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SoSo Daily Podcast | Crypto Market Pullback & U.S. Regulatory Acceleration
SoSo Daily Podcast | Crypto Market Pullback & U.S. Regulatory Acceleration
SoSo Daily Podcast | Crypto Market Pullback & U.S. Regulatory Acceleration
SoSo Daily Podcast | Crypto Market Pullback & U.S. Regulatory Acceleration
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Dankrad Feist is a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation working on the Ethereum 2.0 protocol, with a particular interest in cryptography, secure multi-party computing MPC, zero-knowledge proofs, and more. He is also an EigenLayer consultant.
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Ethereum Foundation
Dankrad Feist Education Experience
University of Cambridge
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Ethereum developer Dankrad Feist proposes a 100x scalability solution to save the network
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CoinGape
May 1, 2025
Dankrad Feist and Justin Drake, researchers at the Ethereum Foundation, have become advisors to EigenLayer.
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TechFlow
May 21, 2024
Dankrad Feist, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, has joined the advisory team at EigenLayer and received tokens.
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吴说
May 21, 2024
Ethereum's Dankrad Feist Faces Backlash for Joining EigenLayer as Adviser
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Cointelegraph
May 21, 2024
Ethereum Mainnet's Tenth Anniversary: The Eight Kings Scattered, Faith Remains! On July 30, 2025, the ETH price is approaching $4,000.00, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the Ethereum mainnet launch. In ten years, this project, which started with a whitepaper, has grown into a global financial network with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, and has also completed its first cycle from PoW to PoS and from founding centralization to community governance. This is a history of technology, and also a narrative about people. From Vitalik's idea to the founding team of "Eight Kings Regent" parting ways: Charles Hoskinson turned around and created Cardano, Gavin Wood left and created Polkadot, Di Iorio and Wilcke faded out one after another, and Lubin continued the commercial chapter with ConsenSys. Ten years later, their figures may have gone far away, but the ideal of building a "world computer" that year is still being continued by new developers. Today's Ethereum is not only Danny Ryan and Vlad Zamfir behind PoS, but also Péter Szilágyi, Tim Beiko, and Dankrad Feist, who are promoting the evolution of Geth, Danksharding, and EIP, as well as a global developer ecosystem of over 250,000 people. They maintain this ten-year-old machine together with a truly decentralized attitude. Looking back at Ethereum's first cycle, it is a public infrastructure born from the beliefs of a group of people. Looking forward to the next decade, perhaps we will witness an Ethereum "without Vitalik" truly moving towards maturity.
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PANewsCN
1 day ago
Vitalik Just Dropped a 10X ETH Scaling Plan! Here’s What You Need to Know: Vitalik Buterin just confirmed plans to 10X scale Ethereum Layer 1 over roughly the next year. Yes, you heard that right: 10X on L1. 🚀 But don’t expect a frenzied “max gas, max risk” moonshot. Vitalik’s not rushing it. He’s taking the slow-and-steady route, scaling up ETH without breaking the things that make it great (decentralization and openness). What’s the Scoop? 💡 Confirmed at ETHGlobal Prague: ETH Layer 1 is getting a 10X scaling upgrade, meaning way more transactions, users, and activity on-chain. 💡Devs will also clean up the engine room, boosting performance so ETH can handle bigger games, more DeFi, better UX, and fatter liquidity flows. 💡After rollout, they’ll pause and do a sanity check on decentralisation metrics, no centralization sneak-ins allowed. Big Picture: ✅ The ETH scaling convo is front and centre again, finally, a clear plan is on deck. ✅ L1 scaling has been the elephant in the room, and Vitalik’s now laid out the path. ✅ Institutions are circling, more ETH ETF and corporate flow likely incoming. ✅ ETH aiming for $3K, looking to bounce back after a rough Q1. Web3 Builders, Pay Attention. This Hits Close to Home: 👉 A faster, more efficient ETH L1 = better UX for GameFi, NFTs, DeFi, agents, and more. Way smoother for onboarding normies. 👉 No decentralization compromise: Web3 stays Web3, open, permissionless, trustless. 👉 ETH scaling narratives = fresh capital + builder momentum, the kind of market tailwind that fuels new waves of apps + adoption. Vitalik’s stance? “It will be a good time to take a breather and verify we are doing okay on decentralization properties.” — Vitalik Buterin Why Now? Calls for scaling have reached frenzied levels in recent weeks: ▪️ETH Q1 was rough: price down, on-chain activity weak, “wen scaling?” everywhere. ▪️Top ETH researcher Dankrad Feist says ETH needs 100X scaling in 5 years to stay competitive vs faster L1s. ▪️Corporate $$$ heating up: SharpLink Gaming is raising $2B to buy ETH via ETFs and BTSC. Big money needs faster, cheaper Ethereum. CT takeaway? L1 scaling cycles = massive catalysts for the next wave of apps + adoption. Scaling season? Bags packed. Let’s see where this goes.👀 Bullish or cautious? What’s YOUR take on ETH 10X scaling? Drop your thoughts 💥, smash that RT 🔁, and follow @SeedifyFund for more Web3 alpha.
