May 31, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Parithosh - Ropsten Beacon chain live (00:08) Terrence – Rospsten genesis success / block explorer (00:42) Tim – Official Ropsten Merge announcement (00:53) Sassal – next mainnet shadow fork (03:41) Sassal – how the Merge is not priced in (03:42) Danny – the risks of “LSD” (11:55) MakerDAO connected to StarkNet (17:14) Timur – MEV Explorer (20:34) ZigZag – Zig Zag Labs app development platform (21:46) Dune Analytics - Dune Engine V2 upgrade (22:54) Devconnect Amsterdam – wrap up, look ahead (24:04)
May 30, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Another poorly argued barecase for ETH (00:10) Tim on delaying difficulty 💣 for The Merge (10:54) Barnabe’s full breakdown of Beacon Chain reorg (16:32) Superphiz on increase of validator acceptance (17:46) Toghrul explains reasoning behind current 32Ξ min stake (20:07) Bartek explains potential probs. if data not posted on-chain (24:20) Sassal hyper-bullish ETH, hyper-bearish 99% of tokens (25:47) Hasu predicts ‘fat protocol’ to ‘fat application’ flippening (29:55) Robbie announces Immutable protocol fees are live (34:33) Robbie on Immutable’s proposal to host ApeCoin DAO (34:59) Joseph on EF searching for Hiring Coordinator (35:27)
May 27, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Martin explains what actually happened w/ beacon chain (00:46) Sassal on beacon chain finality (02:03) Preston on Ropsten hashrate spiking (03:29) Tomasz details the Ropsten TTD issue (04:27) Doug on infeasibility of Ropsten TTD attack (04:37) Laurence also provides context re Ropsten (04:48) Sassal on the joke re an ETH ICO 8-year vesting (05:37) Sassal on narrative following price (07:52) Joe’s ‘18 tweet re maximum FUD marking bottom (08:27) Jon’s Ethereum roadmap (15:49) Pseudotheos on Layer 3 scaling (17:39) Immutable X Metamask mobile app support (19:11) Leighton/PoolTogether lawsuit (21:01)
May 26, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Beacon Chain 7 block re-org (00:42) Superphiz's 6 steps to the merge (14:05) Mudit Gupta on choices in web3 (16:25) Rocket Pool growing faster than Lido at the moment (21:35) Why low Ethereum layer 1 gas fees are bearish (22:38) StarkWare raises $100mil Series D (25:19) a16z raises $4.5bil for new fund (27:01) Various Immutable X updates (30:36) Hop Protocol proposal to refund bridging fees (31:34) Optimism NFT bridge teased (32:55) Tom Schmidt on OpenSea vs Magic Eden (33:30) Protocol Guild proposal to ENS (34:50) Protocol Guild now has official twitter handle (35:48) Uniswap reaches $1tril all time volume (36:05) Part 2 of merge podcast from Hasu (37:02) Mirror writing NFTs (39:00)
May 24, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Terrence on ‘Bopsten’ Ropsten Merge testnet https://twitter.com/terencechain/status/1528733370200428544 (00:10) Sassal on Mainnet shadow fork 6 (01:25) Tim on testing the Merge at application level (04:00) Takenstheorem’s visualisation of the Merge (05:23) Josh shares stablecoin dashboard (06:19) Hal argues Bitcoin's narrative is dead (08:36) MetaPortal gaming DAO details (18:19) Optimism removes sybils from airdrop (22:24) Swagtimus’s weekly StarkNet update (25:11)
