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These are all the meetings we have in "KnowYourClient" (part of the organization "Ethereum Cat Herders"). Click into individual meeting pages to watch the recording and search or read the transcript.

5 Sep 2022

Topics covered
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0:54 - About the client
1:18 - About the guest
1:30 - Intro Ethereum JS team
2:30 - Building blocks for JS/ETH community
3:39 - Ethereum’s imminent mainnet Merge
4:33 - Merge ready fully functional (experimental client)
5:40 - Excitement along the way
6:33 - What does it mean for developers?
08:41 - A merge capable EVM/VM
10:28 - in-browser / in-app (WIP)
11:07 - Ultralight SDK for Portal Network
12:20 - New Sync mechanism
14:45 - Snap Sync - Gateway to mainnet syncing
18:22 - A decentralized backbone for JS/ETH ecosystem
19:19 - Contact of team
20:25 - Questions & Answers
20:47 - What is needed for Ethereum JS to become a fully functional client?
22:42 - Advantages of browser environment
26:26 - Why Ethereum JS releases are not added to the EF blogpost for upgrade public announcement?
29:09 - Challenges during the Merge devnet
31:10 - Future of Ethereum JS after the Merge
33:22 - Licensing - Why MPL 2.0
35:11 - Resources & contribution
36:20 - Any message for the community?

Resources:
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18x1l4plj_HokVjotpsVF-oJYuK1KWJzeZc4HGujQsPI/edit?usp=sharing

Lodestar and The Merge with Gajinder Singh - https://youtu.be/aUg5ZFT59fA

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Gajinder Singh @Gajpower | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 38 minutes
ethereums
ethereum
pujaranjan
developer
client
confirmations
repo
come
portal
testnet
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15 Aug 2022

Topics covered
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3:15 - At which point the Erigon team decided to move to a full client implementation?
7:06 - Akula different from Erigon & Silkworm
10:35 - Can you talk a little bit about a modular client design? Why was selected for the full client development of Akula.
16:00 - Database, Sync time and other advantages
18:40 - Akula EVM and EVMODIN
21:08 - Is Akula ready for users?
22:35 - Particular user target base
23:15 - Plan of adding mining feature
24:15 - Akula in Merge devnet/event
27:18 - Sepolia post-merge upgrade
28:10 - Best CL client combo?
30:10 - Future of Akula - Client Diversity
31:45 - Best place for resources
32:38 - What Telegram?
34:55 - Any message for the community?

Resources:
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https://akula.app/

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Artem Vorotnikov @vorot93 | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 37 minutes
ethereum
akula
emerging
platform
etp
audim
aragon
episode
blockchain
devnets
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8 Aug 2022

Topics covered
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00:43 - About the client
01:26 - Guest introduction
2:32 - Presentation
2:46 - Teku team
3:25 - About Teku
4:28 - Flexible deployment
8:17 - REST APIs
10:44 - Preparing Teku for TheMerge
15:04 - The Path to the Merge
16:21 - March of Pandas
16:59 - Are Pandas too slow?
17:16 - The Merge and Late Blocks
17:58 - Timing is everything
21:18 - The Merge
23:24 - Questions
24:05 - Is it an invitation to the mainstream financial institutions or crypto exchanges and possibly ex-miners?
25:40 - Who are the main user base of Teku
28:23 - Is there any significant feature or spec difference in the client for institutional staking and solo staking?
31:00 - External key management for compatibility with enterprise-grade key stores
35:50 - Changes in Sync Committees duties since Altair upgrade
37:57 - Way to inform validators to protect from penalty
41:50 - Merge specific or Teku specific Metrics that the team is tracking
44:59 - Is there a dashboard or a proposed feature
46:29 - Do you think the issue of “not rendering emoticons correctly in graffiti” in Teku may have affected debugging at client level in any form?
49:24 - Implementation and advantage of EIP-4881: Deposit tree snapshot.
55:19 - Best EL client for Teku
58:16 - Thoughts on client diversity? How to increase network share?
1:01:33 - Message to Ethereum community

Resources:
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HY_J_7g2ivkQybUuIOSJ-vvRNnSv0beZ8heHSd6qprw/edit#slide=id.g8cb00373fc_0_96

