The Block's Editor-in-Chief, Tim Copeland, was joined by Taiko COO Joaquin Mendes Izard and Commit-Boost/Fabric Shepherd Drew Van Der Werff.

In this episode, Copeland, Mendes Izard and Van Der Werff explored based rollups on Ethereum, discussing their benefits, challenges, and how they differ from other Layer 2 solutions. They also address challenges like speed and cost inefficiencies, the potential for pre-confirmations to improve user experience, and the broader implications for Ethereum’s scaling roadmap.

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

00:28 Sponsor break

01:18 What is a based rollup?

02:22 The benefits of based rollups

04:16 How based rollups work

05:42 Do validators opt into this system?

13:05 Revenue streams

17:43 Support for based rollups

25:04 Main challenges for based rollups

29:59 Native rollups

31:07 Layer 2s and interoperability

36:41 Ethereum value capture

41:57 Conclusion

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Guest links:

Drew Van Der Werff - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-van-der-werff-cfa-58422348/

Drew Van Der Werff on X - https://x.com/DrewVdW

Joaquin Mendes Izard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquin-mendes-izard/

Joaquin Mendes Izard on X - https://x.com/Joaquin_Mendes1

Taiko - https://taiko.xyz/

Commit-Boost - https://x.com/Commit_Boost

Fabric - https://x.com/Fabric_ethereum