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LIVE NOW - The Future of Ethereum Scaling: Native Rollups Explained Native Rollups are the next big step toward scaling Ethereum securely. In this episode, Uma Roy (CEO of Succinct) and Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation researcher) break down what Native Rollups are, how they leverage Ethereum’s core infrastructure for... execution and validation, and why they're crucial for stronger security, better composability, and sustainable Ethereum growth. Tune in to understand the evolution of Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap and how Native Rollups could become a foundational upgrade for Ethereum's future. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:41 Why Native Rollups? 16:32 Security & Composability Benefits 38:13 ZKProofs 42:52 Making L2s Native 50:48 Network Effects 52:35 Customizability Trade-Offs 58:59 Timelines 1:02:39 ETH Economic Impacts 1:05:46 Other Advantages 1:08:17 Succinct 1:08:59 1:11:32 Real-Time Proving 1:12:33 Ethereum’s Bottleneck 1:15:43 Closing & Disclaimersshow more

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Bankless1 year ago

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Cointelegraph.CRYPTO1 year ago

@pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn

gareth.eth1 year ago

@pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn Just listened, timeline sounds off, if absolute fastest implementation estimate is end 2026 you're probably looking at 2028 at best is my guess. Most likely outcome 2030.

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COOKSITS1 year ago

@TrustlessState @pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn Making Ethereum Kult Again 🤝

Greg~1 year ago

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CHRIS1 year ago

@TrustlessState @pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn isn’t it fascinating how native rollups could redefine our approach to scalability? this innovative tech opens so many possibilities for the ethereum ecosystem.

salamander1 year ago

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ETHVision🪙1 year ago

@pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn great post

Aggelos1 year ago

@pumatheuma @SuccinctLabs @drakefjustin @ethereumfndn @Bankless Absolutely! Ethereum's Native Rollups will be a game changer. They'll not only streamline transactions but also mitigate congestion issues. It's like adding express lanes on the blockchain freeway! Exciting times ahead. 🚀 #Ethereum #Blockchain

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31,298 views • 1 year ago

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Bankless

18,628 views • 4 months ago

🎙️ New The Edge Podcast 📊 Navigating The World of Ethereum L2s, According To L2BEAT 0:00 - Intro 6:44 - Bartek’s background 9:57 - Is Ethereum headed in the right direction? 12:27 - Why Ethereum and L2s need L2BEAT 19:51 - The Rotten Tomatoes of L2s 25:41 - How L2BEAT is funded as a public good 30:58 - Defining an Ethereum L2 34:35 - How does an L2 derive security from L1? 42:11 - Three distinct stages of an L2 47:14 - What Arbitrum and Base need to be Stage 2 55:04 - Thoughts on based rollups 57:03 - Why Robinhood chose an Ethereum L2 1:00:30 - Justified criticisms of L2s 1:04:53 - What is Data Availability (DA)? 1:11:37 - Fundamental role of zk scaling Ethereum 1:16:19 - A future of zk-powered DeFi 1:20:06 - Closing 🙏 Thanks to L2BEAT 💗 Founder bartek.eth for joining us!

🎙️ New The Edge Podcast 📊 Navigating The World of Ethereum L2s, According To L2BEAT 0:00 - Intro 6:44 - Bartek’s background 9:57 - Is Ethereum headed in the right direction? 12:27 - Why Ethereum and L2s need L2BEAT 19:51 - The Rotten Tomatoes of L2s 25:41 - How L2BEAT is funded as a public good 30:58 - Defining an Ethereum L2 34:35 - How does an L2 derive security from L1? 42:11 - Three distinct stages of an L2 47:14 - What Arbitrum and Base need to be Stage 2 55:04 - Thoughts on based rollups 57:03 - Why Robinhood chose an Ethereum L2 1:00:30 - Justified criticisms of L2s 1:04:53 - What is Data Availability (DA)? 1:11:37 - Fundamental role of zk scaling Ethereum 1:16:19 - A future of zk-powered DeFi 1:20:06 - Closing 🙏 Thanks to L2BEAT 💗 Founder bartek.eth for joining us!

DeFi Dad ⟠ defidad.eth

21,847 views • 8 months ago

LIVE NOW - MegaETH Mainnet is Live! — The Next Era of Ethereum Scaling MegaETH mainnet is live, kicking off a new frontier for Ethereum scaling: ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and an execution environment built to unlock apps that can’t exist on L1. Lei Yang Σ: & namik // mega-chef Σ: break down why Vitalik’s latest L2 framing validates “barbell” scaling, what users actually inherit from Ethereum (censorship resistance, exit guarantees, and fraud-proof security assumptions), and why stages + governance are harder than they look. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:41 Vitalik’s L2 Pivot Tweet 14:05 Property Rights on MegaETH 21:10 Stage 2 & Rollup Design 30:34 MegaETH’s Stress Test Numbers 40:42 MegaETH’s Throughput 47:02 Business Model 52:15 MEV 1:00:18 Other MegaETH Products 1:02:19 App Strategy 1:07:04 Mega Mafia 1:10:48 MegaETH x AI Agents 1:15:53 Mega Token 1:20:17 Mainnet Release 1:21:11 Closing & Disclaimers

