New ep: @AnnaRRose & @tarunchitra chat w/ @sreeramkannan about how information theory & blockchain intersect. The philosophical reasoning of shifting from genomic to blockchain research & his 2 areas of focus in P2P systems: max throughput & low latency zeroknowledge.fm/217-2/

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Feb 4

An idea for a super fast pre-settlement layer that itself settles on ethereum, built on

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hey, after reviewing the first project built on eigenlayer aka eigenda, let's talk about another project that could be built on eigenlayer, let's call it : eigensettle how would it look like ?

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Nicolas Ramsrud

@NicolasRamsrud

Feb 3

ZK tech is the prime ex of the power of open innovation. Just a few yrs ago it was 🌕 math that many were unsure would have any real applicability. Now we have clear paths for it to be deeply integral in blockchain systems. All bc the products of exploration were shared openly.

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Babylon

@babylon_chain

Feb 3

Dear Twitter, We are excited to announce that the Babylon project is now open-source! github.com/babylonchain docs.babylonchain.io

Great research report on mev supply chain on ethereum.

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Christine Kim

@christine_dkim

Feb 3

The MEV supply chain on Ethereum is ripe for disruption because of a lack of robust financial incentives. There are a handful of solutions to the MEV problem being worked on for implementation in 2023. Let's dive in.

galaxy.com/research/white

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Existential dilemmas in blockchain: Immutability vs agility Sovereignty vs composability Openness vs value-accrual Objectivity vs subjectivity (e.g. governance, hacks, inflation) Democratic governance vs rate-of-innovation Transparency vs privacy (ZK, FHE, SMC can solve this).

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Eclipse

@EclipseFND

Feb 1

It’s time for a new modular ecosystem 🧱🤝

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Sovereign

@sovereign_labs

Jan 30

Looking forward to enabling an ecosystem of interoperable and scalable rollups on EigenDA.

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 30

Congrats to @cemozer_ and @prestonevans__ for raising this round to build @sovereign_labs! twitter.com/ahnchrisj/stat…

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 30

It's awesome for crypto when people with serious horsepower share the core values of sovereignty, permissionlessness and privacy, and dedicate their time to building here: hearty congrats to

and

for kickstarting

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We are announcing Axiom, the ZK coprocessor for Ethereum: axiom.xyz/blog/intro Axiom provides smart contracts trustless access to all on-chain data and arbitrary expressive compute over it. Like GPUs do for CPUs, Axiom augments blockchain consensus with zero-knowledge proofs.

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Will Villanueva

@wjvill

Jan 30

1/ Why are there so many different L2s or rollup flavors? Why the ever-increasing complexity in the zk-rollup space? Cairo, Noir, zkEVM, Zinc, Miden, Nightfall What if I told you all the diversity is a good thing. Your DeFi app can pick its flavor 🧵

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and

for raising this round to build

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1/ Excited to share that @sovereign_labs is emerging from stealth with $7.4m in seed funding from @haunventures, @maven11capital, @1kxnetwork, and @robotventures. Building a scalable network without sacrificing decentralization is one of the biggest opportunities in crypto.

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1/6 According to

, majority of costs for middleware protocols consist of cost of capital --paying stakers in the form of token emissions (protocol cost)-- and not related to operating costs of running nodes. High TVL played its role in 2020, but most protocols...

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 27

Had a great chat with @jacobc_eth @cjliu49 and @midroni on the collaboration between @0xMantle and @eigenlayer. twitter.com/0xMantle/statu…

We need to onboard the widest set of devs to

@ethereum

. Optimistic rollups are a great place to experiment with every possible programming environment. Especially if all programs can manipulate a common synchronous state.

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Can we be EVM equivalent but also give better affordances to non-EVM developers? Can we add support for non-EVM contracts (e.g. Rust or Move) in a single synchronous execution environment alongside EVM contracts?

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 28

It was awesome to get to know

@samnode_

and

@cailynyongyong

from

@nodeguardians

through the podcast on

@eigenlayer

. Also had a fun offline chat with them about the great work they are doing to empower developers at nodeguardians.io (check it out).