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Adrian Sutton @ajsutton | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
---------------------------------------------------
Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 1:04 hours
blockchain
teleco
consensus
techyou
important
communicate
forking
staker
authentication
protocol
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28 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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0:45 - About the client
1:15 - Guest’s introduction
2:40 - About Sigma Prime
3:40 - About Lighthouse
5:36 - Lighthouse Networking
7:20 - Bug - Battle scars: Timing & Timer
09:09 - Fuzzing activities
11:24 - The Merge - Brief overview
11:32 - Consensus Layer & Execution Layer
12:17 - One chain with a sneaky inside chain
12:32 - Execution and consensus client
12:46 - Beacon blocks & Execution Payloads
13:15 - Data Structure - Beacon block
13:33 - Proof of stake: A common misconception
15:37 - Block Processing
21:12 - The road to Merge
21:19 - Optimistic Sync
23:01 - Merge testing
26:35 - Future roadmap - moar testing
28:00 - New features
30:50 - End of presentation - project’s contact
31:19 - Questions
32:24 - MEV boost testing - has it to be done for all Consensus clients?
33:23 - What is a Slashing protection database? How does the Lighthouse client protect a validator?
36:58 - What is Slasher? Does every client run slasher?
38:10 - Significance of a Graffiti? Is it a general CL client spec.
41:22 - Any engineering challenge during testing the Merge?
43:30 - What do you think is the best client combination for Lighthouse?
46:48 - Does Fork choice async feature work with any EL client or specific?
48:21 - Which user base is your primary target? Thoughts on client diversity?
50:14 - EIP-4881 Are you aware of any client implementation?
53:06 - Is there any bounty program?
54:05 - Any advice for Ethereum validators?

Resources:
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1a-paVheLtydrfykBzEk0QXdaMKgTzC2OISCcZjrX7H4/edit?usp=sharing

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Mark Mackey @EthDreamer | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 56 minutes
ethereum
introduction
beacon
developer
mainnet
peer
ethedreamer
validating
stakers
shadow
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19 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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1:24 - Guest introduction
3:30 - Project and team introduction
3:57 - What is the Merge?
5:00 - The Merge in memes
6:05 - Big value adds of the Merge?
7:38 - Wen merge?
7:57 - Lodestar
9:02 - Production performant
9:28 - Merge ready
10:20 - Features ready
12:15 - MEV boosted
13:10 - Optimistic Sync
14:35 - Lightclients + Merge
15:47 - A Lightclient wallet in a browser demo
17:31 - Dream on
18:11 - Client diversity
18:56 - Zero configuration
19:56 - Open for contributions
20:41 - End of presentation
21:33 - What’s the main motivation behind adding an Ethereum CL client?
23:22 - Significance of MEV boost
27:29 - Main user base
28:44 - Experience of participation in devnets and public testnets
31:24 - Why is there a specific need for apps/webapps to be able to embed a node using typescript?
34:34 - Why embedding?
37:18 - Why not use Infura to run your app post merge
38:04 - Which is the best EL combination
Optimistic sync
42:00 - Client's diversity - How will Lodestar increase the current network share?
44:29 - Message for potential users and the community

Resources:
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jJpTuQJx9sJ5jo5elLocSaHp1unn8Y9XV9th5zvp5dA

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Gajinder Singh @Gajpower | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 | William Schwab @wschwab_


Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
---------------------------------------------------
Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 3 participants
  • 46 minutes
ethereum
peers
star
consensus
users
discord
beacon
merge
connection
80
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18 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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00:49 - Client introduction
1:20 - Guest’s introduction
3:16 - Nethermind History
5:08 - Nethermind core team
6:20 - Nethermind - the company
8:25 - April 2021 - Rayonism + Ray Tracing
10:00 - October 2021 - Amphora Interop
11:37 - 2021-2022
13:55 - EIP-5133 (June 2022)
15:34 - People of the Merge
25:55 - About Nethermind client
29:37 - Post-merge and Onwards
30:31 - Get in touch
30:45 - Q&A
31:20 - Why Nethermind doesn’t support mining?
34:00 - Is there any plan for a beacon chain client?
36:31 - Posmoni- does it work with a specific combination or open for all?
38:54 - Syncing issue post Gray glacier upgrade
40:39 - What are config issues? What are common pitfalls where a client node runner needs to be careful about?
44:18 - Nethermind performance during interop sessions
47:40 - Preferred or best EL & CL client combo
49:27 - Thoughts on Client diversity. How will Nethermind increase network share post merge?
52:38 - Where can we find resources for running Nethermind nodes?
54:25 - Any message for the Ethereum community?

