Ethereum's long-term roadmap

A round up of EthCC and everything else in Web3

Good morning 💫

This week, we hosted an event on blockchain data with Flipside Crpyto. Next week, we have our weekly study group on lessons learned in crypto. We’ve also rounded up the best news in Web3 for you.

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What’s happening in Odyssey

Last week, we hosted:

• How to access blockchain data with Flipside Crypto. Recording here.

• The state of black in Web3.

Next week, we’re hosting:

• Weekly study group - Thursday, 8 AM PT. We’re talking about lessons learned from the past 3 months in Crypto. Register here.

You will find all future Odyssey events here 💫 . Also, check out our free learning guides.

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What’s happening in web3

Vitalik outlined a roadmap for Ethereum at EthCC last week. Here’s a thread breaking it down.

Miles Deutscher @milesdeutscher

.@VitalikButerin claims that #Ethereum will be able to to process "100,000 transactions per second", following the completion of 5 key phases: • The Merge • The Surge • The Verge • The Purge • The Splurge A quick breakdown of what each stage means for $ETH. 👇

Polygon announced a new L2 that uses zero knowledge proofs and is entirely compatible with Ethereum.

Polygon - MATIC 💜 @0xPolygon

Yesterday at @EthCC, we were proud to announce Polygon #zkEVM, the first EVM-equivalent ZK L2. 🎉 We open-sourced the full zkEVM code, and this journey has been filled with such hard work over the last year. Read more 👉🏽 bit.ly/Polygon-zkEVM

An ex-Coinbase employee was arrested for insider trading. The run up to the arrest is worthy of an action movie.

FatMan @FatManTerra

This will make a fantastic movie scene one day. He got called to Coinbase for a meeting & said he was coming, but quickly booked a one-way flight to India because he knew they were onto him. Before he gets to board the plane and dip, the police stop & arrest him. Amazing.

db @tier10k

[DB] EX-COINBASE MANAGER ARRESTED IN US CRYPTO INSIDER TRADING CASE: BBG

Here’s an interesting thread from the General Counsel of A16Z on the complaint from the SEC on the insider trading case.

miles jennings @milesjennings

Having read through yesterday’s SEC complaint, my biggest takeaway is that it’s remarkable how little new information/guidance can be taken from the allegations... Nevertheless, the allegations are a good reminder of the rules of the road for web3 builders. Here are 5👇

Tesla sold $936 million of Bitcoin last week.

Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru

BREAKING: Tesla, $TSLA earning reports reveals they sold 75% of their #Bitcoin worth $936 million.

Minecraft banned NFTs. An interesting thread breaking down the announcement.

Giancarlo @GiancarloChaux

The Minecraft NFT ban gets more ridiculous the more I look into it 🧵

ConsenSys is using NFTs to set up an open marketplace for smart contract auditing.

ConsenSys @ConsenSys

Turn Service Into Opportunity! The world's first token & decentralized marketplace for time-based services. The TURN token & marketplace will be launched with @ConsenSysAudits, using the token for its smart contract security auditing service. ⏳

consensys.netConsenSys Diligence is now offering smart contract auditing through TURN, the first token and marketplace for time-based services. | Consen…ConsenSys Diligence is now offering smart contract auditing through TURN, the first token and marketplace for time-based services.

3AC’s liquidation documents were released this week. Here’s a thread from Bankless founder, Ryan Sean Adams, on a few interesting quotes from the document.

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦇🔊 @RyanSAdams

1/ How did 3AC go bust? Let's let @zhusu and @KyleLDavies tell the story. 👇

Someone bid $1 million for the Amazon.eth ENS domain.

🏝nathanhead.eth🏝 @NathanHeadPhoto

amazon.eth has a 1 million dollar bid

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