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
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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:
-----------------
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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- 2 participants
- 38 minutes
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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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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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:
-----------------
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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- 2 participants
- 37 minutes
12 Aug 2022
Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/580
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
- 4 participants
- 50 minutes
8 Aug 2022
Topics covered
----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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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:
-----------------
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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- 2 participants
- 1:04 hours
28 Jul 2022
Topics covered
----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
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Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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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- 2 participants
- 56 minutes
19 Jul 2022
Topics covered
----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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_
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Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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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:
-----------------
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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Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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- 3 participants
- 46 minutes
18 Jul 2022
Topics covered
----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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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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
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Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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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:
-----------------
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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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
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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/
- 2 participants
- 56 minutes
15 Jul 2022
Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/564
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
- 4 participants
- 58 minutes
12 Jul 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
---------------------------------------------------
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
5 Jul 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------------------------
MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
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/
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------------------------
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
1 Jul 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------------------------
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/
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------------------------
MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
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
- 1:14 hours
27 Jun 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
-----------------------------------------------
Nimbus @ethnimbus | 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/
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
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
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- 2 participants
- 35 minutes
13 Jun 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
1:22 - Guests introduction
1:47 - Plan
2:31 - Merge transition - Ethereum today
5:10 - Bellatrix, Consensus Layer
11:30 - Paris, Execution Layer
16:22 - Merge transition
18:55 - Terminal total difficulty vs. block number
24:07 - TTD hits before Bellatrix
30:18 - TTD override
31:50 - Merge rollout
33:38 - Questions
34:21 - How confident devs are that we do not have to do TTD override for the mainnet Merge?
41:30 - What would be the difference in activation time in terms of hrs./days/weeks between Bellatrix & Paris.
46:01 - Is it simple or difficult to estimate the activation time?
47:46 - PoS post Merge
47:58 - Client diversity
50:50 - Running a node
52:34 - Saving the Planet
53:02 - Ultrasound money
53:30 - Priority fees
54:05 - Block confirmations
55:10 - Finalized and safe blocks
56:30 - RANDAO
56:45 - Stable block times
57:30 - Transaction fees
57:57 - Withdrawals
58:15 - Proof of Execution
58:50 - Resources
59:40 - what if a beacon chain validator goes offline for any reason just before the transition and gets online after the merge has already occurred on the mainnet? Can the validator get back on the right chain? Is there any penalty/slashing proposed for such validators?
Resources:
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Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g5pTIVNuiVU0h654_jTQbwcZ0RbcsL-CNOMuCmzfbk8/edit?usp=sharing
EIP-4399 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/wwfOqmCbPNU
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
EIP-3675 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
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
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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1:22 - Guests introduction
1:47 - Plan
2:31 - Merge transition - Ethereum today
5:10 - Bellatrix, Consensus Layer
11:30 - Paris, Execution Layer
16:22 - Merge transition
18:55 - Terminal total difficulty vs. block number
24:07 - TTD hits before Bellatrix
30:18 - TTD override
31:50 - Merge rollout
33:38 - Questions
34:21 - How confident devs are that we do not have to do TTD override for the mainnet Merge?
41:30 - What would be the difference in activation time in terms of hrs./days/weeks between Bellatrix & Paris.
46:01 - Is it simple or difficult to estimate the activation time?
47:46 - PoS post Merge
47:58 - Client diversity
50:50 - Running a node
52:34 - Saving the Planet
53:02 - Ultrasound money
53:30 - Priority fees
54:05 - Block confirmations
55:10 - Finalized and safe blocks
56:30 - RANDAO
56:45 - Stable block times
57:30 - Transaction fees
57:57 - Withdrawals
58:15 - Proof of Execution
58:50 - Resources
59:40 - what if a beacon chain validator goes offline for any reason just before the transition and gets online after the merge has already occurred on the mainnet? Can the validator get back on the right chain? Is there any penalty/slashing proposed for such validators?