Resources:
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TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
-----------------------------------------------
Tomasz K. Stańczak @tkstanczak | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
---------------------------------------------------
Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 56 minutes
netherminds
ethereum
nethermind
client
nethermine
netherman
finalizing
node
emerge
nether
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12 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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0.52 - Client introduction
1:31 - Terence’s introduction
2:42 - Potuz’s introduction
4:44 - Presentation
05:05 - Agenda [Terence]
05:38 - Prysm
6:27 - Client diversity
8:10 - Strengths of Prysm
9:07 - Protobuf +gRPC
11:25 - APIs under Prysm
12:05 - Bazel
13:37 - Bazel go-ethereum
14:00 - Prysm v3
15:44 - Testing -e2e (Prysm)
17:00 - Testing Hive
17:44 - Testing - existing testnet
18:28 - Testing - shadow forks
19:00 - Testing others
19:30 - What we need more testing of
21:02 - What we need spend more time
21:47 - What’s left?
22:30 - JWT authentication [Potuz]
25:10 - Suggested Fee Recipient
27:58 - Storing blind blocks
31:45 - Vectorized SHA 256
33:43 - A story of bad coordination
37:35 - Q&A
37:57 - Which testnet event was the story of?
39:10 - Main difference between Justified blocks/slots/epochs
41:46 - Is there a fixed time interval from being justified to finalized
43:35 - What are the permissioned and open validator sets?
45:55 - What does a validator missing a proposal mean? Will that affect a validator if running a single client node?
49:30 - What are the noticeable points for debugging when something goes wrong on the client side?
52:35 - How do I debug what’s going on with my validator? Why missing attestation and losing money on beacon chain
55:40 - Any specific spec change since Rayonism to Kiln?
58:47 - Any significant change that is being brought to beacon chain clients/users/validators?
1:00:56 - Special prep for Goerli - Prater testnet merge?
1:02:07 - What do you think of EF client support?
1:13:17 - What can the community do to support Prysm?
1:05:20 - Any advice for aspiring validators?

Resources:
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Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SLLxz6VsUHPydvEAKezF6HBYQw5Gfu4DWh-nSD1VZDw/edit?usp=sharing

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

Altair upgrade (Prysm) with Raul J. & Terence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92BeeDr1Nhw&list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft&index=5

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Terence Tso @terencechain | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Discord: https://discord.io/ethereumcatherders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
Music
  • 4 participants
  • 1:08 hours
ethereum
prisma
clients
validated
beacon
streaming
insight
protocol
providers
portal
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5 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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0:51 - Client introduction
1:31 - Guest’s introduction (Andrew)
1:53 - Guest’s introduction (Igor)
2:29 - About Erigon
3:32 - Erigon’s distinctive features - Database, State sync, Modular architecture
4:42 - Akula & silkworm
6:44 - Erigon doesn’t support mining, does Akula or Silkworm support it?
8:57 - Transaction pool separation in Erigon
10:02 - Will Akula be attracting Open Ethereum users?
11:43 - Akula & Silkworm vision
13:52 - Who are current users and strengths of Erigon?
15:00 - Erigon 2
16:46 - How does the team manage different client releases?
19:23 - When is Erigon 2.0 expected?
21:29 - Any specific instruction for current or new node operator
24:07 - Checkpoint sync
26:44 - Who is the main user base for Erigon?
31:27 - Merge testnet & shadow fork - How is Erigon performing with CL clients
36:50 - Peering issue occurred in SF7 or earlier?
37:40 - Nimbus & Erigon
38:00 - How is the performance of Erigon with other CL clients?
40:46 - Are there any learning experiences during the testing merge period?
47:00 - A story from testing the merge
49:17 - What are your expectations from the community? What about the EF client incentive program?
53:56 - Open source contribution
56:17 - Client diversity

Resources:
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Substack (Erigon) - https://erigon.substack.com/

Discord (Erigon) - https://discord.gg/RH5mmdC4

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

EIP-3607: Reject transactions from senders with deployed code (Marius W & Andrew A.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRBsjDVQnI&list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F&index=28&t=2s

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
---------------------------------------------------
Discord: https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 4 participants
  • 57 minutes
eregon
ethereum
erikan
arrigon
introduced
evm
erigon
enthusiast
ecatherist
alexi
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1 Jul 2022

