Consensus

Ethereum researchers warn that the network's coordination mechanisms are hitting a tipping point. Discover how individual rational optimizations from builders and validators can lead to global system failure and network traps.

EIP-8333 proposes aligning Ethereum's finality gadget with epoch boundaries to simplify client logic and reduce latency. While technically elegant, does a 3% gain in finality speed justify the risk of a network-wide hardfork?