Into the Ether

This episode marks the 2nd in our 5 part series on Ethereum scaling. Raul Jordan and Preston Van Loon from Prysmatic labs join the podcast to discuss Ethereum 2.0 and what it will bring. We dive into who Prysmatic Labs is, how they are contributing to Eth 2.0 research and development, what sharding and proof of stake will bring to the Ethereum network, the client they are building for Eth 2.0, and much more!

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. On this episode we cover: Coinbase adding multiple assets and their Digital Asset Framework, ConsenSys reorg and what it means, another Bitcoin ETF delay, the upcoming Ethereum hard fork and what it means for the economics, a new tool from 0x, Uniswap and how it works, as well as talking about DeFi and the fun in tracking it using certain tools.

On today's episode, Anthony and I discuss what scaling means and why it's needed for Ethereum to thrive. We walk through all of the proposed Layer 1 and Layer 2 scaling solutions at a high level. These include Sharding, Plasma, State Channels, Interoperability, and Zk-STARKs.

On today's EthHub Weekly Recap, we cover a range of topics from the EthHub Weekly newsletter. These topics include: Block by Block merging with EthHub, ICO promoters such as Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled fined by the SEC, crypto reviews being for sale, the SEC chairman's comments on a crypto ETF, tokenizing a building using Harbor and what it means for DeFi, privacy on Ethereum, ZCash being added to Coinbase Pro, important security tips from MyCrypto, and comments on the growing Ethereum ecosystem.

Hudson Jameson, member of the Ethereum Foundation, discusses DevCon 4 in Prague, challenges of recent hard forks and how the Ethereum Foundation is adapting, the Ethereum roadmap and thoughts on the current governance process.