Resources:
-----------------
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g5pTIVNuiVU0h654_jTQbwcZ0RbcsL-CNOMuCmzfbk8/edit?usp=sharing
EIP-4399 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/wwfOqmCbPNU
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
EIP-3675 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
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
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- 3 participants
- 1:03 hours
6 Jun 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d1-2x1sWUkJz1Qx6gyzgr4K4ZJ5Y3HMms8sbOrD_Z10/edit#slide=id.g12d423b4a7a_4_114
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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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GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
-----------------------------
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:
-----------------
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d1-2x1sWUkJz1Qx6gyzgr4K4ZJ5Y3HMms8sbOrD_Z10/edit#slide=id.g12d423b4a7a_4_114
Follow at Twitter
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PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
The Merge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
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- 2 participants
- 44 minutes
11 Mar 2022
Resources
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- Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/491
- FEM post - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/el-merge-client-release-naming/7928
- Shortlist: https://hackmd.io/@poojaranjan/ELClientReleaseName
- CL client code name - https://youtu.be/90x45qGC-Zs
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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- Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/491
- FEM post - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/el-merge-client-release-naming/7928
- Shortlist: https://hackmd.io/@poojaranjan/ELClientReleaseName
- CL client code name - https://youtu.be/90x45qGC-Zs
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- 7 participants
- 21 minutes
10 Mar 2022
Topics covered
-----------------------------
1:13 - Guest intro (Marius)
1:39 - Guest intro (Pari)
2:30 - What is the Merge?
2:55 - Devnets
4:17 - How did Kintsugi do?
5:40 - Where are we now?
6:40 - What is the Kiln testnet for?
8:14 - Bad block generator?
11:00 - Shadow forking
17:10 - Testing plan: Hive
20:13 - Kurtosis
22:57 - How can you help the testing efforts?
28:10 - Where do I ask for help?
30:30 - The path to the Merge
33:14 - Q&A
33:20 - #TestingTheMerge
36:55 - How long will Kiln be run until the first test network (Görli etc) gets forked?
37:58 - How long before each subsequent test network is forked?
40:44 - How likely are spec changes after Kiln v2? Or will Kiln essentially be the mainnet spec testnet?
43:45 - Role of public offering like Kurtosis & Chaos engineering?
46:55 - What’s the benefit of changing features between testnet compared to sticking with the same features until the launch?
52:02 - Merge timeline
Resources:
-----------------
The beacon chain genesis will only be Friday, March 11, 2022 at 14:00 UTC. The PoW chain has already started and we expect the PoW phase to last ~a week.
You can find the files and bootnodes here here: https://github.com/eth-clients/merge-testnets/tree/main/kiln
We have tooling up already: https://kiln.themerge.dev/
The eth2.0-deposit-cli should already work and launchpad will be announced in the coming days.
Client teams are still working on releases, so the doc is a bit unfinished, but you can find info on versions and how to run them here: https://notes.ethereum.org/qrDBhhydTsyKFmGaBl2COQ?view
We'd definitely appreciate community help is getting the guides up and running. In the meantime, feel free to use our public RPC to deploy your smart contracts.
- Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HNOyMI4AhwYdpssa07moWZgh-VGTy75oR4JUWu0fSXQ/edit#slide=id.p
- Kiln milestone - https://notes.ethereum.org/@timbeiko/kiln-milestones
- Merge devnet 4 - https://notes.ethereum.org/D5xK4XrmTb6MKGudf_hcrg
- Goerli shadow forking - https://twitter.com/vdwijden/status/1484255125170532358
- Claim your Kintsugi POAP - check your chat logs on https://chat.blockscan.com/start with your Kintsugi deposit address to claim your Kintsugi POAP
Related tweets
- https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1501679135973945355
- https://twitter.com/vdWijden/status/1501853162688421888
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Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
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
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Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
-----------------------------
1:13 - Guest intro (Marius)
1:39 - Guest intro (Pari)
2:30 - What is the Merge?
2:55 - Devnets
4:17 - How did Kintsugi do?
5:40 - Where are we now?
6:40 - What is the Kiln testnet for?
8:14 - Bad block generator?
11:00 - Shadow forking
17:10 - Testing plan: Hive
20:13 - Kurtosis
22:57 - How can you help the testing efforts?
28:10 - Where do I ask for help?
30:30 - The path to the Merge
33:14 - Q&A
33:20 - #TestingTheMerge
36:55 - How long will Kiln be run until the first test network (Görli etc) gets forked?
37:58 - How long before each subsequent test network is forked?
