Decentralized Data Availability and Security Mechanisms in Eigenlayer

Ethereum validators are earning yield for nearly a million wallets but what happens if you can restake that ETH for even more yields? Eigen Layer is one of the most ambitious projects in crypto and crossed a billion dollars in deposits while recording this episode.

Joining us today is special technical co-host Mike Neuder to discuss all things Eigen Layer with Sreeram and Teddy from the team.

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Timestamps 

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:26 Episode Overview 00:09:20 Current State of Eigen Layer 00:12:01 Cap Limits and Accepted Tokens 00:19:42 Economic Security 00:25:51 Eigen Incentive Structures 00:34:12 What Is Eigen DA? 00:40:29 Benefits From Eigen DA 00:45:28 Why Eigen DA? 00:55:31 Throughput and Slashing 01:05:58 Finality Layer 01:10:51 ABS Aggregation 01:16:53 The Veto Committee 01:21:04 Neutrality 01:24:40 Networks in 2024 01:28:27 When Mainnet

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Resources

Mike https://twitter.com/mikeneuder 

Sreeram https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan 

Teddy https://twitter.com/TedBreyer 

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