Vaish Puri

EigenLayer is pitched as a general-purpose marketplace for decentralized trust built on Ethereum. Essentially, introducing a method of internalizing modularity by redirecting trust within the Ethereum ecosystem. The core value proposition behind EigenLayer lies in its “restaking” service and Eigen data availability (EigenDA).

If you missed our webinar with Maple Finance, Centrifuge, and Goldfinch last week, check it out here. The financial industry is on the verge of transformation. DeFi is slowly expanding beyond cryptocurrencies to have an influence in the real world. As more assets are tokenized, conventional capital markets are also moving toward blockchain.  Simultaneously, the […]

It is often said that innovative products get built in bear markets. This summer was a far cry from 2017’s “DeFi Summer”, but major developments in the layer 2 front were made. One such advancement came from the popular optimistic rollup Abritrum.  Last week, Arbitrum deployed their second generation optimistic rollup, Arbitrum Nitro. Nitro supplies […]

Ethereum’s nature to forever grow increasingly complex is also its curse. This complexity is facilitated by its core development: smart contracts. This new, radical tool enabled developers to chart boldly into the realm of decentralized finance, where we’ve witnessed explosive growth and volatility. However, novel systems bring novel risks. Maximal/Miner Extractable Value (MEV), is one […]

Following up my last piece (where I discussed the role sharding is playing in solving decentralized scaling), it’s time to discuss a novel model that could be the savior of Ethereum: danksharding. Danksharding gets its name from its creator and Ethereum Researcher: Dankrad Feist. The change in name is intended to indicate a transition from […]

About a decade into the blockchain industry’s development, early adopters realized that a hidden form of centralization was taking place. As a chain grew utilization, it became longer, which decreased the computational and bandwidth capacity. Over time, nodes with the highest network and operational capacity would dominate, driving towards centralization.  In July 2019 incubation company, […]

At their heart, blockchains are trust machines. Evaluating trust, let alone a chain’s performance, is not a routine task. Amongst the many tools used to quickly evaluate a chain’s performance, transactions per second (TPS) stands out as the most widely recognized one. TPS is often characterized as a reflection of a chain’s throughput, when in […]

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to avoiding financial catastrophes.  Systemic risk can only be partially handled in an unpredictable society. Economic conditions, technology, and human behavior all vary over time, therefore methods to combat systemic risk must remain alterable as well. This development does not necessarily lead to a more effective and stable state, as […]

Jump to: “I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing” – Socrates  There has been a lot of palpable fervor lately surrounding L2 scaling solutions, and rightfully so. With Optimism releasing a governance token, demand for lower gas fees on ETH mainnet, and a litany of new ideas being produced at back-to-back […]