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Node Guardians

@nodeguardians

Jan 28

We had the pleasure of having @sreeramkannan from @eigenlayer on the show. We explored the concept of "re-staking" and its use cases. Delved into how RS is implemented, how it might disrupt existing systems, as well as how to build on Eigen. Link : youtu.be/eb6c1bVfhjk

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Shiro

@CryptoShiro_

Jan 27

EigenLayer X Frax What would a collaboration between EigenLayer and Frax look like? Some thoughts on the matter + reminders on EigenLayer & Frax. A thread by

@DeFiDave22

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DeFi Dave (Arc Arc) (¤,¤)

@DeFiDave22

Jan 19

EigenLayer

Frax Could a potential collaboration between the two take both of them to the next level? What would it look like? Let's find out

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This great post by

is a summary of the empire podcast I did with

@cjliu49

. This includes a discussion of slashing risk and mitigation on

@eigenlayer

. Thanks to the awesome podcast hosts

@santiagoroel

and

@JasonYanowitz

. probablynothingresearch.substack.com/p/empire-podca

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@jinglingcookies

Jan 27

These were the few most interesting and novel points that were mentioned in the podcast. To get a better understanding of EigenLayer and deets of the discussion, do read the full summary at tinyurl.com/eigenlayerr.

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•

: Are set to launch their re-staking protocol which allows for the extension of ETH’s base security layer to provide other products and services on the network. We’re excited for the unlock and will be watching for projects using re-staking (DM if that’s you!)

Great to see

restaking included in the

@PanteraCapital

analysis of blockchain infrastructure - the year ahead!

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Dan Morehead

@dan_pantera

Jan 24

Great insights from @PanteraCapital's investment team in this month's letter: Crypto Market Outlook by @joeykrug State of Blockchain Venture by @veradittakit Blockchain Infrastructure by @_will_reid Structurally-Safe DeFi by @chiajy2000 Read it here: panteracapital.com/blockchain-let

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 27

Had a great chat with

@jacobc_eth

@cjliu49

and

@midroni

on the collaboration between

and

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Mantle Network

@0xMantle

Jan 26

Don't forget to join us at the Mantle x

@EigenLayer

AMA happening in ~1 hour

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Mantle Network

@0xMantle

Jan 23

Set your alarm and get a reminder before the AMA begins! twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKV

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a16z crypto

@a16zcrypto

Jan 26

Token design is an emerging field that can feel more like alchemy than chemistry. Our Head of Engineering,

@eddylazzarin

helps make sense of the design process by sharing some common patterns and pitfalls.

youtube.com

Token Design: Mental Models, Capabilities, and Emerging Design Spaces...

Eddy Lazzarin, Head of Engineering at a16z crypto, draws on his experience collaborating with web3 teams to propose a new framework for token design. Tokens ...

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bloXroute Labs

@bloXrouteLabs

Jan 26

Ready for a deep dive into the #cryptoeconomics of #slashing? Check out this new insightful article about the positive and negative security impacts of slashing on PoS protocols written by

@soubhik_deb

and

@sreeramkannan

a16zcrypto.com

The cryptoeconomics of slashing

While slashing is controversial, this analysis shows why Proof of Stake protocols might want to consider using it

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Linen Wallet

@GetLinen

Jan 26

Don’t wait till you have to use a wallet recovery service. Be proactive and switch to a 2-of-3 recovery like

@GetLinen

@safe

. Protect your assets in the same way as professionals do.

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 26

We have all lost passwords but usually find a way to regain access. In crypto, immutability means limited options for recovery. Until all of us get social or 2-of-3 recovery, @Atoka helps users recover access to lost crypto wallets using prior knowledge about their wallets. twitter.com/TedBreyer/stat…

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 26

We have all lost passwords but usually find a way to regain access. In crypto, immutability means limited options for recovery. Until all of us get social or 2-of-3 recovery,

@Atoka

helps users recover access to lost crypto wallets using prior knowledge about their wallets.

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Ted Breyer

@TedBreyer

Jan 25

Today, we are launching @Atoka! We help individuals and businesses recover lost cryptocurrency Our approach maximizes the chance of unlocking assets by leveraging unparalleled amounts of compute power Get in touch! atoka.finance

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Replying to

and

At the top of our Web3 section 👍

headlineledger.com

HeadlineLedger

Crypto and Blockchain news and info aggregated in one digital hub

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 25

Super excited to participate in the

@Interop_Summit

! There is a great group of people participating there to discuss all things multi-chain, multi-rollup and multi-domain. Please join in!

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Interop Summit 2023

@Interop_Summit

Jan 25

Welcome, @sreeramkannan!

As founder of @eigenlayer, Sreeram is hyper-focused on scaling decentralized security. What’s his take on the #interchain future?

