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Caspar
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growing @ethereum and eth @ethlabs_org
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    Caspar
    @casparschwa
    Jun 23
    very excited to start @ethlabs_org!! some thoughts: * ethereum the protocol is decentralized and now ethereum's ecosystem is accelerating its decentralization. it's like client diversity: more costly and coordination friction but ultimately the principled and resilient path. the
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    Ethlabs
    @ethlabs_org
    Jun 22
    Announcing Ethlabs: a non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH Our mission is to make Ethereum the settlement layer of the global economy. The internet became global because shared protocols created a common language between networks. Private systems remained useful, but
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    Caspar
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    Oct 30, 2021
    1/ Let's do a little thread on how reorgs work in PoS Ethereum and how they will be mitigated 🧵
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    Caspar
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    May 23, 2023
    1/ Time is Money: Timing Games in PoS Protocols arxiv.org/abs/2305.09032 tldr: a block proposer may strategically delay their block proposal to maximize MEV capture, while making sure the block is still early enough to become part of the canonical chain.
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    Time is Money: Strategic Timing Games in Proof-of-Stake Protocols
    We propose a model suggesting that honest-but-rational consensus participants may play timing games, and strategically delay their block proposal to optimize MEV capture, while still ensuring the...
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    Caspar
    @casparschwa
    Nov 26, 2023
    1/ Why timing games are bad for Ethereum.
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    Caspar
    @casparschwa
    Feb 22, 2024
    wrote down some thoughts with @adietrichs, exploring the status quo of staking economics, its drawbacks as we see them, and what the endgame of staking economics could look like + what we should do in the short term until endgame.
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    Caspar
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    Jan 4, 2024
    Our space certainly needs more economists thinking about the kind of problems we face. So I am very excited for there to be a session on the economics of Ethereum at one of most influential economics conferences, ASSA. I'll also be presenting our work on timing games tomorrow.
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    Caspar
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    Sep 3, 2021
    Today some researchers asked for resources to dive into eth2 and so I put together a list. I am sharing it here in case it can be useful to others as well. It is published here: notes.ethereum.org/@casparschwa/H… Or you can follow along below 👇 1/
    Ethereum resources - HackMD
    Ethereum resources - HackMD
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    Caspar
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    Jan 24, 2024
    We need to reconsider the issuance curve! A very important topic that has been under the radar for too long and needs broad discussion. @weboftrees strikes again with this mammoth of a piece that I cannot recommend highly enough.
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    Properties of issuance level: consensus incentives and variability across potential reward curves
    Properties of issuance level: consensus incentives and variability across potential reward curves By Anders Elowsson Thanks to Barnabé Monnot, Francesco D’Amato, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Thomas...
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    Caspar
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    Feb 22, 2024
    Replying to @casparschwa
    staking economics endgame: ethresear.ch/t/endgame-stak… issuance curve adjustment proposal for electra: ethereum-magicians.org/t/electra-issu…
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    Endgame Staking Economics: A Case for Targeting
    Endgame Staking Economics: A Case for Targeting by @adietrichs and @casparschwa . This post explores the status quo of staking economics, its drawbacks as we see them and what the endgame of staking...
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    Caspar
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    Dec 11, 2023
    favorite conference of the year! The quality of speakers but more importantly all attendees was incredible. To the point that it was exhausting because every hall way conversation was demanding in the best sense.
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    Tim Roughgarden
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    Dec 11, 2023
    Thanks to everyone who attended the Columbia Cryptoeconomics Workshop last week and made it such a success! We'll be releasing videos of all the talks in the coming weeks
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    Caspar
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    May 31, 2022
    Replying to @TimBeiko
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    hww.eth | Hsiao-Wei Wang
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    Aug 29, 2021
    Bear with me. 🐼 notes.ethereum.org/@timbeiko/grea… #TheMerge #EDCON2021
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    Caspar
    @casparschwa
    Oct 30, 2021
    Replying to @casparschwa
    3/ If you really want to dive into some of the attack vectors take a look at our recent paper discussing everything in great detail. I wrote it together with some fantastic people @jneu_net @barnabemonnot @adiasg @ErtemTas @dntse arxiv.org/abs/2110.10086#
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    Caspar
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    Sep 15, 2022
    gg everyone - this was pleasantly boring
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    Caspar
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    Oct 30, 2021
    Replying to @casparschwa
    2/ We'll walk through different reorg attack vectors and then fix them. But let's start off by listing some resources. I recently gave a talk at @0xliscon on "The game of reorgs in PoS Ethereum", in which I talked about most of this thread's content: vimeo.com/637529564
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