May 23, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) 1st TDG ‘Drive Through’ - Anthony interviews Cobie (00:10) 2mm LDO tokens donated to Protocol Guild (02:48) GameStop Wallet is here (04:41) Etherscan release Sepolia explorer (08:48) OpenSea’s ‘Seaport’ open source protocol’ (10:42) Superphiz on Project Sunshine w/ metrics for beacon chain (14:19) mStable’s ERC-4226 vaults (15:48) Jasper on Rocket Pool risk assessment from Maker (17:32) Nick reports ATHs in May across all ENS metrics (20:52) Aztec’s $2m+ bug bounty for Aztec Connect (22:22) Optimism on governance designed to self-destruct (24:34)
May 20, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Sassal - Mainnet shadow fork #5 goes ‘exceedingly well’ (00:10) Justin Drake – Merge may happen as early as Aug (01:08) Trent – join Merge community Call #4 Fri Jun 3 (03:30) Danny’s Finalized #35 blog (05:24) Sajz on Bonzai improving storage for full archive node (05:51) Ali on VB congratulating Prysm re campaign to reduce their dominance (07:14) Arbitrum Odyssey live mid-June (13:03) Binance integrating Optimism deposits (14:38) Bobby on Optimism Bedrock for ‘cheapest, fastest, RU txs ever’ (17:29) GameStop launching NFTs (21:03) Sandeep – UniSwap doing 1.4b weekly vol. on Polygon (22:29)
May 19, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) TDG Merch drop - only few days left (00:10) Terrence on Ropsten-beacon config. merged (00:43) Abdel on OnlydustXYZ NFT drop for Merge testers (04:00) RatedNetwork’s Pool operator breakdown (05:12) Stateful’s proposal for Uniswap-Protocol Guild (11:41) Danny on EF Data Availability Sampling RFP (13:33) The Block on ‘Meta Pay’ (15:57) Robinhood’s Web3 wallet teaser (17:45) Aztec Connect launch Jun 6 (19:19) Skiff Mail - Web3 email using MM (21:15) Pete on Coinbase’s Web3 browser (23:15) The Block - Gensler says SEC ‘out personed’ in crypto (26:04) LensProtocol live on Polygon (28:21) Doo on the latest in Terra drama (29:26) Josh on Ethereum Staking CL round (31:41)
May 18, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Cole South’s ‘Why I Don’t Own Bitcoin anymore’ (00:10) Michael’s update on increased client diversity (10:07) Sassal on why The Merge is not priced in (12:05) Coinbase’s liquid staking implementation (15:24) Trent’s link to new Ethereum mailing list (18:07) Chris’s Uncled Tx explorer (18:31) Coinbase enabling ENS claiming in-app (19:24) Bartek’s Bridge Risk Framework (20:47) Polygon Nightfall live (21:39) Polygon Developer Fellowship program (23:08) Freezer’s concept dApp for switching L2s (24:06) Lyra’s Avalon Upgrade launch on Optimism (26:11) $LUNA & $UST holders file lawsuit against Do Kwon (28:14) Sassal – “maybe its time I start an alt[?]” (29:33)
May 17, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Sassal on DeFi tokens not reaching Top 10 (00:25) Superphiz on Ethereum building for the future (09:14) Coinbase app enables access to Web3 dapps (17:03) CloudFlare’s plan to run Ethereum PoS validators (18:55) Polygon Nightfall L2 zk live on mainnet (22:04) Fredrik on EF’s $500k bug bounty (22:49) Eric shares first Ethereum Newsletter from 2014 (24:06) Slingshot mobile app; sign-up for NFT (25:53) EthHub podcast returns w/ new format (26:52)
May 16, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Anthony re taking 3 cycles to “make it” as an investor (00:10) Hal Press making Anthony even more bullish [rare] (12:31) Ropsten performing Merge transition ~Jun 8 (15:05) Mainnet-shadow-fork 5 aimed for May 19 (17:29) Tim’s All Core Devs recap (17:43) Tim also explains why validator min is Ξ32 (17:59) Leo addressing PoS centralisation concerns (19:17) Ryan on helping Terra projects migrate to Polygon (22:16) Australian launch of BTC & ETH ETFs (25:28) Optimism welcomes SushiSwap (27:08) Luna Foundation disclose what’s left in their reserve (27:24) Gitcoin Grants R14 on Jun 8-23 (28:34) Kitteh’s new Cascade NFT (28:56) Ethereum Staking CLR ends in 8 days (30:02) Eric Conner reappears on Bankless’ livestream w/ Anthony (30:32)
