174 - EigenLayer Will Change Ethereum Forever

Is re-staking the biggest thing to happen to Ethereum since MEV?

We’re joined by Sreeram Kannan who walks us through Eigenlayer. The re-staking protocol that is set to change the trajectory of Ethereum forever. It may even be launching pretty soon…

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
7:51 How Big Is Restaking?
9:41 What is Restaking?
16:22 What Was The Aha Moment?
21:32 Restaking Explained (Simply)
25:11 Where Does Eigenlayer Live?
29:40 Slashing on Eigenlayer
42:20 Risks of Restaking
57:23 Restaking Networks
1:05:27 Designing Modular Trust
1:07:43 Eigen DA
1:10:35 The 3 Aspects Of Trust
1:14:18 Tokens On Eigenlayer
1:17:54 Why Start a Network on Eigenlayer?
1:24:22 2 Uses Of Economic Security
1:26:06 Eigenlayer Alignment
1:30:42 Restaking Risk Management
1:36:19 Takes on Vitalik's Post
1:46:55 When is Mainnet Launch?
1:49:59 How Will Restaking Change The World?
1:56:59 Outro

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Resources:

Sreeram Kannan:
https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan

Vitalik’s Article ‘Don’t Overload’:
https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/05/21/dont_overload.html

Sapiens by Yuval Harari:
https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095

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