134 - Ethereum Uncensored with Justin Drake

With Tornado Cash sanctioning news making waves, the crypto community is asking a big question: Is censorship on Ethereum possible?

Establishing and preserving censorship resistance is possibly the most important challenge faced by the network.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

6:00 Justin Drake Returns

8:45 What is Censorship Resistance?

13:00 Censorship in Crypto

15:25 Weak vs Strong Censorship

21:25 Ethereum Today

26:35 The Ethereum Nation

31:12 Why This Matters

35:25 Preventing Weak Censorship

42:55 Light Clients

46:26 Proposers and Builders

52:50 Enforcing Transactions

59:24 The Mempool

1:03:45 The Weak Censorship Endgame

1:10:00 Preventing Strong Censorship

1:15:00 Diversity

1:20:00 Activist Staking

1:26:25 A Recovery Scenario

1:33:40 Social Fork

1:40:40 A Forking Deterrent

1:44:45 The Human Shield

1:50:45 Property Rights

2:01:00 The Strong Censorship Endgame

2:05:00 The Broader Context

2:10:56 Justin’s Confidence

RESOURCES

Justin Drake

https://twitter.com/drakefjustin

Flashbots Episode

https://youtu.be/xex9WVmVfbg

Justin Drake Episodes

https://youtu.be/1m12zgJ42dI

https://youtu.be/dHpAC0m8Rkk

https://youtu.be/FQTZSb3Rc9I

https://youtu.be/bWqhn1hXvVc

Solo Staking

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/

https://rocketpool.net/

Crypto Lobby Groups

https://gitcoin.co/coincenter

https://www.defieducationfund.org/

https://gitcoin.co/grants/3974/electronic-frontier-foundation