Ethereum Foundation researcher Karl Floersch joined us to discuss the main projects to upgrade Ethereum: Casper, Sharding and Plasma. Karl has been playing a key role in creating a new and simpler specification for Ethereum sidechains called Plasma Cash. We discussed the evolution of the Plasma project and what Ethereum’s evolution in the coming years could look like.
Topics covered in this episode:
How Karl originally became involved in Ethereum
The role of Casper, Sharding and Plasma in the Ethereum roadmap
The problems with the original Plasma concept
How Plasma Cash provides a simple scalability solution
The challenge of data availability
Use cases and timeline for Plasma
Episode links:
Plasma Cash Simple Spec
Ethereum Plasma MVP Overview
Plasma Cash Discussion on Ethereum Research
Cryptoeconomics: An Introduction
Plasma & The Public Ethereum Chain - Joseph Poon (Ethereal Summit 2017)
Plasma - Original Whitepaper
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/232