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Selected appearances and stuff from 2021

Optimistic Rollups: the present and future of Ethereum scaling

Tech piece on tradeoffs between the two leading L2 design paradigms; written as a team effort (primarily Ed Felten and Steven Goldfeder, tho I’ll take partial credit). One presumes a biting rebuttal from the ZK-folks is currently in the works somewhere, to which I look forward.

Wonk Level: High

Data Sharding Roadmap - The rollupooors' perspective

Twitter space with myself and the inimitable @0xangelfish and @jadler (with surprise appearances from other luminaries in the audience) on the hot topics of the day in Ethereum world. It was lots of fun and also (listening back now) kind of insane. Best of luck.

Wonk Level: Very High

Crypto Critics Corner Appearance

Good dudes; probably my favorite interview I’ve done.

Arbitrum still doesn’t have a token.

Wonk Level: Moderate

Defi Times Appearance

Nice chat with Fabian Klauder from Defi times during the months leading up to the big Arbitrum release.

Wonk Level: Low

Offchain Labs: Multiround Fraud Proofs Overview

Discord session with the Offchain Labs folks; good intro for the technically inclined into the design space of fraud-provable virtual machines.

Wonk Level: High