ephema
We are a research group focused on unraveling truth at the cutting edge of the Ethereum ecosystem
ephemeral · Short-lived, or of brief duration. The word is derived from the Greek ἐφήμερος (ephemeros), "lasting for only a day"
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What we do
Our research expands across a couple of different areas related to scaling, data availability and incentive design – encompassing theory and practice
Specific examples are EIP-4844 (proto-danksharding) and blobspace, based preconfirmations and shared sequencing, Execution Tickets, proposer-builder separation (PBS), and the MEV supply chain
Economics & Game Theory
Predicting market dynamics based on protocol changes (similar to EIP-1559) with theoretical analysis, simulations and agent-based modeling
Blob Merging
As there is a limited amount of blobspace available, we investigate how the calldata from several L2s can be aggregated in intelligent ways
Secondary Markets
In-protocol changes to affect execution blocks allocation and accordingly give rise to novel market mechanisms
Based Sequencing
Recent protocol advancements (incl. restaking and inclusion lists) to unlock strong latency improvements
PBS and MEV redistribution
The landscape of current actors in (e)PBS and benevolants of MEV will drastically change
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