# Devcon 2024, Thailand
**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088
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**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088 "2024-11-13T02:45:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/22 "2024-11-18T16:15:06Z")
> **[Who Wins Ethereum Block Building Auctions and Why? @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/VKQ8NC)**
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> Today, top 3 block builders produce over 90% of blocks on Ethereum via MEV-boost auction. The block builder market's dynamics evolve rapidly and has significant impact on the development of private mempools, wallets/apps orderflow auctions, and...
by @boz1 and @sui414.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/23 "2024-11-18T22:36:27Z")
> **[Conditional Recall @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/XTQUDR)**
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> In the neon-lit nights of 2025, Johnson & Johnson unveiled X. A pill, not larger than a snowflake, but it promised a tempest of change. This miraculous drug didn't just allow people to cherry-pick memories to erase from their minds, it also can...
by @Christoph and @sxysun.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/24 "2024-11-18T22:39:11Z")
> **[The History and Philosophy of Cypherpunk @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/8JVYCQ)**
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> Rather than bend to knee to Donald Trump, the goal of the cypherpunk movement is to abolish the state in order to maximize human freedom via privacy-enhancing decentralized technologie. After reviewing the history of this deviant group of programmers...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/25 "2024-11-19T01:45:26Z")
> **[Lunarpunk Endgame @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/EVHFWA)**
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> Global surveillance is a static world where change is surpressed and society cannot evolve. In contrast, an anonymity-enhanced world resembles a forest. New civilizational experiments blossom like flowers, radiating outward from the freedom-fighters...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/26 "2024-11-19T01:55:41Z")
> **[Why VPNs are scams and what to do about it @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/TRMC3L)**
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> Existing VPNs are essentially scams. Free VPNs and most centralized VPNs (such as ExpressVPN, owned by Kape) are effectively data harvesting companies. Decentralized VPNs usually have a few large servers and offer barely any more privacy than...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/27 "2024-11-19T03:57:01Z")
> **[EIP-7251 - Maximum effective balance overview @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/BBFNLG)**
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> An overview of the maximum effective balance change coming in Electra.
> At a high level, other considerations that were required to allow the maximum effective balance increase in Electra, and ensure that it delivers value.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/28 "2024-11-19T04:20:36Z")
> **[What’s Going Into the Pectra Upgrade? @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/9WTJRX)**
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> A talk explaining the core EIPs going into the Pectra upgrade and the core EIPs still TBD for inclusion in Pectra. The talk will also touch on Pectra timing and fork scoping for the next hard fork after Pectra. Finally, the talk will share insights...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/29 "2024-11-20T05:27:13Z")
> **[Practical endgame on issuance policy @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/TQMWK9)**
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> A practical endgame on issuance policy stops the growth in stake while guaranteeing proper consensus incentives and positive regular rewards to solo stakers. Viable reward curves for this endgame are presented. Motivations, impacts and potential...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/30 "2024-11-20T14:33:57Z")
> **[Keynote: Lessons learned from Tor @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/ZHU7UQ)**
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> I will share lessons learned during Tor's twenty years as free software fighting for privacy and human rights. We'll talk about distributed trust and privacy by design, how to help people understand the good uses of your tech, getting allies in both...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/31 "2024-11-20T15:20:30Z")
> **[Hardware Security: From Sand to Stone @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/UZDFEK)**
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> All software runs on hardware. The assumptions on which many of our systems rest are often shakier than we realise. This talk explores hardware security, its shortcomings and the path to a firmer foundation.
by @Quintus.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/32 "2024-11-20T23:03:07Z")
> **[ETH is permissionless money @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/TMFPCF)**
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> ETH is money! In this talk, we will explore the role of Ethereum's native asset on the base chain, in the L2 ecosystems, and in crypto broadly. We discuss the ETH supply, what it means to be permissionless money, how ETH is being used today, and how...
by @mikeneuder.eth.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/33 "2024-11-22T03:37:14Z")
> **[The Chain Abstraction Master Plan @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/DCSCA7)**
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> Chain abstraction is vital for Ethereum’s future competitiveness and interoperability. This talk will dive into why Ethereum apps need chain abstraction to avoid fragmentation and ensure open, trustless, and modular systems. We’ll explore approaches...
by @thegostep.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/34 "2024-11-27T22:06:10Z")
> **[Circles - resilient money @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/EWTZTD)**
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> Circles is an attempt to design money while maximizing decentralization and resilience. Furthermore it tries to find a balance between "newcomers", joining the social contract that any form of money represents, and those already in it.
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/35 "2024-11-28T03:50:29Z")
> **[Does Ethereum Really Need PBS? Solving MEV at the app vs the infrastructure...](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/TNKFPP)**
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> In this talk, we will give a brief history of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) and its influence on enshrining PBS (Proposer Builder Separation) into Ethereum. We will explore the Ethereum community’s evolving perspectives on PBS while looking at...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/36 "2024-11-28T03:51:34Z")
> **[Security Frameworks by SEAL @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/A7TNUF)**
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> Comprised of dedicated security specialists, SEAL aims to spread awareness and educate the community about Web3 security best practices and pitfalls. We address various challenges, compile accessible resources, and create new content. Open to all...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/37 "2024-11-28T18:36:16Z")
> **[Single Slot Finality and the future of staking @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/LZCP8E)**
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> Discussing the evolution of the thinking around future upgrades to the Ethereum consensus protocol (single slot finality project) in relationship to the future of staking. For example discussing things like...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/38 "2024-11-28T18:41:41Z")
> **[Staking on Power Efficient and Low Cost Hardware: From ARM64 to RISC-V Boards...](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/J3SWYT)**
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> The entry barrier to staking on Ethereum got lower, as ARM boards, the tooling and OS support have improved massively. We show the current landscape of hardware options and the software stack to go along with it.
> As a glimpse into the future we will...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/39 "2024-12-01T23:28:33Z")
> **[The tension between MEV and Censorship Resistance Gadgets @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/G3MBF7)**
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> Although fairly unrelated at first glance, MEV is currently \*the\* bottleneck for a censorship-resistant Ethereum. This talk will first explore why MEV and censorship resistance are fundamentally counterforces. Then, we will dive into how MEV...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/40 "2024-12-02T01:18:34Z")
> **[Empowering Users: How Ethereum’s Low Node Requirements Promote True...](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/QAJNMK)**
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> Nine years after Ethereum's launch, you can still run a node at home on commodity hardware, even low-powered devices like $185 ARM64 boards.
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> Why is this so important? Wouldn't Solana's approach, using more powerful hardware for higher speed and...
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### Author:  [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/devcon-2024-thailand/4088/41 "2024-12-02T01:19:07Z")
> **[Demystifying solo staking struggles @ Devcon SEA](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/9KV8UQ)**
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> Is solo staking easy or hard? What are stakers struggling with? I will go over the main issues facing solo stakers and what can be done about it. I will talk about the importance of solo stakers.
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