Ethereum Cat Herders Podcast

Meet the Herders is a new series where we talk to the people who make the Ethereum Cat Herders work.

Meet the Herders is a series of interviews with members of Ethereum Cat Herders (ECH).In this episode we speak to Pooja Ranjan who is the Herder-In-Chief. We discuss the history, motivations , workings of ECH & much more.

Today we're going to be talking to Octant. Octant is a decentralized governance platform that awards participation with ETH. It is a project by the Golem Foundation and Octant's mission is to streamline the funding for public goods and to ensure they receive the support that they deserve. Octant is doing this by taking a portion of their staking rewards and using that to distribute to the community, who can give it to public goods projects. We're here with James and we're going to be learning about their app today.

What can you expect from the Merge? What are the challenges and opportunities presented to smaller client developers? What impact will new technologies like Bonsai and Snapsync have for client operators? Learn about all this and more in this Merge special episode of PEEPanEIP.

Do blockchains help with privacy or hinder it? Why do we need transactional privacy? Roman Semenov, creator and builder at Tornado Cash joins us to discuss privacy on blockchains and how Tornado strives to improve it. We also discuss the differences between the original version of Tornado and Nova, the new version of Tornado which is rolling out now.

One of the pillars of the ideology around web3 is that of decentralization. Are we delivering on our promises to create decentralized ledgers, or are we falling into the same snares that gave us the highly centralized internet we see around us? Kristy Leigh Minehan, noted consultant and blockchain hardware specialist joins the podcast to talk about decentralization from a number of different potential centralization vectors.

What could be hard about building a crypto wallet? Taylor Monahan, founder of MyCryto (recently acquired by ConsenSys) and currently at MetaMask, joins the podcast to discuss the intricacies of wallets, the challenges in presenting something decentralized and yet user-friendly to a spectrum of users, and more.

We've all heard of DAOs, but what are they practically? How can you contribute to one if you wanted to? What different challenges do DAOs and those contributing to them face? Chase Chapman, a DAO researcher and contributor joins the podcast to talk about all things DAOs.

Running nodes on the Ethereum network (and other blockchain networks) can be hard. The client software can update frequently and be hard to work with. In addition, they need monitoring and maintenance. The data provided as specified can be difficult to work with too. Yet, nodes are necessary to connect applications with the blockchain. The difficulties and need have led to the rise of providers running nodes as a service and providing an API for app builders to use to connect their application to the blockchain. Alchemy is one such provider. Deric Chang and Omar Ceja of Alchemy join to discuss running node infrastructure at scale, and providing useful data to users.

Building apps that aggregate blockchain data opens up new paradigms in application development. Lefteris Karapetsas, a longtime contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, joins the podcast to discuss his current project, Rotki, a crypto asset accounting app. We discuss the difficulties of obtaining event data from nodes, the benefits and challenges of developing in the open, and more.

Smart Contracts can hold immense amounts of value in an ecosystem that makes them accessible to anyone. As a result, exploits in smart contracts can have catastrophic results. samczsun, a researcher at Paradigm and famous white-hat hacker, joins us to talk about finding vulnerabilities in smart contracts. Among the topics, we talk about his preferred setup for analyzing contracts, how he picks what to look at, and how he goes about looking at code once he's picked something. We also talk about anonymity in the space and his work at Paradigm and previous.

Nethermind is an execution client for EVM-compatible blockchains. Tomasz Stańczak discusses what motivated him to begin working on creating a new execution client and the specific challenges (and joys) of building and maintaining one. We also discuss some of Nethermind's specific features as a client, and future directions for both the larger Nethermind company and the client specifically.

Smart contracts have opened up new opportunities, and we are still exploring what we are able to build with them. Andre Cronje is the creator of Yearn Finance, Keep3r, and more, and joins us in this episode to talk about building innovative platforms with smart contracts, and the various pressures that can come from being a recognized builder in the space.

Topics covered --------------------------- 00:46 Introduction 01:35 Getting started with Ethereum 06:00 Getting started with Etherum Cat herders ECH 06:39 Why did you join ECH? 08:10 Taking meeting notes for ECH 12:58 Learn to earn 16:34 ECH website 21:18 Causes & Passions 22:10 Advice for new joiners 25:00 Shoutout Show notes -------------------- George Hervey:   / georgeh0x   Haresh:   / h_gedia   Other resources --------------------------    • Meet The Herders     • Ecosystem Project Demo     • NFT     • Non-EIP PEEPanEIP     • Community     • PEEPanEIP   Connect with Cat Headers -------------------------------------------- Website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ Twitter:   / ethcatherders   LinkedIn:   / ethereum-cat-herders   Youtube:    / @ethcatherders   GitHub: https://github.com/EthCatHerders

