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episode 478: Carl Beekhuizen & Trent van Epps: Ethereum Foundation – EIP-4844 & KZG Ceremony
The recent advancements of layer 2 scaling solutions, especially zero-knowledge rollups, led to a complete redesign of Ethereum’s scalability roadmap. As a result, the initial concept of sharding the execution layer was abandoned and replaced by the idea of data sharding. This proposal, named after its author, is know as Danksharding. EIP-4844 is also referred to as proto-danksharding as it sets the foundation for data sharding, through the introduction of data blobs.
We were joined by Carl Beekhuizen & Trenton Van Epps from the Ethereum Foundation, to discuss about the upcoming EIP-4844 timeline and its KZG ceremony.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Trent’s and Carl’s backgrounds
- Danksharding and scaling Ethereum
- Data BLOBs and data availability
- KZG ceremony
- How trusted setups evolved
- KZG commitment requirements
- How trust is ensured
- Combining randomness
- How storing secrets is prevented
- General contribution details
- Special contributions
- Quantum vulnerability
- General EIP-4844 timeline
Episode links:
- Carl Beekhuizen on Twitter
- Trenton Van Epps on Twitter
- Morgan Peck's article
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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/478