Horizontal Scalability for L2s | Wei Dai - 1kx
Wed, Oct 2, 2024, 12:00 AM
Ethereum data availability is a limited resource, even after inclusion of EIP-4844 and DankSharding. To scale Ethereum-secured services to a billion users and beyond, it is crucial to look beyond this limitation and look for solutions that enable (close to) zero marginal L1 data incurred per L2 transaction (horizontal scaling). This talk will L2 paradigms, including state-diff rollups and validiums, that can provide this guarantee. APPLICATIONS FOR ETHDenver 2024: #YearOfTheSpork ARE OPEN APPLY NOW https://ethdenver.com/apply
Speakers
Wei is a research partner at 1kx, where he focuses on research and investment around crypto deep tech and infrastructure. Before joining 1kx, he was a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto and served as technical advisor to numerous crypto startups. Prior to his investment career, he has published over a dozen academic papers around Cryptography and blockchains. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of California San Diego.