Zak is a long time Ethereum developer and a member of the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF).

In this brief Yield Talks session, we discuss a clever new idea for tracking tokenized burned ETH called BETH, designed to make it easily visible and auditable for anyone who's voluntarily burns ETH to improve ETH's monetary value. Zak shares how it might be useful for Ethereum ecosystem players such as L2s, who could prove how much ETH they've burned from transaction fees with BETH.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro to Zak and the ECF
4:33 - What is Proof of Burn and BETH?
6:33 - Sponsor break
8:54 - Who is BETH designed for?
9:54 - Excitement over BETH but questions remain
13:45 - Will BETH ever trade above $0 or could it hold any value?
15:40 - Sponsor break
16:51 - Forcing better economic alignement between L2s and L1
18:26 - A better standard for easily tracking burned ETH
21:17 - BETH apps and tracker needs to be built
22:35 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Ethereum Community Foundation website: https://ethcf.org/
► Proof of Burn and BETH blog post: https://ethcf.org/introducing-beth-eths-proof-of-burn-token/
► ECF on X: https://x.com/ethcforg
► Zak on X: https://x.com/0xzak

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