devcon 7 / cypherpunk is slow not hyper financialized and unlike twitter
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Cypherpunk is slow, not hyper-financialized and unlike Twitter
Duration: 00:07:47
Speaker: Sebastian Buergel
Type: Lightning Talk
Expertise: Intermediate
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
In this lightning talk I will present three major directions that we need to tackle to make Ethereum Cypherpunk:
1. Against popular trends, I call for increasing block time (instead of making it faster) to increase resilience via better DVT and mixnets - both are struggling with low latency blocks
2. Let's revive the Ethereum world computer, not just financial infrastructure and their implications
3. Rethink [d]app UX entirely - how does resilient human interaction feel like in the digital era?
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