

The Daily Gwei - An Ethereum Podcast
Anthony Sassano
The Daily Gwei ecosystem keeps you up to date with everything happening on Ethereum - hosted by Anthony Sassano.
DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice.
DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice.
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Apr 2, 2024 • 29min
Blobs expiring, Layer 2's on fire and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #758 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:08 The first blobs are now starting to expire https://warpcast.com/0xrob/0x0357eacb 07:17 Vitalki’s ’22 post / debating nomenclature & value of “Layer 3s” https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1775015326419439768 10:43 Market correction but Layer 2 are scaling better than ever https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0x7c30e87c 13:17 Base increase network capacity by 50% https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0x078c9b74 16:19 Blobs have burned ~$2M in ETH https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0xaa1b421b https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs 19:21 Base clears 100 tx/sec https://twitter.com/ptrwtts/status/1774963873936011638 22:04 Ethereum roadmap from 2 years ago all playing out now https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1775113684605685920 https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1774249504767897891 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GpKBMZWVJ6I Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Apr 1, 2024 • 39min
Ethereum's issuance curve, Degen Chain and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #757 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:08 Anthony at ETH Global in Sydney & co-hosting the next Bankless Rollup https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1774557924406313337 02:05 Debating ETH's issuance & why Ethereum’s monetary policy is hard to change https://warpcast.com/mikeneuder.eth/0x84d9b690 19:58 Over $1B in Uniswap volume on Base yesterday https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1774465349716435298 23:27 Degen Chain launch: Anthony's commentary https://twitter.com/syndicateio/status/1773819273477239286 32:21 Daimo’s 1-click USDC cross-chain bridging & viable micro-payments https://twitter.com/daimo_eth/status/1773535398557327470 33:03 Anthony on why this is the weirdest crypto bull market he’s seen https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1774611463912730680 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/l5nBUN8oDkY Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 30, 2024 • 33min
Uniswap L2 volume ath, Ethereum after blobs and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #756 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:32 Bitwise’s new spot Ethereum ETF filing https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1773427635919458551 06:10 Bitwise Form S-1 and 19b-4 forms https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1773424437385105625 07:26 ACDE Call 183 recap + article on missed slot incident & need for EPBS https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1773421360112635964 https://twitter.com/sproulM_/status/1773853486373130708 10:12 Verkle Implementers Call 15 on The Verge & removing access bottlenecks https://twitter.com/rudolf6_/status/1773494895233335759 11:37 EigenLayer Holesky Testnet w/ Dual Quorum support for EigenDA launch details https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1773775643156906456 15:43 ATH for monthly Uniswap volume on L2s https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1773719843147010463 19:10 Graph of the impact the gas target increase had on Base https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1773382721181794561 23:33 AggLayer + shared sequencers to further supercharge Ethereum's L2 ecosystem https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0xeada1c89 31:04 Hilldobby’s definitive dashboard for tracking all blob-related activity https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0x4fdc7b20 31”29 Vitalik’s blog: “Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here?” https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1773353783482872117 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qrM5DSzMUKs Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 28, 2024 • 33min
Coinbase vs the SEC, Blobs going crazy and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #755 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:08 Fidelity file the final form for their Ethereum spot ETF https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1772997491966820656 04:10 Larry Fink’s takes on crypto bull market https://twitter.com/Evan_ss6/status/1773065753807216876 09:02 Mixed results from Coinbase’s case with the SEC https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1772993916146479193 17:10 Inscription spam impact blobs but network seems to have stabilised https://twitter.com/terencechain/status/1773123126202601942 https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1773034384599163187 https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1773243327745245433 22:43 Base increase gas target from 1.5x to 3.75 mgas/s https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0xd6db529b 23:55 Growthepie chart of impact of 4844 on tx costs https://www.growthepie.xyz/trackers/eip4844 30:21 Introducing AnimeChain in collaboration with Arbitrum & Azuki https://twitter.com/animecoin/status/1772971822100717983 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oBncADa2dZM Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 27, 2024 • 36min