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SeedifyFund
Jun 3, 2025
🪙 Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist has thrown down the gauntlet, suggesting a 100x gas limit increase over 4 years with EIP-9698! 🚀 This could supercharge Ethereum to handle up to 2000 transactions per second. Right now, the gas limit sits at 36 million—back in 2015, it was just around 5000! Talk about growth! 📈 #Ethereum #CryptoNews
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crynetio
May 13, 2025
Wu Shuo Daily Selected Crypto News + This Week's Macro Indicators
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吴说
Apr 28, 2025
Proposal for EIP-9698 by researcher Dankrad Feist aims to significantly enhance Ethereum's transaction processing capacity but also raises concerns about technical risks. Details: https://t.co/F4jRwQ8gF9 https://t.co/7GztJnBhA1 ![Image](https://static.sosovalue.com/sosovalue/2025/04/28/114ae0a3-4230-4d65-b03b-d1ce7b47f9a3.jpg)
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coin68
Apr 28, 2025
⚡️⚡️Ethereum Updates: 1️⃣ The ongoing EOF debate is not part of the Pectra upgrade on May 7th (EIP-7600). It’s related to the Fusaka upgrade, targeting Q3/Q4 (EIP-7607). 2️⃣ #Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist proposes a 4-year plan to increase the gas limit by 100x, potentially boosting TPS to 2,000. 🚀 ![Image](https://static.sosovalue.com/sosovalue/2025/04/28/b79dba68-adc1-4c30-9899-1c7696aedef3.png)
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Crypto_Potato
Apr 28, 2025
📢 Update: Dankrad Feist, an #Ethereum researcher, has outlined a four-year plan to increase $ETH's gas limit by 100x, which could potentially elevate the blockchain’s TPS to 2,000. #CoinPedia #CryptoNews #Blockchain #CryptoMarket
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CoinpediaNews
Apr 28, 2025
⚡️ LATEST: Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist proposes a four-year plan to increase Ethereum’s gas limit by 100x, which could theoretically boost the blockchain’s TPS to 2,000. https://t.co/cJM2WJbWO4
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Cointelegraph
Apr 28, 2025
Suspicious Bitcoin transfers trigger a surge in Monero prices, Standard Chartered predicts Bitcoin will rise to $120,000 in the second quarter
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The Block
Apr 28, 2025
💡 Ethereum could see a significant increase in transaction capacity if a new proposal by Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist is adopted. #Ethereum #ETH https://t.co/qurLUhyWMZ
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cryptonews
Apr 28, 2025
Ethereum researchers propose an exponential increase of the gas limit by 100 times to enhance mainnet scalability.
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The Block
Apr 27, 2025
Ethereum Foundation researchers resign from EigenLayer advisory role due to conflict of interest.
