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Special Guest Host Nebojsa Urosevic, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Tenderly, joins us to share insights on Ethereum's development process and future.
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In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk, explore the following stories:
The Solana Blockchain Freeze
Solana, the low-latency blockchain that's seen an explosion in activity in recent months, experienced an approximately five-hour outage on Tuesday.
Eigenlayer Lifts Staking Cap, Soars Past $3B
The temporary lift comes as restaking on Ethereum is booming despite warnings from developers that it might strain the network.
Taproot Wizards NFT Project Sells OUT
All 3,000 of the "Quantum Cats" digital images were claimed by the end of Monday's public mint, selling for a fixed price of 0.1 BTC ($4,265) each – despite severe technical issues that had delayed the process by a full week.
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Final ‘Holesky’ Testnet
The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper.
Guest: Nebojsa Urosevic is Co-Founder and SVP of R&D at Tenderly -
A full-stack infrastructure solutions provider, powering Web3 developer teams with the essential tools and services throughout their development journeys. As a former software engineer for almost a decade, with experience in building, scaling and maintaining large-scale distribution cloud systems, Nebojsa is now responsible for the development and maintenance of a custom scalable Ethereum Virtual Machine that has the ability to reverse engineer transaction execution and perform various simulations in real-time.
Takeaways |
- The recent Solana outage highlights the challenges of scaling blockchain networks and the need for continuous infrastructure improvement.
- The Eigen Layer restaking protocol offers a new way to earn rewards and secure other protocols, but there are still risks and uncertainties associated with it.
- The DenKun upgrade and Proto-Dang Sharding are important steps towards improving scalability and reducing costs on the Ethereum network.
- The development of layer 2 solutions and the competition among them will play a crucial role in the future of Ethereum and blockchain technology.
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EPISODE LINKS |
Solana Back Up Following Major 5-Hour Outage
EigenLayer Lifts Staking Cap, TVL Soars Past $3B
Bitcoin NFT Project Taproot Wizards Sells Out First Collection, Raking in $13M
Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Reaches Final ‘Holesky’ Testnet, Starting Countdown to Data 'Blobs'
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