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resources ----------------- eip - https://eips.ethereum.org/eips/eip-7251 discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-... ethereum specs & research are open and accessible -    • ethereum specs & research are open an...   ethresearch is a great place to start with ethereum -    • ethresearch is great place to start w...     • nft     • ercs     • peepaneip     • non-eip peepaneip   follow at twitter -------------------------- dapplion @dapplion | mike neuder @mikeneuder | pooja ranjan @poojaranjan19 twitter -   / 1754565837187690614   topics covered ------------------------- 1:00 - about the eip & authors 2:00 - meet dapplion 2:30 - meet michael neuder 3:21 - motivation eip7251 4:54 - scope of the mainnet problem today 5:29 - why do devs want eip7251? 5:50 - a funfact about aggregators 6:45 - why do devs want single slot finality? 8:37 - would lmd ghost and ffg be retired? 9:18 - what is auto-compounding? 11:16 - core features 12:00 - security considerations 12:34 - security of committees 13:22 - churn invariants 13:58 - what is churn? 16:00 - in-protocol consolidation 21:27 - consolidation and churn limit 22:37 - other features - custom ceilings 23:42 - el triggered partial withdrawals (eip7002) 25:00 - slashing risks 28:30 - will pools consolidate? 30:22 - implementation complexity 31:33 - is it critical? 33:21 - pros 34:06 - cons 36:50 - end of presentation 37:47 - use of indexes 39:20 - correlation penalties 41:47 - which scope would you want for electra upgrade? 43:02 - consolidation is optional 45:00 - churn variance is a core design of the eip 46:30 - inactivity of 27 hrs? 48:02 - message to the community

resources ----------------- eip - https://eips.ethereum.org/eips/eip-3643 discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-...   • nft     • ercs     • peepaneip     • non-eip peepaneip   follow at twitter -------------------------- lebrun joachim @lebrunjoachim | pooja ranjan @poojaranjan19 twitter -   / 1739658325183082595   topics covered ------------------------- 0:52 - about the erc 1:20 - meet joachim 2:40 - meet tony 3:20 - presentation 3:36 - architecture 4:23 - global overview 5:30 - token contract 7:12 - identity registry 9:57 - identity registry storage 11:12 - claim topics registry 12:41 - trusted issuer registry 14:33 - identity check workflow 16:16 - compliance 22:50 - compliance check modular implementation 23:35 - full check workflow 24:26 - erc 3643 association 26:03 - erc 3643 association member 27:05 - end of presentation 27:51 - erc3643.org 28:25 - motivation to create a standard for permissioned token 30:18 - comparision with erc823 32:24 - expand on the compliance interface 34:14 - identity level vs wallet level compliance 35:55 - scope of application 36:50 - other implementation of erc3643 39:22 - impact on the traditional financial system 43:00 - any significant change based on the community feedback 45:50 - limitation that implementers must be aware of 49:15 - message to the community

topics covered --------------------------- 00:50 introduction 1:27 getting into ethereum 3:26 why ethereum? 6:41 joining ech 8:36 issues faced by teams 13:22 evolution of role at ech 20:48 ech multisig 27:12 becoming an eip editor/favorite eips 31:40 do-ocrasy 32:52 privacy 40:40 advice on getting involved/conclusion show notes -------------------- william:   / wschwab_   haresh:   / h_gedia   ethereum object format eip (https://notes.ethereum.org/@ipsilon/m...) other resources --------------------------    • meet the herders     • ecosystem project demo     • nft     • non-eip peepaneip     • community     • peepaneip   connect with cat headers -------------------------------------------- website: https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ twitter:   / ethcatherders   linkedin:   / ethereum-cat-herders   youtube:    / @ethcatherders   github: https://github.com/ethcatherders

Resources ----------------- EIP - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6982 Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/erc7... Big Innovation comes from Ethereum -    / onz0nkdyuow     • PEEPanEIP #89: EIP-5192: Minimal Soul...     • NFT     • ERCs     • PEEPanEIP     • Non-EIP contents   Follow at Twitter -------------------------- Francesco Sullo @sullof | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 Twitter -   / 1736765261506629821   Topics covered --------------------------- 0:59 - About the topic 1:31 - Meet Francesco Sullo 3:12 - ERC-6982: Background, Motivation 5:05 - 6982 Contract Interface explanation 6:16 - Why a new interface for lockable tokens? 8:07 - Is there any relationship with ERC5192? How is it different? 13:00 - Specs of ERC - 6982. How is it different from ERC5753? 16:10 - Do we need ERC5753 in addition to ERC6982 21:55 - Explain protection added to staking 27:40 - Current state of adoption & implementation 29:50 - Security concerns or advice for implementers 36:20 - Feedback on ERC documentation 44:22 - Message to the Ethereum community