40:44 - How likely are spec changes after Kiln v2? Or will Kiln essentially be the mainnet spec testnet?
43:45 - Role of public offering like Kurtosis & Chaos engineering?
46:55 - What’s the benefit of changing features between testnet compared to sticking with the same features until the launch?
52:02 - Merge timeline
Resources:
-----------------
The beacon chain genesis will only be Friday, March 11, 2022 at 14:00 UTC. The PoW chain has already started and we expect the PoW phase to last ~a week.
You can find the files and bootnodes here here: https://github.com/eth-clients/merge-testnets/tree/main/kiln
We have tooling up already: https://kiln.themerge.dev/
The eth2.0-deposit-cli should already work and launchpad will be announced in the coming days.
Client teams are still working on releases, so the doc is a bit unfinished, but you can find info on versions and how to run them here: https://notes.ethereum.org/qrDBhhydTsyKFmGaBl2COQ?view
We'd definitely appreciate community help is getting the guides up and running. In the meantime, feel free to use our public RPC to deploy your smart contracts.
- Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HNOyMI4AhwYdpssa07moWZgh-VGTy75oR4JUWu0fSXQ/edit#slide=id.p
- Kiln milestone - https://notes.ethereum.org/@timbeiko/kiln-milestones
- Merge devnet 4 - https://notes.ethereum.org/D5xK4XrmTb6MKGudf_hcrg
- Goerli shadow forking - https://twitter.com/vdwijden/status/1484255125170532358
- Claim your Kintsugi POAP - check your chat logs on https://chat.blockscan.com/start with your Kintsugi deposit address to claim your Kintsugi POAP
Related tweets
- https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1501679135973945355
- https://twitter.com/vdWijden/status/1501853162688421888
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Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
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- 4 participants
- 59 minutes
27 Dec 2021
Topics covered
-----------------------------
1:44 - EIP-4399
1:50 - Header
2:14 - Abstract
3:55 - Depending on EIP-3675
5:15 - Specification
7:50 - Side effect
9:41 - Backward compatibility
14:50 - Do you have any project in mind that could be affected with this change to PoS?
17:50 - Randomness beacon
18:09 - RANDAO mechanics
21:50 - RANDAO properties
28:17 - Example of usage
35:53 - Backward compatibility - Is there anything that could be done to onboard some of the dApp devs who are not very confident of the proposal?
38:47 - Security consideration - Would you see it creating any vulnerability to the chain or any other downside ?
41:07 - Reference implementation - Do we plan to add links to different implementations of clients?
42:36 - Do you think it is a good time to move the EIP to the next status?
46:29 - What are your thoughts on the semantic use of the word “Random”?
Resources:
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- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YU-MBZiM8oHH1yzAr734atfUFqMJi1V9MmwFM9oVP6k/edit#slide=id.g8cb00373fc_0_96
- EIP: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4399
- Discussion: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-4399-supplant-difficulty-opcode-with-random/7368
- How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer - https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/11/29/how-the-merge-impacts-app-layer/
- Practical SNARK-based VDF - https://zkproof.org/2021/11/24/practical-snark-based-vdf/
- EIP-3675 - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
- The Merge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
Follow at Twitter
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Mikhail Kalinin @mkalinin2 | William Schwab @William94029369 | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2
Follow PEEPanEIP earlier episodes at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
-----------------------------
1:44 - EIP-4399
1:50 - Header
2:14 - Abstract
3:55 - Depending on EIP-3675
5:15 - Specification
7:50 - Side effect
9:41 - Backward compatibility
14:50 - Do you have any project in mind that could be affected with this change to PoS?
17:50 - Randomness beacon
18:09 - RANDAO mechanics
21:50 - RANDAO properties
28:17 - Example of usage
35:53 - Backward compatibility - Is there anything that could be done to onboard some of the dApp devs who are not very confident of the proposal?
38:47 - Security consideration - Would you see it creating any vulnerability to the chain or any other downside ?
41:07 - Reference implementation - Do we plan to add links to different implementations of clients?
42:36 - Do you think it is a good time to move the EIP to the next status?
46:29 - What are your thoughts on the semantic use of the word “Random”?
