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Nov 2024
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Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadm...

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About this episode

For the Bankless Summit’s inaugural episode, Justin Drake shares his reflection on the Beamchain talk he gave earlier in the week at Devcon Bangkok. Additionally, Justin adds some much needed context and important (and very bullish) facets to the Ethereum Roadmap from his perspective. 

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------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro 4:00 5-Year Ethereum Roadmap 6:58 Part 1 - Execution  14:56 Part 2 - Data  20:23 Part 3 - Consensus  27:49 Audience Questions 33:00 Closing

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Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin

Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yvzh5q2jjlcW_g95s-7E4Gk5ZL-scM3l/edit#slide=id.p5

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