You've heard of EIP-1559, but what if it was applied to more than just gas? Enter Multidimensional EIP-1559, a proposal from @VitalikButerin.
Let's break it down in a π§΅ π
EIP-1559 smooths out gas costs, reducing gas spikes due to dynamic blocksize and pricing. This reduces usage bursts in the network, which makes it easier to use at any given time instead of pricing out users at random intervals.
This has been a success in reducing waiting periods for users among other improvements, as shown in this research paper: arxiv.org/abs/2201.05574
Multidimensional EIP-1559 brings dynamic fees beyond gas, and can smooth out usage spikes even further, increasing usability of the network at any given time.
With this being said, it's still very early research, and would take a lot more discussion and engineering to implement, but it is an interesting discussion. Read the full research + discussion here: ethresear.ch/t/multidimensiβ¦
β’ β’ β’
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
What's Danksharding and crList, and why are they so groundbreaking?
A π§΅π
Danksharding gets the name from the core dev who proposed it, @dankrad. Instead of the previous design which was simply parallel data shards, Danksharding flips Ethereum upside down with a new role: the block builder.
The builder grabs all of the existing L1 data as well as rollup data and puts them together into blocks which are then broadcasted to the network. Since we're giving builders this massive power, there needs to be a check involved to avoid censorship, which is crList.
What is data availability? Why is it important for blockchains? A π§΅ breaking it down π
Data availability (DA), much like ZK proofs, is an actively researched area. A lot of problems still need to be solved before implementation, and there are several potential solutions. I'll break down one solution: high dimension erasure code and Kate commitments.
It all stems from one question: how can nodes in a network verify that all of the data from a new block is available, and nothing is hidden or censored?
I'm not worried about L2s filtering transactions at all because of one important feature L2s have vs sidechains: exit functionality. Regardless of censorship, users can exit trustlessly back to L1.