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ECH Institute Podcast

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🐱 Your go-to educational podcast on the Ethereum ecosystem. Hosted by the ECH Institute Inc., it covers: 🔹 PEEPanEIP – Deep dives into Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). 🔹 Ethereum Core Devs Calls – Key insights from core client development discussions. 🔹 Ecosystem Project Demos – Showcasing Web3 public goods projects. 🔹 In-Depth Interviews – Conversations with builders shaping Ethereum and beyond. Stay informed, stay decentralized—tune in now! Listen on Spotify - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ethcatherders

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PEEPanEIP #114: EIP-7045: Increase max attestation inclusion slot with DannyR 17.08.2023 47:53

Resources: ----------------- EIP-7045 - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7045 Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/... PEEPanEIP - • PEEPanEIP Dencun - • Dencun Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde... YT Shorts1: • Single Slot Finality is a really nice... Clip: • Cross layer EIPs need more coordinati... Full video: ...

PEEPanEIP #113: EIP-7044: Perpetually Valid Signed Voluntary Exits 03.08.2023 29:05

Resources: ----------------- EIP-7044 - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7044 Slides - https://hackmd.io/@dapplion/EIP-7044-... PEEPanEIP - • PEEPanEIP Dencun - • Dencun Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde... YT Shorts1: • Solo Staking on Ethereum blockchain i... YT Shorts 2: • An amazing Ethereum sooner rather tha... Clip: ...

PEEPanEIP #112: EIP-6110: Supply Validator Deposits On Chain 27.07.2023 44:09

Resources: ----------------- EIP-6110 - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6110 Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/... PEEPanEIP - • PEEPanEIP Dencun - • Dencun Check out upcoming EIPs in Peep an EIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde... Follow at Twitter -------------------------- Mikhail Kalinin @mkalinin2 | Kevin Bogner @kevin_bogner | Navie Chan (NC) | Pooja R...

PEEPanEIP # 111:Keeping up with Deneb Specification with Gajinder Singh 13.07.2023 34:34

Resources: ----------------- Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/... PEEPanEIP - • PEEPanEIP Dencun - • Dencun Non-EIP - • Non-EIP contents Check out upcoming EIPs in PeepanEIP series at https://github.com/ethereum-cat-herde... Follow at Twitter Gajinder Singh @Gajpower | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 Contact Ethereum Cat Herders ---------------------------------------------...

PEEPanEIP #110: ERC-6220 Composable NFTs utilizing Equippable Parts 15.06.2023 48:28

Topics covered ------------------------- Meet the co-authors ERC6220 requires Presentation begins About ERC6220 ERC6220 Use cases Project implementation Tools for dapp developers Why is this EIP unique? EIP process for ERC6220 Additional resources End of presentation Recommendation to new authors Slot types and part types Catalog vs supporting direct NFT equipping Thoughts on other composable NFT...

PEEPanEIP #109: ERC-6059: Parent-Governed Nestable NFT with Steven P & Jan T 08.06.2023 50:11

Topics covered ------------------------- Jan Turk introduction Steven Pineda introduction Presentation Pusing NFTs further ERC6059 Use cases - Bundling, Collecting, Soulbound, Membership, Delegation, Security & Multiuse prevention project implementation (NPM package) Tools for Dapp developers How is this EIP unique? Child management EIP Process for ERC6059 Resources How to reach out Q&A Co...

PEEPanEIP #108: ERC-6672: Multi-redeemable NFTs with BoYu Chu 01.06.2023 48:08

Resources ----------------- Slides: https://docsend.com/view/5j2vypm283qe... EIP: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6672 Discussion: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-... PEEPanEIP Playlist - • PEEPanEIP ERC Playlist - • ERCs Follow at Twitter ---------------------------- BoYu Chu @chuboyu_ | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 Topics covered ------------------------- 0:00 - Promo 0:29 - Top...

PEEPanEIP #107: ERC-5773: Context-Dependent Multi-Asset Tokens With Steven Pineda & Jan Turk 18.05.2023 45:36

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:00 - Promo 0:36 - Intro to ERC & team 1:30 - Meet Steven Pineda 1:54 - Meet Jan Turk 2:30 - Presentation begins 2:42 - NFT - Problem & Solution 5:15 - ERC-5773 - One NFT, multiple assets 8:07 - ERC-5773 UseCases 15:44 - Project Implementation 19:45 - Tools for dapp developers 21:55 - EIP Process experience 27:45 - Related EIPs 30:46 - Resources li...

PEEPanEIP #106: ERC-4804: Web3 URL to EVM Call Message Translation with Qi Zhou 11.05.2023 37:59

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:50 - About EIP 1:05 - Meet the author 2:14 - What is Web3:// Acess Protocol 3:00 - Why do we need Web3 Access Protocol 5:55 - How to use Web3 Access Protocol 7:06 - How to Access EVM with web3:// 9:25 - Applications 11:50 . - Blockers 16:29 - Improvement & Extensions Follow at Twitter --------------------------- Qi Zhou @qc_qizhou | Pooja Ranjan @pooj...