ETH value capture, Base is scaling and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #754 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:08 Congressmen call out SEC over Prometheum https://twitter.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1772698508492988485 03:51 Puffer Finance’s major role in reducing Lido dominance https://twitter.com/christine_dkim/status/1772655998190194926 07:07 Coinbase will be storing more of clients’ funds on Base in USDC https://twitter.com/maxbranzburg/status/1772716138499039612 12:05 Munchables exploiter returns all hacked ETH https://twitter.com/0xngmi/status/1772861234204885338 https://twitter.com/nearisbuilding/status/1772866110733287466 15:48 Blast is showing us why decentralisation is critical https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1772787134413562192 20:33 Blob fees creep up; demand for Ethereum blockspace increases https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1772906465298419951 22:28 Base’s ATH of $1.73M in tx fees while paying $4k to Ethereum https://twitter.com/westiecapital/status/1772700643397869798 23:43 Ranking Ethereum’s value accrual mechanisms https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1688372941577482240 29:46 Base’s gas target of 1 Ggas per second https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0x8a6781c6 31:51 Migration tool for projects to migrate their ERC20 tokens to Base https://twitter.com/njokuScript/status/1772671249828794516 32:40 850M OP in retro funding to network allocated across Optimism https://twitter.com/Optimism/status/1772664299359707556 34:50 Google now showing native account balances across chains https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0x36e35d26 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HhGbb8T503M Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 26, 2024 • 29min
ETH ETF update, Alexey Pertsev's trial begins & more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #753 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:10 ETH ETF discussion https://twitter.com/CraigSalm/status/1772360837094691302 08:17 BTC and ETH ETN's launching on the LSE https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1772315407711433207 09:31 Alexey Pertserv's trial begins today https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1772527922915512806 14:55 DeFi Education Fund and Beba sues the SEC over airdrops https://twitter.com/amandatums/status/1772279311690539510 18:25 ETH staking game is changing https://twitter.com/ether_fi/status/1772241264550805635 https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking 23:44 Why fees are high on Base and what they're doing about it https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1772279337288429860 25:38 Scroll adding blob support by end of April https://twitter.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1772245827677000095 26:15 7 million txs on layer 2's https://twitter.com/growthepie_eth/status/1772262169633296733 27:37 EIP-3074 article from Domothy https://twitter.com/domothy/status/1772220645713035414 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/voyz6M8PiW8 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 25, 2024 • 34min
Layer 2 chat, LRT risks and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #752 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:10 5000 watchers/listeners of the Refuel https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0x677667c8 02:33 BlackRock bullish ETH? https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1771341052068479228 07:08 Blob updates https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1771198600405463531 10:42 Daily reorgs in Ethereum going down https://twitter.com/terencechain/status/1771578889174700362 14:17 LRT risks and considerations https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1771235807631732952 19:38 Mint EIC01 https://twitter.com/base/status/1771220302187335687 21:45 Base targeting 1 Ggas/s https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1771287745367089377 25:47 Base TVL on fire https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1771623706592190953 27:08 Arbitrum One scalability https://twitter.com/rauljordaneth/status/1771299491083067567 27:59 Verifiability is the point https://twitter.com/gluk64/status/1770910189572501954 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fe6xzdbvBaY Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 22, 2024 • 59min
BlackRock using Ethereum, Layer 2's on fire and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #751 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:30 Key takeaways from Sydney Ethereum event https://twitter.com/GregOakford/status/1770417849393443173 00:59 Fighting misinformation about ‘ETH as a security’ rather than commodity https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1770594620969501035 10:00 BlackRock launching a yield-bearing stablecoin on Ethereum is so bullish https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1770613618423587232 15:15 Why EIP-7251 (MaxEB) is awesome https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1770969824770052308 18:48 With some improvements we can double the number of blobs in network https://twitter.com/dankrad/status/1770844462593331349 20:46 Campaign to help raise the Ethereum gas limit from 30mn to 40mn https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1770136717401419859 24:19 ~50% of Coinbase validators are now running NethermindEth https://twitter.com/CoinbaseCloud/status/1770866720246219152 26:07 Native Restaking section added to Rated’s Network Explorer https://twitter.com/ratedw3b/status/1770779953228869752 29:15 New calldata.pics site https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1770082820767015335 29:45 The death of “callata” https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1770697279101407244 31:01 Sepolia bug discovered and fixed in Dencun upgrade