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Decrpt
Nov 6, 2024
[Ethereum Foundation Researchers Resign from EigenLayer Advisory Role, Apologize to the Community and Reiterate Commitment to Neutrality] Ethereum Foundation (EF) researchers Dankrad Feist and Justin Drake have resigned from their advisory positions at EigenLayer. A few months ago, a controversy erupted within the Ethereum community regarding potential conflicts of interest. @PANewsCN will explore this in the following article, providing a quick overview for readers. https://t.co/h57Etj7pd9
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web3caff_zh
Nov 5, 2024
Ethereum Researchers Resign from EigenLayer Advisor Positions
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The Block
Nov 2, 2024
Ethereum Under Pressure: How Vitalik and the Foundation Are Responding to CriticismEthereum Foundation Reveals Expenditure BreakdownRecently, the @ethereum Foundation’s sale of $ETH and its financial transparency have drawn significant attention from the crypto community. In response, the Ethereum Foundation released its official expenditure breakdown at the end of August.According to the report, “new institutions” accounted for the largest portion of the foundation’s spending, at 36.5%. @VitalikButerin explained that this category includes grants to various organizations such as the @NomicFoundation , @l2beat, the Decentralization Research Centre, and @0xPARC Foundation. The primary goal of funding these new institutions is to strengthen the Ethereum community in the long term.The second-largest spending category was #L1 R&D, which made up 24.9% of the total. This category includes funding for external client teams (62%) and internal foundation researchers (38%). Internal teams such as Geth, Cryptography Research, Devcon, Solidity, and Next Billion are responsible for public projects, with information about their activities available on their websites, GitHub, and social channels.Additionally, the foundation has consistently published reports on its external spending or grant activities over the past four years. In Q1 2024, the foundation supported projects including Xerxis, Ethereum Bogotá, Motherless Africa, and ETHKL. The remaining expenses included community development (12.7%), #zk applications (10.4%), internal operations (7.7%), developer platforms (6.5%), and #L2 R&D (1.4%).In addition to revealing the foundation’s expenditure, Vitalik also disclosed that his annual salary from the organization is approximately $139,500, which, given his estimated net worth of $1.5 billion (as reported by Forbes in 2022), is relatively modest.Regarding the foundation’s financial management strategy, Vitalik noted that the foundation plans to spend 15% of its remaining funds annually. This approach ensures the foundation’s long-term presence, though its influence in the ecosystem may diminish over time. Foundation member Justin Drake estimated that the foundation has around 10 years of operational funding left, though this will fluctuate with the price of ETH.Did Vitalik Sell More ETH?https://t.co/NC08Oc3vUlVitalik came under fire again after selling $441,000 worth of ETH on September 12, but he clarified that the order was placed in August, marking his last planned sale (intended to fund a defense project for the ecosystem). He noted that no further sales of this nature are expected. The transaction was triggered by a Cowswap twap automatic order, which had been set on August 29. Twap strategies allow large orders to be executed in smaller portions over time.According to LookOnChain data, a wallet linked to Vitalik sold 190 ETH on September 12, bringing the total ETH sold since August 30 to $2.28 million. Vitalik insisted that he has never profited from selling ETH, as all proceeds have been used to fund projects that quietly support the ecosystem.How Do Vitalik and the Ethereum Foundation View DeFi?Kain Warwick, a long-time #DeFi developer, recently accused Vitalik and the Ethereum Foundation of being “anti-DeFi.” Warwick claimed that the foundation allocates only a small portion of its budget to advancing decentralized finance while spending most of it on what he considers less important areas.Vitalik responded by emphasizing his long-term focus on sustainable projects and decentralized exchanges. He reiterated his commitment to DeFi but expressed disinterest in short-term, unsustainable projects, such as those relying on liquidity mining or issuing new tokens to sell into the market.Ethereum Foundation team member @dankrad Feist added that the foundation has no unified stance on DeFi. He personally values DeFi but believes it cannot solve all of Ethereum’s challenges. While financial markets don’t inherently create value, they can provide essential services like liquidity and insurance. Feist sees DeFi’s most valuable contribution to Ethereum as decentralized stablecoins. He hopes these stablecoins can become “pure” crypto-native mediums of exchange but acknowledges their significant scalability limitations. As a result, custodial solutions are currently more popular. Despite this, he believes having decentralized, censorship-resistant alternatives remains valuable.Key Areas of Research for the Ethereum FoundationDespite controversy over its spending, the Ethereum Foundation is actively researching several technological advancements.In the realm of ZK proofs, George Kadianakis is working on #STARKs and #SNARKs, with research focused on recursive signature aggregation and post-quantum security implementation. @drakefjustin Justin Drake noted that the introduction of SNARKs has significantly reduced proof costs and highlighted ongoing formal verification work on #zkEVM.For verifiable delay functions (#VDF), Antonio Sanso mentioned that while they haven’t been implemented in Ethereum yet, the team is exploring their potential applications, but further refinement and evaluation are needed.In terms of #MEV, @barnabemonnot Barnabé Monnot and s0isp0ke discussed research on