Ethereum Gave Away Too Much for Too Long. Will Its Pivot Be Enough? - Ep. 829
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After years of underperformance, Ethereum is trying to change course, from scaling the layer 1 to potentially dumping the EVM. In this episode, Tarun Chitra and Max Resnick break down each of these new changes, analyzing the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

Is this a reset that can save Ethereum’s market position and price? Or has the protocol given away too much for too long?

They dive into:

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Whether the gas limit increase changes everything

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What went wrong with Ethereum’s economics and solo staking politics

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Max’s view on “the single most important” change Ethereum needs to make

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How ETH could claw back value from layer 2s

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What Max would do if he ran Ethereum

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Whether this pivot is too little, too late

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Tarun Chitra), CEO and Co-Founder of Gauntlet

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Max Resnick), Lead economist at Anza

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Unchained: 

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Ethereum Ecosystem Shifts Toward User Focus)

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Ethereum Developers Vote EOF Out of Fusaka Hard Fork)

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Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing Ethereum Virtual Machine)

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The Block: 

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Vitalik and new Ethereum Foundation co-executive directors outline updated board structure, mission)

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Vitalik Buterin- and StarkWare-backed Kakarot reveals alternative Ethereum ZK stack, targeting real-time STARK proofs on Layer 1 by end of 2025)

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CoinDesk: Ethereum Could Supercharge Transaction Speed to 2,000 TPS Thanks to Bold New Proposal)

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Simplifying the L1) by Vitalik Buterin

Timestamps:

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👋 0:00 Introduction

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🛠️ 2:05 Why Ethereum had to pivot and what triggered the urgency

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📈 7:16 Why raising the gas limit could actually be a big deal

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💻 9:12 Whether Ethereum devs are too idealistic

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⚡ 19:02 How Solana managed to outperform Ethereum at the base layer

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👨‍🏫 24:09 Why Max feels Vitalik’s proposals focus on outdated technology 

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🔧 27:57 The growing gap between Ethereum research and its execution clients

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👍 35:02 The ONE thing Max thinks Ethereum is doing well

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⚖️ 40:38 Did “credible neutrality” push Ethereum down the wrong path?

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🌀 48:23 Will the new Ethereum R1 rollup succeed? 

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🔀 52:53 What the new updates mean for layer 2s and their value proposition

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📉 1:02:58 Whether ETH is finally due for a price reversal

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🎯 1:09:12 Why Ethereum should take a page from Trump’s strategy playbook

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