LIVE NOW - MegaETH Mainnet is Live! — The Next Era of Ethereum Scaling MegaETH mainnet is live, kicking off a new frontier for Ethereum scaling: ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and an execution environment built to unlock apps that can’t exist on L1. Lei Yang Σ: & namik // mega-chef Σ: break down why Vitalik’s latest L2 framing validates “barbell” scaling, what users actually inherit from Ethereum (censorship resistance, exit guarantees, and fraud-proof security assumptions), and why stages + governance are harder than they look. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:41 Vitalik’s L2 Pivot Tweet 14:05 Property Rights on MegaETH 21:10 Stage 2 & Rollup Design 30:34 MegaETH’s Stress Test Numbers 40:42 MegaETH’s Throughput 47:02 Business Model 52:15 MEV 1:00:18 Other MegaETH Products 1:02:19 App Strategy 1:07:04 Mega Mafia 1:10:48 MegaETH x AI Agents 1:15:53 Mega Token 1:20:17 Mainnet Release 1:21:11 Closing & Disclaimers

Bankless

13,641 views • 5 months ago

Ethereum is starting from the endgame. Episode 4 of TheCoordinate is a deep dive into Lean Ethereum: a clean-slate rethink of consensus, execution, and data availability. I sat down with Justin Drake from Ethereum Foundation to unpack: > need for the rewrite, > rewrite items: post-quantum security + fast finality, > endgame finality (3-slot -> 2-slot -> maybe 1-slot), > slot anatomy, networking constraints, and the "SOL slots" meme, > real-time ZK proving changing the execution roadmap, > censorship resistance with FOSSIL, > role of L2s in the world of Lean Ethereum, > incentives across proposer, builder, prover, includer, attester. If you’re building on Ethereum or trying to understand where the base layer is headed, this one is for you. This is Episode 4 of TheCoordinate. Hope you enjoy it! ------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: digital intelligence needs digital institutions 0:30 The big questions: Lean Ethereum, consensus/execution, post-quantum 1:25 Why Ethereum needs an endgame mindset (and a clean-slate approach) 3:30 The two “rewrite-class” items: post-quantum security + fast finality 5:52 Beamchain → Lean Consensus → Lean Ethereum (expands beyond consensus) 6:34 ZK EVM + real-time proving within a slot → “10,000 TPS” target 10:10 “SOL slots”: pushing slot duration toward speed-of-light constraints 11:09 3-slot finality (3SF) → endgame finality (2-slot / 1-slot paths) 18:19 eFP2P: erasure-coded gossip, bandwidth efficiency, scaling blobs 26:21 FOSSIL today: inclusion lists + opening includers beyond validators 39:09 Lean VM: minimal ZKVM 51:04 XMSS explained: Merkle signatures, 2^32 leaves, statefulness tradeoff 1:00:36 Rollups: 99.9% throughput on L2s + “native rollups” 1:06:53 Economics: roles (builder/prover/includer/attester), proving costs, stake capping

Ethereum is starting from the endgame. Episode 4 of TheCoordinate is a deep dive into Lean Ethereum: a clean-slate rethink of consensus, execution, and data availability. I sat down with Justin Drake from Ethereum Foundation to unpack: > need for the rewrite, > rewrite items: post-quantum security + fast finality, > endgame finality (3-slot -> 2-slot -> maybe 1-slot), > slot anatomy, networking constraints, and the "SOL slots" meme, > real-time ZK proving changing the execution roadmap, > censorship resistance with FOSSIL, > role of L2s in the world of Lean Ethereum, > incentives across proposer, builder, prover, includer, attester. If you’re building on Ethereum or trying to understand where the base layer is headed, this one is for you. This is Episode 4 of TheCoordinate. Hope you enjoy it! ------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: digital intelligence needs digital institutions 0:30 The big questions: Lean Ethereum, consensus/execution, post-quantum 1:25 Why Ethereum needs an endgame mindset (and a clean-slate approach) 3:30 The two “rewrite-class” items: post-quantum security + fast finality 5:52 Beamchain → Lean Consensus → Lean Ethereum (expands beyond consensus) 6:34 ZK EVM + real-time proving within a slot → “10,000 TPS” target 10:10 “SOL slots”: pushing slot duration toward speed-of-light constraints 11:09 3-slot finality (3SF) → endgame finality (2-slot / 1-slot paths) 18:19 eFP2P: erasure-coded gossip, bandwidth efficiency, scaling blobs 26:21 FOSSIL today: inclusion lists + opening includers beyond validators 39:09 Lean VM: minimal ZKVM 51:04 XMSS explained: Merkle signatures, 2^32 leaves, statefulness tradeoff 1:00:36 Rollups: 99.9% throughput on L2s + “native rollups” 1:06:53 Economics: roles (builder/prover/includer/attester), proving costs, stake capping

Soubhik Deb

86,471 views • 4 months ago