MERRY GRINDMAS! (feat. Santa Nixo)

MERRY GRINDMAS! (feat. Santa Nixo)

Author: Galaxy Research December 25, 2024 Duration: 42:30
On Ep. 74 of Infinite Jungle, Christine speaks with Nixo, who works on the Protocol Support Team at the Ethereum Foundation, about her highlights from 2024 and hopes for the Ethereum ecosystem in 2025. Nixo also shares updates about the new staker deposit CLI tool maintained by EthStaker and her perspective on the Ethereum gas limit debate. Christine shares a few predictions about what narratives will take hold on Ethereum next year and restates her convictions about Ethereum’s superpower as the world’s most decentralized and transparent general purpose blockchain. This is the last episode of Infinite Jungle Season 1. Be on the lookout for Season 2 in the new year!   Guests: Name: Nixo Rokish Title: Protocol Support Team at the Ethereum Foundation and Former Executive Director of EthStaker X:  https://x.com/nixorokish Show note links: EthStaker deposit CLI release notes (https://github.com/eth-educators/ethstaker-deposit-cli/releases) Christine’s take on the block gas limit debate (https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/weekly-top-stories-12-06-24/) Timestamps: (00:02:20) Celebrating a new Ethereum deposit CLI (00:10:00) Debriefing the gas limit debate (00:28:48) Highlights from 2024, hopes for 2025 This episode was recorded on Friday, December 13, 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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