# Advancing Ethereum Scalability: Architectural Innovation Trends in the Layer 2

- Speakers: [Joshua Cheong](https://streameth.org/speakers/joshua-cheong)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-14
- Duration: 06:01
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/6735d6519dbb7a90e19f7129

## Description

In this session, Joshua will explore recent research findings and upcoming Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). He will explain the technical details of EIP-4844 (Shard Blob Transactions), single-slot finality, and other significant protocol upgrades. The talk will provide insights into how these changes impact Layer 2 scalability. Lastly, he will discuss latest architectural innovations in Layer 2 solutions both optimistic and ZK-rollups, offering a neutral perspective for assessment.

## About the speakers

### Joshua Cheong

As an Ex-VP of Citibank, Joshua is passionate about bringing financial innovation to the masses. His role with Mantle is to lead product for protocol R&D where he wrestles with the blockchain trilemma daily. He graduated from University of Cambridge where he studied how firms collaborate and commercialise emerging technologies and has a CS degree. He is both a Commonwealth Scholar for Innovation, and a scholar supported by Singapore's Central Bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).