EIP4844 is a microcosm at the world of decentralized, trustless compute. Blob Space allows layer twos to access a very cheap form of Ethereum data. ZK Sync released their Bujum upgrade which boasts proofs capable of running on 16GB hardware. By the time that the next bull market rolls around, there will be no shortage of compute and storage costs for Web3. We will be ready to host the world.
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.