Episodes

  • The Surprising Truth About Self-Built Blocks

    The Surprising Truth About Self-Built Blocks
    Jul 24 2024
    On Ep. 37 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Matt Cutler, CEO and Co-Founder of Blocknative, about base fee volatility. Show note links: Matt’s Modular Summit presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJ5oicJOME&t=15074s [3:57:29-4:12:21] Blocknative blog post on base fee volatility: https://www.blocknative.com/blog/how-self-built-blocks-unintentionally-introduce-base-fee-volatility Ethernow, Ethereum Mempool Explorer: https://www.ethernow.xyz/mempool/all Mallesh Pai and Max Resnick paper on fee mechanism design: https://www.mechanism.org/spec/04 Mike Neuder and Max Resnick on MEV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbTWpf7Yzg This episode was recorded on Friday, July 19, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    33 mins
  • ACDE #192: If Mainnet Goes to Sh*t…

    ACDE #192: If Mainnet Goes to Sh*t…
    Jul 23 2024
    On Ep.36 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #192. Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-192/ This episode was recorded on Friday, July 19, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    35 mins
  • Poking Fun at Pectra with Lighthouse Dev Sean Anderson

    Poking Fun at Pectra with Lighthouse Dev Sean Anderson
    Jul 17 2024
    On Ep. 35 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Sean Anderson, Software Engineer at Sigma Prime about the Pectra upgrade. Show note links: https://sigmaprime.io/ This episode was recorded on Friday, July 12, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    35 mins
  • ACDC #137: The Waning Importance of Eth Upgrades

    ACDC #137: The Waning Importance of Eth Upgrades
    Jul 16 2024
    On Ep.34 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #137 and her takeaways from attending the 7th annual Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC). Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-137-writeup/ This episode was recorded on Friday, July 12, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    32 mins
  • Introducing Sal, the SOL Bull

    Introducing Sal, the SOL Bull
    Jul 3 2024
    On Ep. 33 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with Sal Qadir, Founder and CEO of Bullpen, about technical developments on Solana and his thoughts on Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap. Show note links: https://x.com/BullpenFi https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ready-layer-one/ This episode was recorded on Friday, June 28, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    32 mins
  • ACDC #136: Chain Splits Suck, Cross-Validation Might Help

    ACDC #136: Chain Splits Suck, Cross-Validation Might Help
    Jul 2 2024
    On Ep.32 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #136. Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-136/ This episode was recorded on Friday, June 28, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    25 mins
  • ExEx Excitement w/Ethereum Researcher James Prestwich

    ExEx Excitement w/Ethereum Researcher James Prestwich
    Jun 26 2024
    On Ep. 31 of Infinite Jungle, Christine chats with James Prestwich, Researcher at Init4 Tech, an Ethereum-focused research collective, about execution extensions (ExEx), client diversity, and the future market share of Ethereum. Show note links: https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/05/reth-exex https://x.com/init4tech https://x.com/_prestwich This episode was recorded on Friday, June 21, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    37 mins
  • ACDE #190: From Scoping to Shipping, Eth Devs Shift Gears

    ACDE #190: From Scoping to Shipping, Eth Devs Shift Gears
    Jun 25 2024
    On Ep.30 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #190. Show note links: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-190/ https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/8677 https://boards.greenhouse.io/galaxydigitalservices/jobs/5174070004 This episode was recorded on Friday, June 21, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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    31 mins