PEEPanEIP #105: EIP-5757: Process for Approving External Resources with Sam Wilson 27.04.2023 18:25

Follow at Twitter --------------------------- Sam Wilson @_SamWilsn_ | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19 Resources ------------------ Slides - https://tinyurl.com/peep-eip-5757 Proposal - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-5757 Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-... EIPs External Link Policy • EIPs External Lin... EIP-5757 - • EIP-5757 #shorts PEEPanEIP - • PEEPanEIP EIP Ed...

PEEPanEIP #104: EIP-4844: Shard Blob Transactions with Terence & Kasey 06.04.2023 51:28

Topics covered ------------------------ 0:43 - History of EIP-4844 1:30 - How did Terence join the Ethereum space? 2:44 - How did Kasey join the Ethereum space? 4:08 - EIP-4844: What & Why? 5:12 - Ethereum Today 5:36 - The rollup-centric roadmap 6:20 - Past: Everything happens on L1 6:42 - Today with L2 7:18 - Today L2 uses CALLDATA 7:24 - EIP-4844 L2 uses BLOBDATA 7:52 - Why is BLOBDATA a bar...

PEEPanEIP #103: MEV Boost with Alex Stokes 30.03.2023 53:05

Topics covered -------------------------- 01:10 - Guest's Introduction 01:59 - Presentation 02:14 - What is MEV? 08:58 - Why do we Care? 13:55 - MEV on Ethereum. 15:06 - Transaction Supply Chain - @thegostep 15:29 - MEV on Ethereum. 18:01 - PBS 18:19 - What is MEV-Boost? 18:35 - How do we implement PBS? 20:23 - MEV Boost- Network & Software 21:51 - How would it work? 22:25 - There's a catch 22...

PEEPanEIP #102: EIP-6049: Deprecate SELFDESTRUCT with William Entriken 23.03.2023 46:57

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:39 - About EIP-6049 1:16 - About William Entriken 1:44 - Start of the talk 1:45 - About EIP-6049 by William Entriken 2:37 - What is SELFDESTRUCT? 4:40 - Problems with SELFDESTRUCT 6:13 - About CREATE2 8:50 - Polymorphic smart contract 10:11 - What kind of applications will be affected by deprecating SELFDESTRUCT? 13:28 - EIP Motivation 18:21 - Why choose...

PEEPanEIP #101: Builder API (Shapella) with Gajinder Singh 16.03.2023 27:32

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:52 - Guest introduction 1:29 - Capella Builder API 1:52 - A sidecar to Ethereum Execution 2:28 - A top-level overflow 4:07 - APIs available 5:00 - Changes in Capella 5:02 - buildBlindedBlock & publishedBlindedBlock 7:00 - Builder vs Execution now 8:07 - Builder vs Execution Capella 8:37 - Builder vs Execution Free the validator 9:32 - Proof of Payment...

PEEPanEIP #100: ERC-4337: Account Abstraction Using Alt Mempool with Yoav Weiss 09.03.2023 58:22

Topics covered ---------------------------- 01:58 - Yoav W Introduction. 02:47 - Dror Tirosh Introduction 03:17 - Shahaf's Introduction. 03:38 - Tom's Introduction 04:00 - What's new in ERC-4337? 08:15 - key Challenges - Why is it so Complicated? 10:19 - UserOperation. 11:40 - Submit UserOperation to bundler 13:47 - Submit UserOperation to bundler with factory 15:41 - Submit UserOperation to bundl...

PEEPanEIP #99: EIP-4736: Consensus Layer Withdrawal Protection with Benjamin Chodroff 02.03.2023 51:32

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:45 - Guest Intro 3:17 - Intro to EIP-4736 CLWP 7:23 - History of CLWP 13:52 - Set Validator withdrawal address 15:47 - How to CLWP 18:17 - Demo 25:07 - CLWP with Kleros_io & IPFS 27:37 - Ethereum set withdrawal address 32:24 - Air gaps machine & Key management 34:52 - Shoutout to supporting groups 37:25 - Why is this an Interface EIP and not Core...

PEEPanEIP #98: EIP-5528: Refundable Fungible Token with Jerry Li 23.02.2023 26:28

Topics covered ------------------------- 0:58 - Guests introduction 1:29 - Presentation 1:47 - Problem statement 2:32 - Idea 3:55 - EIP-5528 Specs 4:44 - Use Cases 7:11 - Six Core Functions 7:57 - Method 8:57 - An example 9:59 - Escrow Flow Diagram 10:52 - Why do we need EIP-5528 as a standard? 18:19 - Implementations in real-world (a demo) 19:25 - Difference between the contract for the escrow pr...

