After years of underperformance, Ethereum is trying to change course, from scaling the layer 1 to potentially dumping the EVM. In this episode, Tarun Chitra and Max Resnick break down each of these new changes, analyzing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Is this a reset that can save Ethereum’s market position and price? Or has the protocol given away too much for too long?
They dive into:
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Whether the gas limit increase changes everything
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What went wrong with Ethereum’s economics and solo staking politics
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Max’s view on “the single most important” change Ethereum needs to make
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How ETH could claw back value from layer 2s
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What Max would do if he ran Ethereum
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Whether this pivot is too little, too late
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Timestamps:
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👋 0:00 Introduction
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🛠️ 2:05 Why Ethereum had to pivot and what triggered the urgency
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📈 7:16 Why raising the gas limit could actually be a big deal
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💻 9:12 Whether Ethereum devs are too idealistic
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⚡ 19:02 How Solana managed to outperform Ethereum at the base layer
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👨🏫 24:09 Why Max feels Vitalik’s proposals focus on outdated technology
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🔧 27:57 The growing gap between Ethereum research and its execution clients
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👍 35:02 The ONE thing Max thinks Ethereum is doing well
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⚖️ 40:38 Did “credible neutrality” push Ethereum down the wrong path?
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🌀 48:23 Will the new Ethereum R1 rollup succeed?
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🔀 52:53 What the new updates mean for layer 2s and their value proposition
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📉 1:02:58 Whether ETH is finally due for a price reversal
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🎯 1:09:12 Why Ethereum should take a page from Trump’s strategy playbook
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