Exploring the Future of Account Abstraction

Discover the journey of Ethereum's Account Abstraction (AA) from inception to its current state, challenges tackled by ERC-4337, and future roadmap: modular native AA approach for L2 and L1, and EOA improvement (EIP-7702).

Ethereum in 25 Minutes, Version MMXVII

So what are all of the different moving parts of the Ethereum blockchain? What are uncles, how do contracts call other contracts, who runs them? What is the role of proof of work and proof of stake, and what exactly is gas? What will EIP86 do for you? Vitalik Buterin provides a 25-minute technical overview of the ethereum blockchain, start to finish, and explain many of these concepts in detail.

EIPs Simplified: History and Process Explained

It is planned to be an easy-to-understand session about Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). We'll explore the interesting history of EIPs and the important moments that have shaped different types and categories of proposals. Learn how EIPs go from an idea to becoming part of the Ethereum network, and see how editors help improve the standardization process. This talk is perfect for anyone who wants to learn about EIPs without getting into technical details.

BRAID: Implementing Multiple Concurrent Proposers

BRAID is a consensus specification for implementing concurrent leaders in ethereum from parallel chains. The talk will cover the design of braid. Technical challenges of alternative designs for multi proposer and, if time permits, other topics of interest in execution consensus seperation.

Ethereum Execution Layer Specifications (EELS)

An introduction and walk-through of the executable specifications for the Ethereum Execution Layer. Github (https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs) EELS is an implementation of the EVM in Python that has been optimised for readability. A great tool for EIP authors looking to prototype new ideas on the EVM, it is easy to understand as well as update with new features.

Native Account Abstraction in Pectra, rollups and beyond: combining EOF, EIP-7702 and RIP-7560

Account Abstraction has rightfully become one of the most discussed topics in the Ethereum ecosystem. The upcoming Pectra upgrade is set to be the first one to improve EOAs by including EIP-7702. But can EIP-7702 alone achieve "Account Abstraction"? We will discuss the challenges and benefits of EIP-7702, and break down the team's vision for achieving "complete" Native Account Abstraction with RIP-7560/EIP-7701 and how it differs from ERC-4337 + EIP-7702.

Ethereum for Dummies

Ethereum's CTO Dr. Gavin Wood presents "Ethereum for Dummies" or "So, now we've built it, WTF is it?"

Understanding the Ethereum Blockchain Protocol

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin presents on the intricacies of the Ethereum Blockchain Protocol.

Single Slot Finality and the future of staking

Discussing the evolution of the thinking around future upgrades to the Ethereum consensus protocol (single slot finality project) in relationship to the future of staking. For example discussing things like https://ethresear.ch/t/orbit-ssf-solo-staking-friendly-validator-set-management-for-ssf/19928/3

VLSMs—analyzing faulty distributed systems

Validating Labeled State transition and Message production systems (VLSMs) provide a general approach to modeling and verifying faulty distributed systems. With formal definitions of validation and equivocation, we are able to prove that for systems of validators, the impact of Byzantine components is indistinguishable from the effect of the introduction of corresponding equivocating components. All of the results presented in this talk have been formalized and checked in the Coq proof assistant