Listen "Monsters in the Mempool with Dan Robinson from Paradigm"
Episode Synopsis
In this week’s episode, we chat with Dan Robinson, a Research Partner at Paradigm. We talk about the world of crypto VC and revisit of the topic of the Ethereum mempool. We then hear Dan's story about how he and some colleagues tried to save a transaction from the monsters that lurk in the mempool as told in his blog post entitled “Ethereum is a Dark Forest”. For some background, here are some links: Ep 44: Blockchain 101: Transaction lifecycle & the mempoolEthereum is a Dark Forest By Dan Robinson and Georgios KonstantopoulosEscaping the Dark Forest by SamCZSun Ep 141: ZK & Games: Dark Forest with Brian Gu Thanks to our sponsor Least Authority. Least Authority is a security consulting company known for their dedication to pushing the limits on how to build privacy-respecting solutions. They are a team of security researchers, open source developers, privacy advocates, cryptographers who specialize in security audits, design specification reviews, and security-by-design. Known for security audits like the Eth 2.0 Specification, Protocol Lab's Gossipsub Protocol, Atomex Library, Wallet and Smart Contracts for Tezos Foundation, Blockstack's Investor Wallet, Centrifuge Tinlake 3.0 and more, the Least Authority team is passionate about advancing the security of projects in the blockchain, cryptocurrency and DeFi space. If you are looking to further improve the security of your protocol and its use of cryptography, email Least Authority at [email protected] to book a no-obligations consultation appointment. Thanks again Least AuthorityIf you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm -https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefmJoin us on Telegram -https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjACatch us on Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_gRead up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit -https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant -https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2Support us on the ZKPatreon -https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledgeOr directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1aBTC:...
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