep Dive on Smart Contract Security.

00:00 Intro

03:00 Solidity and the EVM

06:30 Overflow/Underflow & SafeMath

15:00 Transaction Ordering Dependence

20:45 Reentrancy & The DAO Hack

37:20 Randomness & Pseudorandomness

43:00 FOMO3D

52:15 Summary & Big Picture

Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security Book:

https://quantstamp.com/blog/fundamentals-of-smart-contract-security-released

Stay Decent.