Infinite Jungle

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  • ACDC #139: The Role of ACD Call Chairs in Ethereum Governance

    On Ep.42 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #139.


    Show note links: 

    • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-139/
    • https://probelab.io/ethereum/discv5/2024-31/
    • https://bitnodes.io/

    • Timestamps:


      (00:02:11) Pectra Devnet Updates

      (00:06:05) PeerDAS Updates

      (00:07:28) EIP 7688 Updates

      (00:11:34) How Devs Decided to Delay a Decision on EIP 7688

      (00:16:33) ACD Call Chairs and Their Role in the Governance Process

      (00:19:51) The Idea of a Rotating ACD Call Chair

      (00:23:56) Interesting Facts About Ethereum’s Node Distribution


      This episode was recorded on Friday, August 9, 2024.

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      35 min
    • Galaxy x CryptoManufaktur Join Forces

      On Ep. 41 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Nixo Rokish, Executive Director of EthStaker, and Thorsten Behrens, “Yorick Downe”, Founder of CryptoManufaktur, about a new proposal to improve the viability of solo staking on Ethereum.


      Guests:

      Nixo Rokish, Executive Director of EthStaker

      https://x.com/nixorokish


      Thorsten Behrens, “Yorick Downe”, Founder and CEO of Cryptomanufaktur

      https://x.com/yorickdowne


      Show note links:

      • https://www.galaxy.com/newsroom/galaxy-expands-blockchain-infrastructure-capabilities-asset-acquisition-crypto-manufaktur/
      • https://ethresear.ch/t/orbit-ssf-solo-staking-friendly-validator-set-management-for-ssf/19928

      • Timestamps:


        (00:00:10) Intro

        (00:00:56) Galaxy Acquires CryptoManufaktur

        (00:06:45) Orbit SSF Overview

        (00:11:04) Skepticism About Orbit SSF

        (00:13:19) What is Single Slot Finality?

        (00:18:16) Validator Dynamics Under Orbit SSF

        (00:22:00) How Orbit SSF Helps Solo Validators

        (00:28:31) Design Space Recap for Reducing Validator Set Size

        (00:31:51) Anti-Correlation Penalties, EIP 7716

        (00:33:45) Outro


        This episode was recorded on Friday, August 2, 2024.

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        36 min
      • ACDE #193: Should Quantum Resistance Be the Priority After Pectra?

        On Ep.40 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #193.


        Show note links: 

        • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-193/


        Timestamps:


        (00:00:40) Show agenda

        (00:01:49) Pectra Devnet Updates

        (00:03:18) EIP 7702 Updates

        (00:05:26) EIP 6110 Discussion

        (00:11:43) New Engine API Method

        (00:13:30) EIP 7212 Discussion

        (00:15:33) New State Expiry EIP

        (00:19:33) EIP 4444 Updates

        (00:21:36) The Threat of Quantum Computers to Ethereum

        (00:31:47) What to Expect from the Next ACD Call


        This episode was recorded on Friday, August 2, 2024.

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        34 min
      • Wake Me Up When September Ends and Restaking Begins

        On Ep. 39 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Lucas Kozinski, Founding Contributor of Renzo, and Zack Pokorny, Research Analyst at Galaxy, about the risks and rewards of liquid restaking.


        Guests:

        Lucas Kozinski, Founding Contributor of Renzo

        https://x.com/LucasKozinski

        Zack Pokorny, Research Analyst at Galaxy

        https://x.com/ZackPokorny_


        Show note links:

        • https://www.renzoprotocol.com/
        • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/the-risks-and-rewards-of-restaking/

        • This episode was recorded on Friday, July 26, 2024.

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          37 min
        • ACDC #138: Removing the “S” in Data Availability Sampling

          On Ep.38 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #138.


          Show note links: 

          • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-138/
          • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/making-sense-of-blockchain-modularity/
          • https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1114

          • This episode was recorded on Friday, July 26, 2024.

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            40 min
          • The Surprising Truth About Self-Built Blocks

            On Ep. 37 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Matt Cutler, CEO and Co-Founder of Blocknative, about base fee volatility. 


            Show note links:

            • Matt’s Modular Summit presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJ5oicJOME&t=15074s [3:57:29-4:12:21]
            • Blocknative blog post on base fee volatility: https://www.blocknative.com/blog/how-self-built-blocks-unintentionally-introduce-base-fee-volatility
            • Ethernow, Ethereum Mempool Explorer: https://www.ethernow.xyz/mempool/all
            • Mallesh Pai and Max Resnick paper on fee mechanism design: https://www.mechanism.org/spec/04
            • Mike Neuder and Max Resnick on MEV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbTWpf7Yzg

            • This episode was recorded on Friday, July 19, 2024.

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              33 min
            • ACDE #192: If Mainnet Goes to Sh*t…

              On Ep.36 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #192.


              Show note links: 

              • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-192/


              This episode was recorded on Friday, July 19, 2024.

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              36 min
            • Poking Fun at Pectra with Lighthouse Dev Sean Anderson

              On Ep. 35 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Sean Anderson, Software Engineer at Sigma Prime about the Pectra upgrade.


              Show note links:

              • https://sigmaprime.io/


              This episode was recorded on Friday, July 12, 2024.

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              35 min
            • ACDC #137: The Waning Importance of Eth Upgrades

              On Ep.34 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #137 and her takeaways from attending the 7th annual Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC).


              Show note links: 

              • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-137-writeup/


              This episode was recorded on Friday, July 12, 2024.

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              32 min
            • Introducing Sal, the SOL Bull

              On Ep. 33 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Sal Qadir, Founder and CEO of Bullpen, about technical developments on Solana and his thoughts on Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap.


              Show note links:

              • https://x.com/BullpenFi
              • https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ready-layer-one/

              • This episode was recorded on Friday, June 28, 2024.

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                33 min

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              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…

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