Resources:
------------------
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YU-MBZiM8oHH1yzAr734atfUFqMJi1V9MmwFM9oVP6k/edit#slide=id.g8cb00373fc_0_96
- EIP: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4399
- Discussion: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-4399-supplant-difficulty-opcode-with-random/7368
- How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer - https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/11/29/how-the-merge-impacts-app-layer/
- Practical SNARK-based VDF - https://zkproof.org/2021/11/24/practical-snark-based-vdf/
- EIP-3675 - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
- The Merge playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
Follow at Twitter
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- 4 participants
- 52 minutes
20 Dec 2021
Topics covered
-----------------------------
1:10 - Proto’s introduction
1:54 - Parithosh’s introduction
2:18 - The Merge testnet
2:25 - What is the merge?
3:14 - Spec versions
4:10 - EIP-3675
5:28 - EIP-4399
6:40 - Engine API
9:21- Summary of the year of working
11:35 - Where are we now?
12:20 - Devnets
14:50 - What are devnet achieving?
17:05 - What is Kintsugi testnet?
18:47 - How do I take part?
20:14 - How can you help the testing efforts?
21:55 - Where do I ask for help?
22:40 - The path to the Merge
25:35 - How do you see Rayonism similar or different to Amphora
27:29 - What was the main advantage of having the in person meeting to launch a testnet?
29:27 - Did Pithos testnet set up guide amplified the community participation in active devnet conversation?
32:07 - Are we expecting more public testnets after Kintsugi?
33:37 - How would you know this is the right time to move to the next staze?
35:11 - How can we get even more people involved in the testnet? Do you think bounties & POAPs will help?
37:00 - Was there a fix for the two miners problem? Is there a plan to rerun the scenario?
40:20 - Post Merge network upgrade structure
42:11 - EL and CL Public testnets after the Merge
43:25 - Is the plan to run the Merge on Ropsten before the difficulty bomb goes off next year? When will that decision be made whether to diffuse the bomb or go forward with the merge there?
45:25 - Shadow forking Gorli
Resources
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14EdDY7m80b6Fb8rcw-QJU_7u68rKV2825xDAzLQJyWE/edit#slide=id.p
Kintsugi testnet version information - https://notes.ethereum.org/@ExXcnR0-SJGthjz1dwkA1A/HkJ8Aolct
Connect to the Kintsugi Testnet - https://hackmd.io/dFzKxB3ISWO8juUqPpJFfw?view#Connect-to-the-Kintsugi-Testnet
Send a transaction over metamask - https://hackmd.io/@76u7HkGHS7-S8srG1WCWjg/rk86J3MKt
How to Join Ethereum Merge Kintsugi Testnet? - https://etherworld.co/2021/12/20/how-to-join-ethereum-merge-kintsugi-testnet/
Test ETH faucet - https://faucet.kintsugi.themerge.dev
Test explorer - https://explorer.kintsugi.themerge.dev/
Kintsugi specs - https://hackmd.io/@n0ble/kintsugi-spec
Milestones - https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/kintsugi-milestones
EIP-3675 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
Merging Ethereum with Paul Hauner - https://youtu.be/S1KFIVue248
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
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1:10 - Proto’s introduction
1:54 - Parithosh’s introduction
2:18 - The Merge testnet
2:25 - What is the merge?
3:14 - Spec versions
4:10 - EIP-3675
5:28 - EIP-4399
6:40 - Engine API
9:21- Summary of the year of working
11:35 - Where are we now?
12:20 - Devnets
14:50 - What are devnet achieving?
17:05 - What is Kintsugi testnet?
18:47 - How do I take part?
20:14 - How can you help the testing efforts?
21:55 - Where do I ask for help?
22:40 - The path to the Merge
25:35 - How do you see Rayonism similar or different to Amphora
27:29 - What was the main advantage of having the in person meeting to launch a testnet?
29:27 - Did Pithos testnet set up guide amplified the community participation in active devnet conversation?
32:07 - Are we expecting more public testnets after Kintsugi?
33:37 - How would you know this is the right time to move to the next staze?
35:11 - How can we get even more people involved in the testnet? Do you think bounties & POAPs will help?
37:00 - Was there a fix for the two miners problem? Is there a plan to rerun the scenario?
