Podcast • August 07, 2024
In this episode
On Ep. 41 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Nixo Rokish, Executive Director of EthStaker, and Thorsten Behrens, “Yorick Downe”, Founder of CryptoManufaktur, about a new proposal to improve the viability of solo staking on Ethereum.
Guests:
Nixo Rokish, Executive Director of EthStaker
Thorsten Behrens, “Yorick Downe”, Founder and CEO of Cryptomanufaktur
Show note links:
- https://www.galaxy.com/newsroom/galaxy-expands-blockchain-infrastructure-capabilities-asset-acquisition-crypto-manufaktur/
- https://ethresear.ch/t/orbit-ssf-solo-staking-friendly-validator-set-management-for-ssf/19928
Timestamps:
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:00:56) Galaxy Acquires CryptoManufaktur
(00:06:45) Orbit SSF Overview
(00:11:04) Skepticism About Orbit SSF
(00:13:19) What is Single Slot Finality?
(00:18:16) Validator Dynamics Under Orbit SSF
(00:22:00) How Orbit SSF Helps Solo Validators
(00:28:31) Design Space Recap for Reducing Validator Set Size
(00:31:51) Anti-Correlation Penalties, EIP 7716
(00:33:45) Outro
This episode was recorded on Friday, August 2, 2024.
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