Listen "EIP4844 Blobs (w/ Michael Silberling)"
Episode Synopsis
Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better!Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod--------------------------------------------------The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414.--------------------------------------------------Chapters:0:00 Intro2:18 What EIP4844 Solves3:58 Understanding Blobs6:38 Rullup are Buses on the Highway8:25 Gas Market & Blob Congestion9:38 Post EIP4844 Transaction Costs10:43 The Cost Structure of Rollups13:08 The Role of EIPs in Ethereum Upgrades20:45 Base's Increase in Transactions22:59 EIP4844 Changes Recap28:50 Base's Gas Fee Rise30:15 Monitoring the Migration34:38 Blob Target and Limit36:36 Optimising Blob Usage and Fullness41:32 Fee Market Activation43:05 Blob Usage of Different Rollups45:43 Current Gas Costs48:48 Controversy and Potential Economic Attacks51:49 Estimating Savings54:28 Transaction Costs Reduction57:16 Comparing L2 Fees59:57 Rollups Impact on Gas Fees01:02:32 Better UX and Subsidised Fees01:04:06 Security Considerations01:08:02 Competition and Blob Tx Issues01:11:00 Closing Thoughts--------------------------------------------------Links:https://gov.optimism.io/t/upgrade-proposal-5-ecotone-network-upgrade/7669https://vote.optimism.io/proposals/95119698597711750186734377984697814101707190887694311194110013874163880701970https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4844https://www.eip4844.com/https://docs.optimism.io/builders/chain-operators/management/blobs#switch-to-using-blobshttps://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1768011481998581817https://dune.com/oplabspbc/l1-da-usage-by-rollups-eip4844?Trailing+Days_n6fe8f=28https://dune.com/oplabspbc/blobbers-oplabspbchttps://dune.com/0xRob/blobshttps://dune.com/hildobby/blobshttps://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1768208410175271028/photo/1https://dune.com/oplabspbc/welovetheblobshttps://dune.com/oplabspbc/op-stack-chains-l1-activityhttps://dune.com/oplabspbc/superchain-l2-economicshttps://dune.com/oplabspbc/optimism-l2-l1-economicshttps://dune.com/oplabspbc/superchain-op-chains-apps-and-project-usage-trendshttps://fees-growthepie.streamlit.app/https://www.gasfees.io/https://warpcast.com/liam.eth/0xe803a9eehttps://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1768629991007195409https://warpcast.com/proto/0xa43591d3https://twitter.com/protolambda/status/1764690016037667234DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.
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