Ultra Scalable Ethereum - Modular vs Monolithic Blockchains
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🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
In a special State of the Nation episode, David and Ryan unpack the concept of 'modular blockchains'.
Are modular blockchains the path to ultra blockchain scalability? YES!
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
10:00 Consensus, Data, and Execution
16:55 The Scalability Trilemma
22:18 Developing in Parallel
29:00 Computer Chips & Nature
35:02 Modular Blockchain Design
43:10 Sharding & Data Availability
51:23 Consensus & Proof of Stake
57:06 Decentralization
1:01:55 Synergies
1:06:30 More Security
1:10:59 Future of Monolithic Blockchains
1:19:32 Triple Point Asset
1:25:19 Ultra Scalable Ethereum
1:31:45 Interest of the Token Holders
1:35:24 Ethereum's Roadmap
1:37:45 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Modular is Revolutionary:
https://polynya.medium.com/processors-blockchains-modular-is-revolutionary-ded01824b603
Market Monday:
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Banclist Nation, it is state of the nation time we're super excited to bring you |
| 0:18.4 | this special episode on modular blockchains. |
| 0:22.2 | David, what are we going to cover today? |
| 0:23.8 | Oh, it's classroom time with Banclist, and as we have developed into this world of |
| 0:28.4 | blockchain, we are discovering new ways to build them. |
| 0:31.7 | A lot of different blockchains have optimized for a lot of different things. |
| 0:35.7 | And now we are getting into the world of modular blockchains, which is something, a new phrase |
| 0:40.8 | that we're just kind of learning about how to describe what it is, this thing that we |
| 0:45.5 | are building when we compartmentalize all of the things that make a blockchain, a blockchain. |
| 0:50.8 | What happens if we silo these from each of the other compartments and optimize for each |
| 0:55.1 | individual one? |
| 0:56.1 | This has been growing in popularity, growing in mind share, growing in steam, and so we |
| 1:01.3 | want to take this lesson of what a modular blockchain is here to the Banclist Nation |
| 1:06.0 | on today's state of the nation. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:08.4 | Guys, we are so bullish on modular blockchains, and I think this will come through. |
| 1:13.0 | And if you haven't heard that term, that's cool, because that's what classroom time is |
| 1:16.5 | for. |
| 1:17.5 | We're going to explore what that term actually means. |
| 1:19.6 | And we also hope you know that when we say classroom time, this is not necessarily |
| 1:24.6 | just David and I, like, being the professors up here, we're actually learning this as |
| 1:29.2 | we go as well. |
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