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I have recently taken on my new role as team lead of the Robust Incentives Group (RIG) and I am truly excited to continue pushing Ethereum forward together with our incredible team: @julianma @soispoke @anderselowsson @davidecrapis.

A quick note on what do at RIG and some of our latest research: 

At RIG, we study Ethereum’s protocol architecture and mechanisms through the lens of game theory, mechanism design, using formal methods, and empirical analysis. While our work has an economic focus, it is inherently interdisciplinary—drawing insights from economics, computer science, cryptography, distributed systems, and beyond. We work and collaborate across these fields to find ways to improve Ethereum, balancing long-term foundational research with practical proposals for mainnet upgrades—biasing towards the latter. Our goal: mechanisms that are rigorous and practical.

RIG is hiring an exceptional Protocol Architecture Researcher!

(link to job description in next tweet)

RIG is working on solving some of the most important open challenges for Ethereum: ensuring long-term economic robustness & scaling Ethereum. 

If you are excited and deeply care about these problems, join and work with us at the frontier of Ethereum research. You will join a small, impactful team where you can very quickly help shape the future of Ethereum, working with some of the most brilliant people.