40:20 - Post Merge network upgrade structure
42:11 - EL and CL Public testnets after the Merge
43:25 - Is the plan to run the Merge on Ropsten before the difficulty bomb goes off next year? When will that decision be made whether to diffuse the bomb or go forward with the merge there?
45:25 - Shadow forking Gorli
Resources
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14EdDY7m80b6Fb8rcw-QJU_7u68rKV2825xDAzLQJyWE/edit#slide=id.p
Kintsugi testnet version information - https://notes.ethereum.org/@ExXcnR0-SJGthjz1dwkA1A/HkJ8Aolct
Connect to the Kintsugi Testnet - https://hackmd.io/dFzKxB3ISWO8juUqPpJFfw?view#Connect-to-the-Kintsugi-Testnet
Send a transaction over metamask - https://hackmd.io/@76u7HkGHS7-S8srG1WCWjg/rk86J3MKt
How to Join Ethereum Merge Kintsugi Testnet? - https://etherworld.co/2021/12/20/how-to-join-ethereum-merge-kintsugi-testnet/
Test ETH faucet - https://faucet.kintsugi.themerge.dev
Test explorer - https://explorer.kintsugi.themerge.dev/
Kintsugi specs - https://hackmd.io/@n0ble/kintsugi-spec
Milestones - https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/kintsugi-milestones
EIP-3675 with Mikhail Kalinin - https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
Merging Ethereum with Paul Hauner - https://youtu.be/S1KFIVue248
The Merge Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqoLxXqZqT4hcYhoHoP6w12
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
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- 3 participants
- 52 minutes
3 Dec 2021
Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/419
How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer: https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/11/29/how-the-merge-impacts-app-layer/
AllCoreDevs Update 007: https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/acd/https%3A%2F%2Ftim.mirror.xyz%2FsR23jU02we6zXRgsF_oTUkttL83S3vyn05vJWnnp-Lc%3Fdisplay%3Diframe
Ethereum Protocol Update - Nov 2021: https://trent.mirror.xyz/82eyq_NXZzzqFmCNXiKJgSdayf6omCW7BgDQIneyPoA
Join ECH Discord - https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer: https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/11/29/how-the-merge-impacts-app-layer/
AllCoreDevs Update 007: https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/acd/https%3A%2F%2Ftim.mirror.xyz%2FsR23jU02we6zXRgsF_oTUkttL83S3vyn05vJWnnp-Lc%3Fdisplay%3Diframe
Ethereum Protocol Update - Nov 2021: https://trent.mirror.xyz/82eyq_NXZzzqFmCNXiKJgSdayf6omCW7BgDQIneyPoA
Join ECH Discord - https://discord.io/EthCatHerders
- 12 participants
- 50 minutes
5 Nov 2021
- 10 participants
- 1:00 hours
1 Nov 2021
Topics covered
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1:45 - Guest’s introduction
3:50 - Merging Ethereum
4:40 - The Merge: An Overview
5:12 - EIP-3675: Upgrade Consensus to Proof of Stake
7:00 - One chain…. With a sneaky inside chain
7:43 - Why sneaky chain - Reason 1: existing tooling & dependencies
8:39 - Reason 2: no need to implement the wheel
9:29 - Chain structure
9:50 - Terminology
13:10 - Moar terminology
13:57 - Data structure
15:44 - Producing a beacon block - Block production
20:38 - Producing a block - what have we learned?
22:14 - Processing a beacon block - block processing
26:10 - Processing a block - what have we learned?
29:39 - The Merge Infrastructure
35:32 - The Merge: Syncing
36:10 - Lockstep syncing
39:33 - Optimistic syncing
54:34 - The Merge: Progress so far
54:44 - Amphora workshop
55:54 - The ultimate goal- multi client merge devnet
57:30 - Milestones
1:00:25 - Pithos testnet
01:01:44 - Merge engineering standing
01:04:56 - Guest’s contact
01:05:38 - Question - Explain the interop combination of EL & CL clients?
01:07:49 - What is the proposed way forward for CL clients to deal with the uncertainties listed in the “Optimistic post-merge sync” at GitHub?
01:11:43 - Is there any concern about delivering at the proposed time?
