Hard And Soft Power In Ethereum With James Prestwich

Welcome back to the Gwart Show! Today we are joined by James Prestwich, a OG Ethereum engineer and leader of @init4tech, an Ethereum research group. On the show, we dive back into Ethereum’s plight, beginning with the fundamentals. We start with a review of Ethereum’s origins, James’ mental model for ETH, why PBS is broken (and was from the start), if Rollups work and how we skipped sharding, Vitalik and more Vitalik, and what Solana really means for Ethereum. Follow our guest on Twitter: @_prestwich Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:50 Jame's bio 02:30 ETH's evolution 06:08 Mental models for ETH 08:40 How's ETH doing these days? 13:05 Current Roll Up sequencers 14:42 Other sequencer models 20:48 Fixing PBS 24:38 Not addressing known problems 28:54 Current roll up landscape 31:54 Macro & crypto 32:48 Future of roll ups 35:01 Real world impact 40:22 Goals for ETH 42:37 Consensus for ETH 46:32 Vitalik 's bad decisions 48:48 Vitalik from a tech perspective 51:47 Hard & soft power in ETH ecosystem 54:16 SOL vs ETH 56:28 If SOL is better rails, what should ETH do? 58:35 What are you optimistic about? 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices