Protocol Berg Special: The Blockspace Expo
Channel: Department of Decentralization & ETHBerlin
Date: 2023-10-04

Protocol researchers and developers from distant ecosystems gather to talk about their blockspace.



We present a workshop centred around blockspace and its provision in four different ecosystems. Blockspace is the key resource supplied by blockchains, which allows users to transact. Considerable infrastructure has now seen the light of day towards refining blockspace and delivering more value across the stack, from users to the protocol. But blockspace is not an homogenous resource, being deeply tied with both the consensus protocols which supply it and the infrastructure which refines it. Comparing notes between ecosystems will allow us to uncover best practices and opportunities to learn from one another.


Our workshop will feature researchers and developers from four different ecosystems, represented by:
- Robert Habermeier (Polkadot)
- Sam Hart (Skip Protocol)
- Jannik Luhn (Shutter Network)
- Barnabé Monnot (Robust Incentives Group @ Ethereum Foundation)


Each speaker will present key facts about their blockspace, its design and its philosophy (4x 8mins each). After these opening remarks, we feature a panel moderated by Christopher Goes (Heliax) to dive into the deep questions (~40 mins). Expect resource pricing, MEV, base-layer encryption, composability and many other themes to be discussed!


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