In this conversation, Sébastien Rannou and pwnh from Kiln co-host Terence Tsao, Core Ethereum Developer at Offchain Labs. Together, they discuss the upcoming Ethereum upgrade known as Pectra, focusing on its implications for the consensus layer and the development process behind it. Terence shares his journey in Ethereum development, the challenges faced in implementing various EIPs, and the importance of testing in the upgrade process. The discussion also touches on the future of Ethereum, the role of Prysm in the ecosystem, and the anticipated changes with the Beam Chain.

RESSOURCES MENTIONED:

🧵 Ethereum Magicians thread:

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/pectra-retrospective/22637/32

📄 Hash-Based Multi-Signatures for Post-Quantum Ethereum whitepaper:

https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/055.pdf

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👉 Register to our newsletter https://www.kiln.fi/newsletter00:00 Introduction to Ethereum and Guests06:27 Insights on the Pectra Upgrade14:38 Prism's Role in EIP Implementation21:11 Technical Debt in Consensus Clients28:36 Reflections on Go and Prism's Architecture34:24 Retrospective on Pectra's Development40:01 Resources and Recommendations