Intro

Is the Beam Chain the endgame for Ethereum?

At Devcon, Justin Drake presented what he called his most ambitious proposal to date! Beam Chain, a roadmap which fell very flat in public discourse.

In this episode we fill the gaps of this reaction and we discuss the rise of Credible Competition to the three major components of Ethereum Roadmap. Execution, which competes with Solana, Data Availability which competes with Celestia and Consensus, which competes with Bitcoin.

So what’s Ethereum’s strategy for winning this Three Front War against three legitimate competitors? Stay tuned!

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------ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 4:29 Beam Chain Reactions 9:43 Is Ethereum Ossifying 18:07 Ethereum’s Three Front War 27:03 Bitcoin Utility Prospects 33:20 The Endgame for Crypto 48:55 Beam Chain 101 54:20 Beam Fork Aftermath 59:51 Pre-Confirmations 1:05:06 L1 Execution Layer 1:12:47 Rollup Design Space 1:26:20 Ethereum’s Midgame 1:32:37 Ethereum 3.0? 1:34:04  Closing & Disclaimers

------ RESOURCES

Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin  

Beam Chain Announcement  https://youtu.be/rGE_RDumZGg?t=7001  

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