Uniswap recently released Uniswap X, a free market competition based order fulfillment protocol. The three protocols are experiencing some strong convergent evolution towards the same basin of attraction. Layer 2 ecosystem takes the cake on rapid convergence on similar design patterns. Eventually there will be as many chains spawn from Cambrian Optimism which is going to produce a Cambrian explosion of chains. DeFi apps are evolving into super apps.
Every single year, EthCC gets a bit bigger, a bit more organized, and way more productive. The signal from EthCC this year was particularly strong!
EthCC is a unique conference. It’s one of the oldest and most well-run Ethereum conferences that we have. So here we are, post-EthCC 2023. The noise of the bull market is behind us. The tourists are gone and only the settlers remain.
So… where are we now, halfway through 2023? With EthCC offering such a strong checkpoint in the arc of Ethereum and crypto broadly, I’ve taken a moment to take stock of my main reflections and takeaways from the endless supply of conversations at EthCC 2023.