We couldn’t miss EthCC 6 and we got to sit down with Vitalik Buterin to discuss hot topics from the Ethereum ecosystem: MEV, staking derivatives, privacy, decentralisation and future interoperability. Ethereum’s merge to proof-of-stake brought with it the emergence of liquid staking derivatives (LSD). Similarly to mining pools in proof-of-work consensus models, staking pools could pose a risk to Ethereum’s decentralisation. In terms of privacy preserving solutions, the advances in zero knowledge research were a big breakthrough, especially as EVM-compatibility became possible. Maximal extractable value (MEV) remains a pressing matter, but hopes are that the upcoming proposer-builder separation (PBS) will alleviate it.
Topics discussed in this episode: 0:00 - Introduction 0:44 - EthCC 6 updates and development across Ethereum’s ecosystem 5:05 - MEV and proposer-builder separation (PBS) 9:03 - Liquid staking derivatives (LSD), governance and decentralisation 20:09 - Privacy 27:39 - ZK proofs and decentralised identifiers (DID) 43:30 - Ecosystem interoperability 49:46 - Cross-chain bridge security 52:21 - Conclusions
Links mentioned in this episode: - Vitalik Buterin on Twitter: bit.ly/44YvRpR - Ethereum Foundation on Twitter: bit.ly/3rz7f8t - EthCC on Twitter: bit.ly/3Y6ofzo
This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Friederike Ernst and Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/505
