Ethereum has a new R&D lab, and its mission is blunt: make Ethereum and ETH win. In this episode, David sits down with Ansgar and Caspar, two co-founders of Ethlabs, to unpack why the organization exists, how it complements the Ethereum Foundation, and what it means to put Ethereum back on offense.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 What is Ethlabs?
2:35 The EF Narrows Its Mission
9:30 Putting Points on the Board
13:06 Principles Need Users
14:53 ETH the Asset and Ethereum the Network
17:33 Scaling, Interop, and Growth Workstreams
22:52 The Talent Behind Ethlabs
25:27 What a New Organization Unlocks
27:53 Pro Markets, Pro Growth, Pro ETH
30:51 The Trillion Dollar ETH Question
37:07 Who Steers Ethereum?
39:55 Shared Vision, Different Path
45:13 Funding Ethlabs
51:54 Hiring for Ethlabs
54:24 Ethereum’s Long Arc
58:14 What Comes First

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RESOURCES

Ansgar Dietrichs
https://x.com/adietrichs

Caspar Schwarz-Schilling
https://x.com/casparschwa

Ethlabs
https://ethlabs.org/

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