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

Ethereum Cat Herders Podcast

Topics covered
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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 barrier for L2 today?
8:30 - Block vs Blob
10:17 - What is a Blob transaction?
11:30 - Blob transaction end-to-end
13:19 - EIP-4844 on Prysm
13:30 - What happens at every upgrade?
14:42 - Beacon API changes
15:20 - Validator changes
16:19 - Crypto library
16:45 - Block & blobs import
17:44 - Forward syncing
18:05 - Backfilling
18:22 - Prysmctl
18:59 - Devnets histories
19:37 - Where are we today?
20:52 - Q&A
21:18 - Why are we doing KZG trusted setup for 4844? (Terence)
22:00 - Dankrad on KZG Trusted setup & 4844
24:39 - Why Exec devs be excited about SSZ? What's upcoming work on SSZ?
27:00 - Is it correct to assume we are using the minimal SSZ for 4844?
28:00 - Risk of centralization with 4844
29:22 - Safety liveness concern
31:59 - Importance of Multi vary function in 4844
32:30 - Blob slashing for signing 2 blobs
33:44 - No. of blobs in a blob
34:29 - Implementation of SSZ on EL before Dencun upgrade
36:05 - Justin on SSZ at EL
37:05 - Explicit changes on EL & CL with 4844
39:30 - Longitivity of a blob
41:05 - Downsides of no EVM access to blobs
42:00 - How far we are from Full Danksharding?
43:55 - Plans to move from Devnets to Public Testnet
45:18 - Do we see 4844 on Goerli testnet?
46:10 - When 4844 on mainnet?
47:28 - Interaction with cross-layer teams
49:30 - Priority for Ethereum Roadmap
51:07 - Thoughts on the EIP process
52:05 - A message to community
Resources:
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Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j0hc8fFy4PuIDiKC79Uv77a2KtrOo9EG78aAqBEl9_s/edit?usp=sharing
Proposal - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4844
Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-4844-shard-blob-transactions/8430
Website - https://www.eip4844.com/
Follow at Twitter
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Terence @terencechain | Pooja Ranjan @poojaranjan19
4844 sorts
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Something special about EIP-4844 - https://youtu.be/dL9IFt8EZVA
What's next in Ethereum after eip4844? - https://youtube.com/shorts/Sv4sKNjn3rE
Ethereum devs working cross-team - Kasey - https://youtube.com/shorts/6DCVmNSBADA?feature=share
A message to Ethereum community (eip4844) - Terence
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