Resources
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6Eth-9PEFX313QEtICZX2OT_Ua8XGTXjd5l4cx76Sg/edit?usp=sharing
Optimistic post-merge sync - https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/2691
EIP-3675: Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake with Mikhail Kalinin -https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
https://hackmd.io/@tvanepps/amphora-milestones
https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/BJxKBaqNF
Follow at Twitter
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Paul Hauner @paulhauner | William Schwab @William94029369 | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
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1:45 - Guest’s introduction
3:50 - Merging Ethereum
4:40 - The Merge: An Overview
5:12 - EIP-3675: Upgrade Consensus to Proof of Stake
7:00 - One chain…. With a sneaky inside chain
7:43 - Why sneaky chain - Reason 1: existing tooling & dependencies
8:39 - Reason 2: no need to implement the wheel
9:29 - Chain structure
9:50 - Terminology
13:10 - Moar terminology
13:57 - Data structure
15:44 - Producing a beacon block - Block production
20:38 - Producing a block - what have we learned?
22:14 - Processing a beacon block - block processing
26:10 - Processing a block - what have we learned?
29:39 - The Merge Infrastructure
35:32 - The Merge: Syncing
36:10 - Lockstep syncing
39:33 - Optimistic syncing
54:34 - The Merge: Progress so far
54:44 - Amphora workshop
55:54 - The ultimate goal- multi client merge devnet
57:30 - Milestones
1:00:25 - Pithos testnet
01:01:44 - Merge engineering standing
01:04:56 - Guest’s contact
01:05:38 - Question - Explain the interop combination of EL & CL clients?
01:07:49 - What is the proposed way forward for CL clients to deal with the uncertainties listed in the “Optimistic post-merge sync” at GitHub?
01:11:43 - Is there any concern about delivering at the proposed time?
Resources
--------------------
Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6Eth-9PEFX313QEtICZX2OT_Ua8XGTXjd5l4cx76Sg/edit?usp=sharing
Optimistic post-merge sync - https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/2691
EIP-3675: Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake with Mikhail Kalinin -https://youtu.be/zNIrIninMgg
https://hackmd.io/@tvanepps/amphora-milestones
https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/BJxKBaqNF
Follow at Twitter
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Paul Hauner @paulhauner | William Schwab @William94029369 | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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- 4 participants
- 1:16 hours
2 Aug 2021
Topics covered
-----------------------------
01:05 - Introduction
02:54 - EIP overview - Header
04:18 - Motivation
05:42 - Abstract
08:10 - After the Merge
08:25 - High-level introduction of the system after the merge
08:38 - Blockchain
10:22 - Network
11:50 - Client
13:33 - Definition
13:45 - PoS event
18:07 - Transition block
20:15 - Terminal total difficulty
22:22 - Transition process
22:50 - Beacon chain fork
27:15 - Transition diagram
30:03 - If the execution client receives the internal proof of block over the Gossip n/w but the block proposer has not yet received one, does the execution client are going to sit and wait until a block proposer sees some terminal proof of work block?
31:40 - Why does it wait to stop handling those messages until finalization, why doesn’t it stop handling them as soon as it sees the terminal proof of block.
34:05 - Specification
34:12 - PoW block processing
36:54 - Block structure
37:32 - Block validity
38:44 - Block and owner rewards
38:54 - Fork choice rule
39:45 - Network
39:59 - Backward compatibility - EVM
42:25 - Merge mainnet checklist
43:38 - References
44:05 - Q&A
44:45 - How will eth1 services like Infura work when proposing blocks, or will the merge require the validator to run their own instance of the execution client to receive the full reward?
46:11 - Have you heard from 3rd party providers such as Infura, Alchemy, what this means for their offerings? Specifically, how they'll handle coinbase and distribution of priority fees on block proposals?
50:31 - Will priority fees going to the validators after the merge be assigned to whoever was randomly chosen to produce that specific block, or will it be evenly distributed to every active validator on the network?
51:14 - What do you expect rewards to look like for validators in the short and long timeframes post-merge?
53:25 - What is the recommended way for a contract to access randomness?
55:15 - Is the (rough) plan to include EIP-3675 and EIP-TBD, which reintroduces a source of randomness to DIFFICULTY, in the same fork?