proposals such as ePBS, Execution Tickets, and Inclusion Lists to reduce MEV’s impact and improve the network’s censorship resistance.Vitalik Buterin and Justin Drake also suggested that Ethereum might eventually shift to using binary hash trees instead of Verkle trees to accommodate future technical upgrades. Formal verification and verifiable computing are seen as critical technologies for ensuring code correctness and promoting interoperability between different programs.How Does the Foundation View ETH Value Accumulation?It’s well known that the roadmap involves rollups forming a diverse ecosystem on Ethereum L1, with a large number of DApps on L2 offering low user fees. However, this raises the question of ETH’s lack of value accumulation. The foundation views ETH value accumulation as critical to Ethereum’s success, with ETH serving as currency, supporting decentralized stablecoins, and providing economic security for the network.Justin Drake believes that Ethereum must become the programmable money of the internet, and ETH’s value accumulation will be realized through total fees and monetary premium. The focus should be on total fees rather than per-transaction fees. Even if transaction fees are less than a penny, 10 million transactions per second could still generate billions of dollars in revenue.Another key aspect is the use of ETH as collateral, especially in supporting DeFi. Different financial activities on Ethereum will drive value capture for ETH.Moreover, Drake sees Ethereum’s mainnet as a hub for high-value activities in the rollup roadmap, making L1 expansion necessary.By designing Ethereum to support sustainable economic activity, ETH’s value accumulation will naturally follow. ETH’s growing value will support the Ethereum ecosystem’s security and economic activity, driving Ethereum’s progress as a global financial platform.How Will Ethereum Tackle L2 Centralization?Currently, over 80% of Ethereum transactions occur on Layer 2 solutions like #Arbitrum, #Optimism, #Base, and #zkSync. Recently, concerns about the centralization of L2 networks were raised by Justin Bons of Cyber Capital, who argued that these networks pose risks due to their centralized nature. In response, Vitalik clarified that highly decentralized L2 solutions cannot, by design, seize user funds without broad consensus.On September 12, Vitalik stated that he would only publicly acknowledge L2 solutions that achieve Stage 1 or higher in decentralization, regardless of his personal investments. He emphasized the importance of security and recommended against removing initial protections until proof systems are fully verified. Starting next year, he plans to only mention (in blogs, speeches, and public platforms) L2 solutions that meet Stage 1 or higher, though he may allow temporary exceptions for genuinely promising new projects.Vitalik outlined the standards for a Stage 1+ rollup, where 75% of a council’s consensus is needed to override the proof system, and at least 26% of council members must be independent of the rollup team. He believes “this requirement is reasonable and essential for network security, signaling the end of the ‘multi-signature’ era for rollups and the beginning of the era of cryptographic trust.” Several ZK rollup teams are expected to meet this milestone by the end of the year.ConclusionDespite the current FUD, the Ethereum team is actively addressing challenges. As the largest smart contract platform, Ethereum’s fundamentals remain strong, and there’s no reason for excessive pessimism.Ethereum’s biggest hurdle right now is the bottleneck in industry applications. However, L2’s low fees are setting the stage for a wave of new applications. Once liquidity in capital markets improves, crypto adoption rates will accelerate, and Ethereum’s future remains promising.https://t.co/g7RdpMnaRW
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ebunker_eth
Sep 24, 2024
Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake: Foundation's funds reserve is sufficient to sustain for 10 years, Blob income has limited impact on the protocol.
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TechFlow
Sep 5, 2024
Ethereum Foundation AMA: Projects like Celestia are unable to compete with the Ethereum mainnet in terms of security.
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Odaily
Sep 5, 2024
Ethereum Foundation AMA: Valuable transactions will continue to take place on Ethereum.
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Odaily
Sep 5, 2024
Ethereum Foundation to Implement Conflict of Interest Policy Amid Eigenlayer Controversies
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Cointelegraph
May 24, 2024
Ethereum Foundation to Develop Policy on Conflicts of Interest After Researchers Disclose Incentives
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The Block
May 24, 2024
Dankrad Feist, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, expressed his decision to become an advisor to Eigenlayer and admitted that he will receive a large number of tokens. He still believes that re-staking brings a lot of risk, but it will also bring some benefits to individual stakers. He said that if Eigenlayer is done by people with high integrity, it will bring significant benefits to Ethereum.
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WuBlockchain
May 21, 2024
Ethereum Foundation researcher joins EIGENLAYER as an advisor
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Odaily
May 20, 2024
Ethereum's Feist and Helius Labs' Mumtaz Debate Decentralization's Value
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Cointelegraph
May 20, 2024
The Ethereum Foundation team is debating MEV and liquidity staking issues.
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吴说
May 17, 2024
The team leader of the Ethereum Foundation pointed out that MEV and liquidity staking are attacks on Ethereum.
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Odaily
May 16, 2024
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