Watch the video version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcJqThCdns
Topics covered
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- Guests introduction
- Plan
- Merge transition
- Ethereum today
- Bellatrix, Consensus Layer
- Paris, Execution Layer
- Merge transition
- Terminal total difficulty vs. block number
- TTD hits before Bellatrix
- TTD override
- Merge rollout
- Questions
- How confident devs are that we do not have to do TTD override for the mainnet Merge?
- What would be the difference in activation time in terms of hrs./days/weeks between Bellatrix & Paris. - Is it simple or difficult to estimate the activation time?
- PoS post Merge
- Client diversity
- Running a node
- Saving the Planet
- Ultrasound money
- Priority fees
- Block confirmations
- Finalized and safe blocks
- RANDAO
- Stable block times
- Transaction fees
- Withdrawals
- Proof of Execution
- Resources
- 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
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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