55:40 - What do you think miners will do after consensus is changed? Do you think they’ll keep mining the old ETH POW chain, move their mining power to other blockchains or capitulate and join ETH2 as validators?
58:20 - A few words for the community.
Resources:
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EIP - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3675
Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-3675-upgrade-consensus-to-proof-of-stake/6706
Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rkiS9ZX5hzuE03SodKHfkztBc3f1vUBWgirGvfLCiFk/edit#slide=id.g8cb00373fc_0_96
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
Follow at Twitter
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Mikhail Kalinin @mkalinin2 |Micah Zoltu @MicahZoltu | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde...
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
-----------------------------
01:05 - Introduction
02:54 - EIP overview - Header
04:18 - Motivation
05:42 - Abstract
08:10 - After the Merge
08:25 - High-level introduction of the system after the merge
08:38 - Blockchain
10:22 - Network
11:50 - Client
13:33 - Definition
13:45 - PoS event
18:07 - Transition block
20:15 - Terminal total difficulty
22:22 - Transition process
22:50 - Beacon chain fork
27:15 - Transition diagram
30:03 - If the execution client receives the internal proof of block over the Gossip n/w but the block proposer has not yet received one, does the execution client are going to sit and wait until a block proposer sees some terminal proof of work block?
31:40 - Why does it wait to stop handling those messages until finalization, why doesn’t it stop handling them as soon as it sees the terminal proof of block.
34:05 - Specification
34:12 - PoW block processing
36:54 - Block structure
37:32 - Block validity
38:44 - Block and owner rewards
38:54 - Fork choice rule
39:45 - Network
39:59 - Backward compatibility - EVM
42:25 - Merge mainnet checklist
43:38 - References
44:05 - Q&A
44:45 - How will eth1 services like Infura work when proposing blocks, or will the merge require the validator to run their own instance of the execution client to receive the full reward?
46:11 - Have you heard from 3rd party providers such as Infura, Alchemy, what this means for their offerings? Specifically, how they'll handle coinbase and distribution of priority fees on block proposals?
50:31 - Will priority fees going to the validators after the merge be assigned to whoever was randomly chosen to produce that specific block, or will it be evenly distributed to every active validator on the network?
51:14 - What do you expect rewards to look like for validators in the short and long timeframes post-merge?
53:25 - What is the recommended way for a contract to access randomness?
55:15 - Is the (rough) plan to include EIP-3675 and EIP-TBD, which reintroduces a source of randomness to DIFFICULTY, in the same fork?
55:40 - What do you think miners will do after consensus is changed? Do you think they’ll keep mining the old ETH POW chain, move their mining power to other blockchains or capitulate and join ETH2 as validators?
58:20 - A few words for the community.
Resources:
-------------------
EIP - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3675
Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-3675-upgrade-consensus-to-proof-of-stake/6706
Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rkiS9ZX5hzuE03SodKHfkztBc3f1vUBWgirGvfLCiFk/edit#slide=id.g8cb00373fc_0_96
PEEPanEIP playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxqu0PKKyMzG_3BJV_xZTi1F
Follow at Twitter
-----------------------------------------------
Mikhail Kalinin @mkalinin2 |Micah Zoltu @MicahZoltu | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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- 3 participants
- 60 minutes
23 Nov 2020
EIP: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2982
Discussion: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-2982-serenity-phase-0/4621
Peep an EIP episode #1: Writing an EIP - https://youtu.be/Vnu4m4bBqCs
Follow at Twitter:
Danny Ryan @dannyryan | Matt Garnett @lightclients | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 | William Schwab @William94029369 | Brent Allsop @Brent_Allsop
Check out other exciting EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Medium: https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders
GitHub: https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM
Email: support@ethereumcatherders.com
Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
Discussion: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-2982-serenity-phase-0/4621
Peep an EIP episode #1: Writing an EIP - https://youtu.be/Vnu4m4bBqCs
Follow at Twitter:
Danny Ryan @dannyryan | Matt Garnett @lightclients | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 | William Schwab @William94029369 | Brent Allsop @Brent_Allsop
Check out other exciting EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herders/PM/projects/2
Contact Ethereum Cat Herders
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Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/
- 5 participants
- 48 minutes