May 13, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Cyrus on Terra four years-ago (01:18) Sassal - MakerDAO vindicated (04:34) Kris on crypto idolising billionaire con-artists (05:35) Parithosh re another successful shadow-fork (09:18) Marius on the shadow-fork (10:33) Primoz on stETH/ETH depeg (11:28) Michael on client diversity success (11:54) Johns on NiceNode execution client diversity (13:32) Superphiz on staking service providers (15:23) Ryan’s ’22-’23 Polygon roadmap (18:00) ZigZag NFT swap feature (20:36) Sassal on why he is still bullish (22:20) Hasufl’s interview w/ Tim Beiko on PoS transition (27:38)
May 12, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Charts re market craziness (00:10) Sassal ageing 10 yrs in 3 days (11:28) Frank on Do Kwon’s history w/ failed stablecoins (12:46) Paolo on knock-on Tether fear w/ assurance USDT still redeeming @ $1 (15:33) Sassal on how events form a bottom (18:04) Hasufl on stETH trading discount (21:36) Bartek on whether bridges are censorship-resistant (23:33) Dune Analytics dashboard on The State of Ethererum, Quarterly (24:37) Somer’s guide on Migrating from Prysm to Nimbus (25:49) Bankless’ livestream on Danksharding (26:49)
May 11, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Sassal on Terra/UST-led market pain (00:10) Sassal on Do Kwon & his supporters (03:19) Sassal on regulatory impact of UST depegging (05:35) MiniMoon compares & contrasts OHM w/ UST (06:04) Sassal on ppl realising many L1s are vaporware (10:47) Sassal on risks assoc. w/ projects like Terra (12:05) Daniel on Snap Sync in Nethermind (17:26) Toghrul on improvements blockchain has delivered (18:44) Owoki in defense of DAOs (19:57) Optimism deposits 5x cheaper, 15x faster (22:15) Anthony live-streaming w/ David Hoffman (24:28)
May 10, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) UST implosion talk (00:10) Raul on being heads down building (15:32) Data Always on Beacon Chain demand (16:42) StarkWare's StarGate alpha now live on mainnet (18:23) Optimism hits tx/day record (19:46) Compound Treasury gets a rating from S&P Global Ratings (21:11) Owocki on being a cockroach in crypto (22:15) Immutable hiring 20 BDs (26:50)
May 9, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Reminder TDG Merge Drop still live (00:10) Bankless temporarily banned by YT (12:53) Instagram to support NFTs (17:41) Superphiz on Bellatrix & TDD (18:59) Dataalways’ chart showing how PoS inverts monetary dynamics (20:46) Alex on economics of RU fees (21:14) zkSync/Anthony on co-ordinating trust via majority stake = plutocracy (21:55) Sassal’s most unpopular opinions (24:22)
May 6, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) The Daily Gwei merch (00:10) Trent shares Mega Merge Resource List (02:17) Hop Protocol DAO and $HOP token (03:51) Anthony’s take on Hop airdrop negativity (06:13) The revolutionary impact of Uniswap v3 liquidity (16:13) Galleon’s brand upgrade (17:49) mStable’s ERC-4626 Meta Vaults (19:20) Immutable’s partner companies (20:56) Perpetual Protocol multi-collateral DAI live (22:20) Rainbow introduces RainbowKit for devs (23:19) Anthony on why your fav. tokens may not recover (24:12) Linda’s idea of dynamic NFT incorporating user on-chain activity (29:01)
