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Pectra Upgrade: Will This Save Ethereum?

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Today we’re joined by Ethereum researcher Christine Kim to go deep on Ethereum's Pectra upgrade, set to launch on April 21.

In this episode we're discussing:
* Christine's background
* Technical know-how
* Ethereum technical upgrade coverage
* Ethereum Core Dev Calls
* Ethereum upgrade governance process
* Unpacking the Pectra upgrade
* Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & more
* BLOBs
* Dencun’s Ethereum revenue impacts/DA cost reductions
* BLOB space demand
* Back to ‘ETH is a commodity to pay for gas’
* “There are too many active validators”
* Reducing validators risks centralizing?
* 1M+ validators/improving network efficiencies/Lido solo stakers
* Do Ethereum core dev’s have a validators target?
* EIP-7702 explained
* Most looking forward to from EIP-7702
* EIP-7702 limitations
* Adoption of type 4 transactions
* Christine’s new Substack: ‘christinedkim’ + upcoming content plans
And much more—enjoy!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:26) Christine's background
(03:27) Technical know-how
(06:25) Ethereum technical upgrade coverage
(08:31) Ethereum Core Dev Calls
(12:46) Ethereum upgrade governance process
(18:23) Unpacking the Pectra upgrade
(22:23) Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & more
(25:38) BLOBs
(27:50) Dencun’s Ethereum revenue impacts/DA cost reductions
(34:46) BLOB space demand
(38:28) Back to ‘ETH is a commodity to pay for gas’
(41:01) “There are too many active validators”
(42:44) Reducing validators risks centralizing?
(47:24) 1M+ validators/improving network efficiencies/Lido solo stakers
(49:27) Do Ethereum core dev’s have a validators target?
(52:16) EIP-7702 explained
(54:37) Most looking forward to from EIP-7702
(1:01:10) EIP-7702 limitations
(1:04:46) Adoption of type 4 transactions
(1:11:32) Christine’s new Substack: ‘christinedkim’ + upcoming content plans
(1:18:26) Outro
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Content links:
Christine's Substack: https://bit.ly/4jWnkeD
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