210 - Endgame 2.0: A Guide to Vitalik’s Ethereum Roadmap with Mike & Dom

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-endgame-vitalik-ethereum-roadmap

------ Welcome to Part 2 of Vitalik’s Endgame, where Vitalik’s nominees and Ethereum Foundation Researchers, Mike Neuder & Domothy walk us through the updated Ethereum Roadmap.

This roadmap is composed of 6 urges:

- The Merge: Proof of Stake  - The Surge: Improve throughput and DA - The Scourge: MEV - The Verge: Running validator anywhere with Verkle Trees - The Purge: Eliminate technical debt - The Splurge Fix everything else

We dive into all this and more as we wonder what’s next for Ethereum.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro 5:39 Dom & Mike Background 7:56 Dencun Upgrade 11:13 The Ethereum Roadmap 19:56 The Roadmap Ecosystem 23:25 Ethereum Core Values 25:32 The Merge 27:37 Single Slot Finality 31:26 Max Effective Balance 35:40 The Importance of Finality 40:56 Proof of Stake Trade-offs 50:37 The Surge 53:51 Getting to Full Danksharding 58:01 DA Sampling 59:43 DA Self-Healing 1:01:41 The DA Market 1:07:25 Rollup Coordination 1:09:32 The Scourge 1:13:38 Inclusion Lists 1:17:11 Encrypted Mempool 1:22:02 Proposer-Builder Separation 1:32:40 The Verge 1:34:58 Why Run a Node? 1:41:50 Verkle Trees 1:51:31 Snarks 1:55:07 The Purge 2:03:04 The Splurge 2:09:57 What’s Next 2:15:07 The Endgame 2:21:02 What Could Go Wrong? 2:24:43 ETH: The Asset 2:28:56 Time Horizons 2:31:38 Closing Thoughts

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RESOURCES

Mike Neuder https://twitter.com/mikeneuder  

Domothy https://twitter.com/domothy  

Endgame with Vitalik Buterin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1m_PTVxD 

Vitalik’s Endgame Article https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html  

Blobspace 101 with Dom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjyUY3e53Q  

MEV Burn with Dom & Justin Drake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7x7n8Ga3U  

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