https://twitter.com/vdWijden/status/1770719230469542078 32:27 Google has integrated ENS into its search https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1770957528983052375 33:56 Layer 2 user base at all time high https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1770449091614712122 35:03 The first major OP Chain fee spike Post-4844 https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1770621672237720001 35:46 Farcaster on Base - fees post-4844 and path forward https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1770610687510999295 40:03 Fully permissionless proposals & withdrawals now live on OP Sepolia https://twitter.com/Optimism/status/1770420145917476942 42:12 L2 scaling driven by innovations on both L1 and L2 https://twitter.com/sgoldfed/status/1770633694123860189 43:20 Road to Mainnet for Fluent - the zkWasm L2 https://twitter.com/fluentxyz/status/1770160912986730833 44:38 Growthepie.xyz EIP-4844 Tracker live https://twitter.com/growthepie_eth/status/1770097374897009002 45:54 Phase 2 of ArbOS Atlas live w/ Arbitrum One gas fees further reduced https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1769967231016837312 46:37 Light - a new approach to tackle EVM UX fragmentation https://twitter.com/shunkakinoki/status/1769767434372931978 48:48 NEBRA UPA - first Universal Proof Aggregation protocol in production https://twitter.com/nebrazkp/status/1770543551962817016 51:07 “Why build an Ethereum L2?” thread https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan/status/1770686691441062104 55:40 Bankless ep w/ Anthony on whether L2 Tokens bullish or worthless gov. tokens https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1769725679493390847 56:15 Show Me The Crypto ep featuring Anthony https://twitter.com/ShowCrypto/status/1769961372572663999 56:39 Comments on the market This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Mf7TE3xUueU Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 18, 2024 • 31min
Ether.fi airdrop, Layer 2 activity all time highs - The Daily Gwei Refuel #750 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:40 Grayscale amended filing for spot ETH ETF https://twitter.com/CraigSalm/status/1768750794021511218 06:26 EtherFi DAO launch & Season 1 airdrop https://twitter.com/ether_fi/status/1769002585501962253 11:37 Ethpandaops.io website details https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1768836045859065923 12:55 Visualization of how L2s are ‘blobbing up’ Ethereum https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1768979646954008921 15:28 Chart of Blobs posted evenly across the slots of an epoch https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1768755224351560164 16:14 L2 activity at all time highs while L2 fees are at all time lows https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0xf482efb1 16:32 Introducing GasFees.io https://twitter.com/0xKofi/status/1768306245956518392 21:34 Assets are moving from Ethereum L1 to L2s https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1769010809479266659 23:34 Wallets can now abstract away L2 fees https://twitter.com/timjrobinson/status/1769207680235655259 25:29 Sending USDC using Family on Base for less than $0.01 in seconds https://twitter.com/benjitaylor/status/1768818602088735049 28:22 Wall-mounted my Ethereum validator set-up https://twitter.com/q9fcc/status/1769401549770367193 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zoHvaN98Jxk Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

Mar 15, 2024 • 36min
EigenLayer mainnet roadmap, Devcon7 venue and more - The Daily Gwei Refuel #749 - Ethereum Updates
The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems over the previous 24 hours - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:41 Several democrats push back against ETFs & ETPs https://twitter.com/NateGeraci/status/1768433569200803860 04:46 Crypto voters leaned to Biden in ’20 but now lean Trump https://twitter.com/JBSDC/status/1768348720838643771 07:25 Market size for spot ETH ETF potentially as big/bigger than spot BTC says Van Eck rep https://twitter.com/NateGeraci/status/1768436093030948907 09:41 Coinbase will apparently pursue legal action against SEC if ETH ETF denied https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1768449108321444226 12:29 ACDE #183 agenda https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1768377163554897955 13:36 Dan Finlay’s support for EIP-3074 account abstraction https://twitter.com/danfinlay/status/1768291044683288808 14:55 EigenLayer Mainnet journey begins https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1768269792149131396 17:38 R&D Roadmap for Obol the DVP protocol/network https://twitter.com/ObolNetwork/status/1762521018671698284 19:36 Update on donations that came in from the Dencun POAP https://warpcast.com/kodys.eth/0x83d49750 20:51 OP Chains' post-upgrade onchain costs by the source of fees https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1768403584612233291 21:52 Total blob fees going up on Base but still ~10x lower than pre-upgrade https://twitter.com/will__price/status/1768265984790425651 24:51 Blobs & Atlas upgrade arrive on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1768306107318178061 29:29 Chart of Blob gas price and blob burn https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1768550429279814072 30:39 Rabby is abstracting away L2 user-experience pain https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1768414112961437772 32:41 A brief thread on 4844 and block building https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1768229920268791941 34:12 Devcon venue announced Thailand venue https://twitter.com/EFDevcon/status/1768269388279640405 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kco1sZLcjXo Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.