Topics covered
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0:55 - Client’s introduction
1:26 - Guest’s introduction
2:27 - Presentation
2:35 - About Go-ethereum
4:22 - Merge code
9:39- Merge testnet preparations
14:38 - Shadow forking
16:23 - Testnet Forking
20:29 - Client Releases
22:55 - Ropsten Merge Issues
27:44 - Other Testing - Fuzzing, Hive test, Kurtosis, Antithesis
28:17 - Interesting bugs
40:04 - Cool upcoming features - Reverse diff, Verkle trees, Danksharding, Light clients, Chain pruning, Shanghai, Withdrawals
47:40 - Q & A - What difference did fuzzing & testing made on testing the merge
51:04 - What is the main reason for the continued shadow fork? How many more shadow forking is expected?
53:50 - EL specific metrices that Geth or other client teams are taking care of
57:17 - Any special preparation for Goerli & Prater testnet as both are long running testnets
59:23 - Plug in - Shadow forking episode :)
59:53 - Best client combination
1:02:36 - Do you think Geth will be the majority client post merge?
1:05:27 - Journey towards the merge upgrade so far?
1:10:24 - Message for our listeners

Resources:
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Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10Ox1kyDOyVARkYVkZ4WYgxAqeaHH0-5XYT-af-KwrfA/edit

Kiln - The Merge Testnet & Goreli shadow forking with Marius - https://youtu.be/3AkDPL0RWtk

EIP-3607: Reject transactions from senders with deployed code (Marius W & Andrew A.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRBsjDVQnI&list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F&index=28&t=2s

EIP-1474: Remote procedure call specification with Erik Marks & Marius VanDerWijden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhXsg9g4nc&list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F&index=49&t=1s

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
---------------------------------------------------
Discord: https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 1:14 hours
ethereum
forking
platform
etherworld
golang
ether
merge
version
hashrate
client
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27 Jun 2022

Topics covered
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00:44 - Client introduction
1:08 - Guest’s introduction
2:51 - Presentation
3:05 - How Nimbus fits into the mission of Status
5:05 - What makes Nimbus unique?
6:20 - DIY enthusiasts and supported by web3 pools
7:21 - Independent studies (Better ROI from lower resource costs)
7:45 - Effectiveness that you can count on
10:13 - Audit - Built to minimize external dependencies.
11:05 - Nimbus team
11:22 - Q&A
11:41 - What is the status of Nimbus execution client? Is it available to the public?
13:46 - What is there to improve Nimbus user experience after the merge?
15:23 - What are the changes to beacon chain client post merge?
16:43 - Testnet experience and interop performance
21:25 - Favorite client combination
23:15 - Client diversity
23:42 - Best EL CL client combination
25:32 - Specific testnet incidence that changed the path of progress
25:53 - Ropsten testnet bug
27:12 - Sepolia testnet readiness
28:42 - Goerli & Prater testnet merge
30:07 - The journey for the Merge
31:20 - Panda ASCII art
32:25 - What is a client dev’s expectation from the community?

Resources:
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Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jjp06-modPyS2KIulung35A1ce6EcSFJ/edit#slide=id.g11290a97025_0_110https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kPyUoo7cSYZbZHRKGJ7GYXMxPS5WrLsY/edit#slide=id.p6https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kPyUoo7cSYZbZHRKGJ7GYXMxPS5WrLsY/edit#slide=id.p6

Portal Network - https://youtu.be/YzL2GmxA6Wk
Shadow Forking - https://youtu.be/3AkDPL0RWtk

KnowYourClient - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxoruie1hmYWJfiakpYivXft

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

TheMerge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Follow at Twitter
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Nimbus @ethnimbus | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 35 minutes
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ethereum
client
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nim
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guest
network
setup
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6 Jun 2022

Topics covered
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00:47 - Introduction
1:09 - What will be covered?
2:25 - Guest’s intro
3:24 - Why is the Merge important? What can you expect from the Merge?
6:01 - Timeline of the Merge (1/2)
8:15 - Hyperledger Besu
11:42 - From Eth1 Client to Execution Engine
13:47 - Bonsai
16:10 - Snapsync
17:01 - Risks of the Merge
18:32 - Client Diversity
19:52 - Testing the Merge
22:56 - What’s on the horizon for Besu?
23:00 - Opportunities in a post-Merge world
28:28 - Why run a minority client?
30:00 - How to contribute?
31:09 - Thank you (Resources & links)
33:00 - How was your client integration & devnet testing experience?
34:12 - Experience of Amphora testnet
35:00 - Client diversity
39:39 - Any special preparation for Ropsten/Sepolia testnet or Mainnet forking?

Resources:
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Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d1-2x1sWUkJz1Qx6gyzgr4K4ZJ5Y3HMms8sbOrD_Z10/edit#slide=id.g12d423b4a7a_4_114

Follow at Twitter
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Sajida Zouarhi @sajidazouarhi | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19

PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F

The Merge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12

Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2

Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Discord: https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EthCatHerders
Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
  • 2 participants
  • 44 minutes
ethereum
besu
hyperledger
merge
testers
protocols
emerging
bezu
platform
interoperability
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