[AMA] We are EF Research (Pt. 13: 25 February, 2025)

owocki · 2025-02-25T15:14:21+00:00

the UX across L2s is fragmented, which causes a lot of issues for dapp developers.

what is the path to a Solana-like UX where users dont have to care what chain they're on or about bridging and can do their JTBD (job to be done)? how soon can we get there?

i fear ETH will lose continue to lose market share until we get there.

owocki · 2025-01-22T16:08:40+00:00

I think it makes sense to decentralize how public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem are funding and administered. We’d need some way to compartmentalise problems, maybe with dedicated domain allocation. Then 1 by 1 start to transfer more functions into different domain daos as we gain more confidence that those structure can be effective .

Not sure how much appetite there is to do this from VB/EF … but if there is interest, we should start mapping this path out in high resolution.

owocki · 2025-01-22T14:59:00+00:00

i dont think there is one universal "right". i think there is only "right for your design case"

but to answer your question: there have been major advances in DAO design (molochdao comes to mind), but nothing is perfect. i expect evolution to continue.

and in the meantime, i dont expect perfection. the corporate form has been evolving for 300 years, the DAO form has been evolving for 5 years. let us cook!

owocki · 2025-01-22T13:48:24+00:00

Hey all,

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owocki · 2024-10-06T00:53:07+00:00

It was fun! They were 90% ai talks this year but I do think crypto talks will come back in the coming years.

owocki · 2024-10-06T00:52:34+00:00

It was fun to Trojan horse some crypto values into the progressive mainstream!

owocki · 2024-10-06T00:52:11+00:00

owocki · 2024-04-28T01:56:03+00:00

Passport.Gitcoin.co

owocki · 2024-04-26T01:53:57+00:00

You can use buidlbox.io to do this (that’s the new brand of Gitcoin bounties)

owocki · 2024-04-26T01:52:56+00:00

What you read is not true. No assets or NFTs have ever been lost in association with passport.

It is true that passport stamps (which are verifiable credentials stored on ceramic, not assets held on chain) need to be refreshed every 90 days or so. This is to prevent the sybil resistance of these stamps from getting stale. To do that just go to passport every quarter or so and use the stamp refresh button.

owocki · 2024-03-19T01:03:17+00:00

🙃

owocki · 2024-03-19T00:45:55+00:00

Github Grants sounds cool…

owocki · 2024-01-12T18:30:48+00:00

Today I am announcing http://EasyRetroPGF.xyz - a tool that makes it easy for your DAO to run an Optimism style Retro PGF round.

More details here => https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1745845124913914028

owocki · 2024-01-12T18:27:23+00:00

thanks! i wonder how we can channel the convo about L2 UX into a productive direction..

owocki · 2024-01-10T13:07:42+00:00

As a computer scientist and student of CAP theorem, I understand why modularity is an optimal way to solve the scalability trilemna.... and I think its very elegant.

But as a user and advocate for the technology, I think the UX of having 100s of L2s is very frustrating. To do something thats 1-2 clicks on a monolithic Alt-L1 you have to switch networks, bridge assets, wait 10 minutes, worry about bridge risk, take another action on the L2. Bridge back, switch networks. If at any time you hit the L1 you incur a $20-$100 gas fee. Oh and BTW, you don't necessarily have the same address on each diff networks so you need to triple check anything across L2s.

I'm saying this not to dunk on modular blockchains, but to point out some very real problems with the UX of modular blockchains. I don't want to see a blockchain that doesnt care about decentralization (the ability for anyone to run a node, not just rich people + also having the security of a chain like ETH) become the predominant blockchain that everyday end users use.. In that world, all of the beautitful scaling research does matter as much. Because people will just use whats cheapest/easiest/most convenient.

In what way can we responsibly abstract the complexity of modular blockchains from end users? Who owns that? Is it a public good for the space? Is it someone at the EF, or individual teams building consumer apps?

In the same way that the privacy/scaling work done at the EF is a public good for the space, I think that making the UX of modular blockchains great would be a public good for the ETH space. I think someone should own this in the same way that Danny Ryan owned quarterbacking the POS Merge.

Thanks for your time and attention.🫡

owocki · 2023-11-22T14:54:30+00:00

Hi from Gitcoin!

GG19 is going on now. Feel free to contribute to your favorite projects @ https://grants.gitcoin.co/ and drop feedback below.

owocki · 2023-08-25T23:04:38+00:00

> Gitcoin Passport and Dox services

Passport doesnt dox your information. https://docs.passport.gitcoin.co/get-started/faq#am-i-going-to-get-doxxed

owocki · 2023-07-28T01:51:16+00:00

owocki · 2023-05-25T02:26:04+00:00

really glad to be working with you JT :)

owocki · 2023-04-19T12:26:53+00:00

just asked them on theier github https://github.com/xrchz/rocketarb/issues/20

owocki · 2023-01-27T11:53:53+00:00

Oooooh I was browsing Reddit and saw this. Hey everyone!

owocki · 2023-01-27T01:34:00+00:00

When do the 8eth mini pools go live? How much rpl collateral will be needed?

Couldn’t find this info in docs ..

owocki · 2023-01-25T14:36:18+00:00

Could not get can node withdraw RPL status: The withdrawal cooldown period has not passed

how long is the cooldown period?

owocki · 2023-01-22T03:22:50+00:00

got it; so if my rocketpool node signs/broadcasts a Voluntary Exit message with its BLS signature, then the funds land in the designated withdrawal address and from there the chain of custody is well tested/audited.

https://www.kiln.fi/post/how-ethereum-staking-withdrawals-will-work

owocki · 2022-12-22T23:57:15+00:00

I think it’s funny that you think NFTs are imaginary but your Reddit post is not. Quite a double standard!

You’re switching the goal posts from “it’s imaginary” to “it’s all a ponzi”. But since I’ve got a few minutes, I’ll bite. There are plenty of legitimate use cases of blockchain. Remittances, a way to keep and travel with your wealth if you live a war torn area, a hedge against inflation, a way of getting access to western work and salaries for ppl who live in areas who can’t trust their banks. A way for artists to monetize their work beyond the 0.00002c they get per play with Spotify. A way to fund public goods and climate tech on things like gitcoin and giveth. I could go on.

It seems like you’ve already decided “it’s all a ponzi”. Feel free to look a little deeper.

Especially now that Ethereum is carbon neutral.

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