Listen "Meet Giulio, CTO of Erigon"
Episode Synopsis
On Ep. 82 of Infinite Jungle, Christine interviews Giulio Rebuffo, CTO of Erigon. At only 17 years old, Giulio started to contribute to Erigon, one of Ethereum’s open-source execution layer software clients. He was the main engineer for the Erigon team during the pivotal Merge upgrade and now 22, Giulio leads the Erigon team as CTO. Christine asks Giulio about his experience working in crypto as an Ethereum protocol developer and his thoughts about Ethereum’s technical roadmap as developers look ahead to scoping out the Fusaka upgrade.
Guest:
Name: Giulio Rebuffo
Title: CTO of Erigon
X: https://x.com/GiulioRebuffo
Show note links:
Background on the Ethereum Gas Limit project (https://eglvote.medium.com/introducing-the-ethereum-gas-limit-project-egl-3f17c7706e73)
Vitalik’s blog post on increasing the block gas limit (https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/02/14/l1scaling.html)
Timestamps:
(00:00:55) How Giulio became an Ethereum developer
(00:08:00) The ideal Fusaka scope
(00:18:02) The importance of increasing Ethereum’s block gas limit
(00:22:14) Why ePBS has a shot in Fusaka but not SSZ
(00:25:31) What would make Giulio leave Ethereum
This episode was recorded on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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Guest:
Name: Giulio Rebuffo
Title: CTO of Erigon
X: https://x.com/GiulioRebuffo
Show note links:
Background on the Ethereum Gas Limit project (https://eglvote.medium.com/introducing-the-ethereum-gas-limit-project-egl-3f17c7706e73)
Vitalik’s blog post on increasing the block gas limit (https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/02/14/l1scaling.html)
Timestamps:
(00:00:55) How Giulio became an Ethereum developer
(00:08:00) The ideal Fusaka scope
(00:18:02) The importance of increasing Ethereum’s block gas limit
(00:22:14) Why ePBS has a shot in Fusaka but not SSZ
(00:25:31) What would make Giulio leave Ethereum
This episode was recorded on Friday, February 14, 2025.
++
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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