Join us during #BUIDLWeek at @EthereumDenver to find out!

interopsummit.com/#registration

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a16z crypto

@a16zcrypto

Jan 25

In this new post that

@sreeramkannan

@soubhik_deb

wrote for us, they break down the controversial practice of “slashing” in Proof of Stake protocols, providing a careful analysis of under what circumstances slashing might be useful. Read here:

a16zcrypto.com

The cryptoeconomics of slashing

While slashing is controversial, this analysis shows why Proof of Stake protocols might want to consider using it

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 25

To slash or not to slash: Article, written by

@soubhik_deb

and myself in the

@a16zcrypto

blog. Please read and comment. Tagging

@eigenlayer

which is built on slashing.

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a16z crypto

@a16zcrypto

Jan 25

In this new post that @sreeramkannan & @soubhik_deb wrote for us, they break down the controversial practice of “slashing” in Proof of Stake protocols, providing a careful analysis of under what circumstances slashing might be useful. Read here: a16zcrypto.com/the-cryptoecon

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è un'infrastruttura che consente di ri-usare i propri $ETH in staking su altre blockchain, in modo da creare nuovi sistemi di validazione che sfruttino la sicurezza di Ethereum. 👇 Interessante ma ancora poco chiaro? Approfondiamo con questo thread. 🧵1/10 Go!

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Jon Charbonneau

@jon_charb

Jan 25

“I would say there’s at least 6 orders of magnitude improvement in crypto infrastructure that’s possible” -

@sreeramkannan

None of you are sufficiently bullish

youtube.com

How EigenLayer Unlocks Infrastructure Innovation | Sreeram Kannan,...

In this episode of Empire, Sreeram Kannan and Calvin Liu explain how EigenLayer creates a market for decentralized trust to enable permissionless infrastruc...

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prezzel

@prezzel

Jan 24

Eigenlayer creates a ton of space for projects to innovate by tapping into the trust network Ethereum has been cultivating for years. A project to watch for sure.

Eth Research — Scalability

Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 24

Some really cool deas for what to build on

using

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(1/25) @ethereum Roadmap: @eigenlayer and Trustless Services Re-staking is coming to change Etheruem, forever. Learn how this new paradigm will enable a new category of services and transform $ETH into the pristine collateral of trustless trust. A few ideas worth building.

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Sreeram Kannan

@sreeramkannan

Jan 24

It was awesome chatting together with Calvin

@cjliu49

on the Empire podcast hosted by

and

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EigenLayer could hyperscale Ethereum @santiagoroel and I spoke with @sreeramkannan and @cjliu49 to learn why @eigenlayer has been all the rage recently: 1) What is EigenLayer 2) Re-staking 3) Core use cases 4) Risks 5) Business model Now live: sptfy.com/MRsF

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Mantle Network

@0xMantle

Jan 23

Join us at our next AMA on how Mantle's decentralized data availability layer works! 🤝 Hear from

and

and

and

🗓️ Jan. 26, 4PM PST (12AM UTC) 📍 Tag your questions with #BuildonMantle in the replies.

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Principles: Crypto-Economics Proof of Work and Proof of Stake are tools we use to build systems devoid of trust. Both consensus mechanisms enable centralized actors (miners/validators) to trustlessly take unilateral actions. The theory behind trustlessness.

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Babylon

@babylon_chain

Jan 12

Congtats! 🎉 Babylon will work with

@ComposableFin

together to bring #Bitcoin security to #Cosmos and beyond.

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Composable Finance

@ComposableFin

Jan 12

It's time to make history! We're excited to announce the first round of participants for Centauri's testnet – #IBC powered communication is taking off beyond the @cosmos ecosystem

composablefi.medium.com/announcing-com

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Ian Kettlewell

@kettlecorn

Jan 21

iPad Safari and desktop Chrome syncing a WebAssembly program that’s unaware it’s being synced.

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Gravity Protocol

@gravityxyz_

Jan 20

1/9 We have loved to see #Ethereum staking, liquid staking derivatives and censorship resistance get so much attention in the community over the last few months A few highlights: 🧵

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sam.omw

@samnotmissing

Jan 20

gm, does re-staking overleverage $ETH security ? in fact, that's a good question .. 🧵 1/10

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sam.omw

@samnotmissing

Jan 16

anyway for the short term, initial adoption is expected to come from liquid restaking. imo we are done for now concerning slashing mechanics on eigenlayer next recap will help to relax about : "but man with eigenlayer we will be overleveraged ! ononono" dw bud

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Matthew Liu (matthewliu.eth)

@matthewliu

Jan 19

5 (Big bet). The unlaunched

@EigenLayer

stack can be a game changer for the entire Ethereum ecosystem. EigenLayer is creating a thesis for Ethereum to be the settlement layer for a bunch of middleware (e.g. Oracles, appchains, layer 2s) and DApps.

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