Episode Details

Rethinking Ethereum's Block Building: CommitBoost & Pre-Confirmations | Drew Van der Werff
9/18/2024
Bell Curve β†—

Key Insights

Bullish:

  • 🟒 $ETH - Ethereum's ongoing infrastructure improvements, including MEV Boost enhancements and base sequencing, could potentially improve scalability and decentralization, which may be positive for Ethereum's long-term prospects.
    • β€œToday with MetBoost, it's pretty restrictive...it really only allows validators to sign off on a block header. And that that's it. Nothing really else.” - Drew (7:01)
    • β€œBase sequencing is simply instead of the centralized sequencer, you use Ethereum Proposers. So Ethereum Proposers are not only sequencing l two transactions, but l one transactions within a block.” - Drew (36:02)
    • β€œHis kinda vision, at least some of the people in the community's vision is that with preconfirmations, you know, it opens the floodgates for other participants to be able to participate, other participants to be able to, like, interact with these preconfirmations.” - Drew (40:03)