PEEPanEIP #96: KZG Ceremony with Carl Beekhuizen 16.02.2023 42:32

Topics covered ------------------------ 01:21 - Guest’s introduction 04:27 - Scaling 05:34 - (Proto) Danksharding / EIP-4844 06:18 - Checking availability 07:03 - Serving the data 07:37 - Throw it all away! 08:18 - Why KZG? 09:58 - Minimising downsides 11:10 - Quick and Easy 11:53 - More Participants than Powers! 13:48 - Specs first design 15:14 - How does the ceremony work? 17:43 - What could a m...

PEEPanEIP #97 - Shapella Testing & Tooling with Parithosh J. & Mario V. 09.02.2023 55:42

Topics covered ------------------------- 01:21 - Guest Introduction(Mario Vega) 02:00 - Guest Introduction(Pari) 02:59 - Mario Vega's Presentation 03:21 - What EIPs are included in Shapella? 05:42 - What are the Key Changes? 11:56 - What has been challenging to test? 15:03 - What tools are we using to test Shapella? 17:25 - Spec tests 18:46 - Hive Tests 20:31 - Pari's Presentation 20:31 - What cha...

PEEPanEIP #95: EIP-5570: Digital Receipt Non-Fungible Tokens with Sean Darcy 02.02.2023 36:55

Topics covered ------------------------ 1:43 - Guest’s introduction 03:13 - What is a receipt? Why are they not digital already 06:06 - Why NFTs are so good for digital receipts 07:48 - What digital receipts bring to Ethereum 10:28 - What does a transaction with a receipt look like 12:11 - Other interesting things 13:39 - Resources 15:43 - Why do we need a digital receipt on blockchain tx? 20:12 -...

PEEPanEIP #94: Staked ETH Withdrawal (Testing) with Potuz & Hsiao-Wei Wang 26.01.2023 1:20:21

Topics covered ------------------------ 01:25 - Guest’s introduction 04:49 - About EIP 4895 05:35 - Potuz's Presentation 05:35 - I want my ETH, what do i do? 08:15 - Validators' Keys 12:24 - Two types of withdrawal credential(Examples) 13:08 - Partial Withdrawals 15:18 - Tooling 18:25 - Full Withdrawals 20:00 - Inside Withdrawals 23:01 - Withdrawal Messages 25:57 - Withdrawal, EL's perspective 27:...

PEEPanEIP #93: Proposer Builder Separation with Barnabé Monnot 19.01.2023 53:49

Topics covered ---------------------------- 1:37 - Guest's bio 2:55 - PBS Presentation 3:29 - Protocol-agent Problem 5:25 - How to become a validator? 6:15 - Proposer-agent Problem 7:15 - How to make a good block? 7:39 - Execution Payload 10:30 - Ordering matters 11:45 - How to allocate first slot? 16:05 - Block construction in PoW 17:55 - Block construction in PoS 19:24 - MEV trickle down 20:05 -...

PEEPanEIP #92: EIP-3651: Warm COINBASE with William Morriss 05.01.2023 15:47

Topics covered ---------------------------- 0:23 - Welcome to the episode 1:04 - Guest’s introduction 1:28 - Presentation 1:30 - About Gas 2:00 - EIP-2929:State Access Lists 2:47 - EIP-2930 : Warm Access Lists 3:39 - EIP-1559 Allows Conditional Coinbase Payment? 5:26 - EIP-3651 makes the Coinbase Warm 7:15 - What was the main reason for proposing this proposal 9:03 - Warm and The Cold Cost Explain...

PEEPanEIP #91: EIP-1153: Transient storage opcodes with Moody Salem 22.12.2022 31:38

Topics covered ---------------------------- 0:51 - Welcome to the episode 1:25 - Guest’s introduction 3:43 - Presentation 3:50 - Goal & purpose of the EIP 4:20 - What is Transient storage? 5:30 - Re-entrancy locks 6:00 - L2 point of view 6:30 - Today’s use cases 7:25 - Why EIP-1153, what is the problem it is solving? 9:45 - Solution EIP-1153 10:25 - More efficient use cases 11:05 - unlocks new...

PEEPanEIP #90: EIP-5646: Token State Fingerprint with Naim Ashhab 01.12.2022 43:34

Topics covered ---------------------------- 01:15 - About proposal 02:10 - Guest introduction 03:17 - Presentation - agenda 04:07 - Types of tokens based on state mutability 6:20 - Challenges of supporting mutable tokens 9:49 - Problem statement - How to unambiguously identify a token state, without the knowledge of implementation details? 10:46 - Do we need a standard? Example ERC 20 12:00 - Do w...