Shri Ram: I want to go and spin up my own chain or start my own Oracle network. And that's always been actually the reason why we've even joined tokens because they are network bootstrapping mechanisms. They really have solved the bootstrapping problem, he says. Shri Ram: Why would people want to start their own network with eigenlayer when they could just issue a token? Like you're taking away the cool thing about this whole industry, which is issuing tokens.
Is re-staking the biggest thing to happen to Ethereum since MEV?
We’re joined by Sreeram Kannan who walks us through Eigenlayer. The re-staking protocol that is set to change the trajectory of Ethereum forever. It may even be launching pretty soon…
0:00 Intro 7:51 How Big Is Restaking? 9:41 What is Restaking? 16:22 What Was The Aha Moment? 21:32 Restaking Explained (Simply) 25:11 Where Does Eigenlayer Live? 29:40 Slashing on Eigenlayer 42:20 Risks of Restaking 57:23 Restaking Networks 1:05:27 Designing Modular Trust 1:07:43 Eigen DA 1:10:35 The 3 Aspects Of Trust 1:14:18 Tokens On Eigenlayer 1:17:54 Why Start a Network on Eigenlayer? 1:24:22 2 Uses Of Economic Security 1:26:06 Eigenlayer Alignment 1:30:42 Restaking Risk Management 1:36:19 Takes on Vitalik's Post 1:46:55 When is Mainnet Launch? 1:49:59 How Will Restaking Change The World? 1:56:59 Outro
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