May 5, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Tim’s AllCoreDevs update on The Merge (00:10) Bartek on L2 RU tx data differences (08:07) Jeff on ENS’ unique pos. due to zero investors (14:09) Lido on Ethereum Scorecard (19:06) Zapper Studio platform for app integrations (22:16) Sandeep on Polygon Supernets (23:27) Peter on ETH supply calculation/issuance tracking via Geth (25:19) David asks where to view ETH supply across all chains? (27:22) DataAlways on Sarnoff’s vs Metcalf’s in crypto networks (29:12) Hodlercon 2022 details (29:44)
May 4, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Merge Testing leaderboard (00:10) Jasper on proposed Rocket Pool improvements (01:33) HopProtocol decentralising governance (read: token) (07:31) Optimism liquidity mining program (09:20) Mjs on Lyra’s Optimism governance proposal (12:26) Hagaetc’s Dune dashboard of ⟠ ATHs on key metrics in ‘22 (15:37) Sassal on the airdrop dilemma facing projects (21:23) Etherscan’s new Transaction Heatmap feature (22:28)
May 3, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Sassal on educating yourself re Ethereum before commenting (00:10) Toghrul on how different txs impact Ξ fee market volatility (10:00) Gal, Epic Games, on 'ZKPs as tech backbone of this century' (10:30) Jaynti, Polygon, announces Avail testnet this month (13:00) Nick lists ENS records broken on May 2nd (15:00) Vesta Protocol’s roadmap (17:02) Dom’s satirical thread on ‘why TCP IP is ngmi’ (19:13) Sassal idea of Ethereum projects airdropping tokens to solo stakers (22:09) Hildobby’s Dune dashboard tracking ⟠ historical stats (25:42) Trent talks about Protocol Guild on the Green Pill podcast (26:53)
May 2, 2022
Introductory song (00:00) Anthony judging hackathon (10:20) Linda on the diverse hackers (10:29) Hackathon finalists (10:39) EF’s treasury report (11:53) Trent’s screenshots from R&D Amsterdam (14:50) Guillaume on Condrieu testnet (15:39) Scroll’s $30M raise (16:35) EF security update (16:08) Polynya on DataLayr project (18:30) Connext’s $NEXT token (20:19) CLR Fund’s $350K ETH Staking QF round (21:57) SpruceID’s $35M raise (23:17) Oasis.app’s $6M Series A raise (25:37) EPNS $10M Series A raise (26:57) Details on Ronin hack (27:46) Coinbase’s NFT market (30:37) Hildobby’s Dune dashboard on ETH staking (32:14) Anthony’s interview w/ CryptoStakerCom (33:24) Sassal on another successful mainnet shadow fork (33:59) Sassal on EU trying to ban Bitcoin by stealth (35:22) Sassal on need for more staking providers like Lido (40:37) Superphiz on Project Sunshine (46:17) Polygon Supernets announcement (47:16) Stripe Polygon partnership (49:12) TC on LuiqiFi building ‘Carta of Web3’ (50:41) Zapper’s iOS mobile app (52:47) Uniswap's 49.5% share of Polygon market (53:34) 0xWave’s tweet/image showing CT-NFT divide (55:07) Anthony on AltCoinDaily interview part 2 (58:11) Optimism Collective’s $OP token (58:46) Sassal on Optimism’s airdrop flywheel (1:02:19) Trent’s positive take on Optimism’s tokenomics (1:08:59) Polynya on Optimism & RU innovation (1:10:10) Jon on Emin Gün Sirer’s bad layer 2 take (1:11:45) Tim Beiko’s take on the difficulty bomb (1:14:42) Mizbani on deceptive Avalanche metrics (1:17:53) Hashflow’s bridgeless crosschain swaps (1:24:19) Sassal on Solana having to reboot again (1:26:43) Tim Beiko on what Ethereum is shipping (1:34:32) Sassal on Yuga Labs burning 55,000 ETH (1:35:38) Sassal likening bullishness developments w/ 2019 (1:36:50)
