13. Enshrining functionality into Ethereum with Chase Chapman and Kevin Weaver

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Over Abstraction

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13. Enshrining functionality into Ethereum with Chase Chapman and Kevin Weaver

Over Abstraction

22 minutes 37 seconds

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13. Enshrining functionality into Ethereum with Chase Chapman and Kevin Weaver

In this episode, Kevin and Chase dive into Vitalik’s article: Should Ethereum be okay with enshrining more things in the protocol?

We discuss:

Implementing account abstraction into Ethereum protocol
Why enshrinement helps reduce gas costs
Balancing flexibility and efficiency
Benefits of enshrinement
Where enshrinement backfires

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Timecodes

0:00 Intro

1:44 Enshrinement at a high level

3:21 Protocol minimalism

4:48 Tradeoffs with introducing these standards at the protocol level

7:38 Why enshrinement is cost beneficial

10:31 Community response and responsibility

11:58 Hard forking

14:29 Benefits of enshrinement

17:57 When enshrinement could backfire

19:30 Closing Thoughts

22:03 Outro

Vitalik’s Blog Post: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/09/30/enshrinement.html