ACD After Hours w/Pari and Marius

ACD After Hours w/Pari and Marius

Author: Galaxy Research September 25, 2024 Duration: 49:21
ACD After Hours w/Pari and Marius Description:  On Ep. 52 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Parithosh Jayanthi, Developer Operations Engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, and Marius Van Der Wijden, Geth Developer at the Ethereum Foundation about ACDC #142. As participants of the ACD calls, Pari and Marius share their view on how they think the latest developer call went and what Ethereum stakeholders can expect next in the planning process for Pectra. Christine asks Pari and Marius for their thoughts on many controversial subjects brought up on ACDC #142 including the urgency of the Verkle transition, the lack of consensus about restricting the scope of Pectra 1 and 2, and the strong influence ACD call moderators seem to have in forcing a decision on the calls. Guests: Parithosh Jayanthi, Developer Operations Engineer at the Ethereum Foundation X: https://x.com/parithosh_j Marius Van Der Wijden, Geth Developer at the Ethereum Foundation X: https://x.com/vdWijden Show note links: https://devcon.org/en/ Timestamps: (00:00:00) Introducing Pari & Marius (00:04:38) Was the decision to split Pectra already made before the call? (00:08:18) The biggest worry about splitting Pectra (00:11:52) Christine’s conspiracy theory about EF Researchers (00:15:41) More context on how the Pectra split idea gained traction (00:19:43) Best guess on Pectra timeline from here on out (00:25:26) Marius’ view on the Verkle transition (00:33:30) Pari’s view on the ACD process (00:39:08) Important maintainers of Ethereum are strapped for time (00:43:00) What does Ethereum need to be successful? This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 19, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

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