Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum – State of Affairs After the Merge #467

With the long awaited Ethereum Merge successfully executed last month, we caught up with Vitalik at DevCon in Bogota to talk shop: How does he see the state of the network, does he think looming centralization is a threat. Was Ethereum's danksharding plus third party layer 2s a good architecture decision? How much of an issue is MEV?

Topics discussed in this episode:
- The state of the network and credible neutrality
- Should validators have agency?
- How much of a problem is MEV
- The Ethereum Surge
- The road to Danksharding
- Decentralizing the sequencer
- The future of the space
- The one most important thing we need to get right in the coming year for the ecosystem to succeed

Links mentioned in this episode:
- Ethereum: https://bit.ly/3FqwnTI
- Devcon 6: https://bit.ly/3Vv7Mmo
- Episode 402 - Ethereum – Can It Go Beyond DeFi?: https://bit.ly/3SB2vHd
- Join the Epicenter team!: https://bit.ly/3bKINJZ

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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/467