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The Summer of Protocols newsletter is back with a new format ☀️

To kick things off, @vgr shares his theory of fantasy vs. sci-fi, what new narratives are needed to navigate the changing world order, and where protocols fit in the picture 😄

Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

The Summer of Protocols newsletter is back with a new format ☀️

To kick things off, @vgr shares his theory of fantasy vs. sci-fi, what new narratives are needed to navigate the changing world order, and where protocols fit in the picture 😄

https://protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/strange-new-rules

Get started by visiting http://epf.wiki and filling out the survey and attending the town hall!

What you can expect in EPS 2025:
• Kickoff town hall on Feb 12, 1500 UTC
• 2 week intensive followed by 6 weeks of EL/CL specialized sessions
• Active discussions on our Discord
• Opportunity to contribute to EPF Wiki

Along with the curriculum produced last year, we will be focusing this years content on deep dives into the Execution and Consensus layers with expert-led sessions and live discussions.

Ready to dive into and learn more about the Ethereum protocol? Ethereum Protocol Studies is back for 2025 and here to help!

Ready to dive into and learn more about the Ethereum protocol? Ethereum Protocol Studies is back for 2025 and here to help!

https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/02/05/ethereum-protocol-studies

Ethereum

we're up to 40%! block gas limits will go up to 36mm when this crosses 50% - it's likely this happens within the next week

this means a bit more blockspace for users + apps. once the network has time to digest the Pectra upgrade in March, expect further increases

post-holidays gas limit creeping up to 36mm.. will prob continue to accelerate. chart via @nero_eth 

ethereum L1 is scaling. while relatively modest, i expect further increases post pectra (~end of Q1) once vals digest effects of blob increases + other optimizations https://t.co/In16uqzTqB

31.5% signaling an increase !! block gas limits will go up when this crosses 50%

also see @etherscan's block gas limit chart over the years. tiny jump on the right is the change starting in Dec 2024. we still haven't crossed the high of march 2022 yet (30,047,000) https://t.co/bKwaGskGbY

trent.eth

we're up to 40%! block gas limits will go up to 36mm when this crosses 50% - it's likely this happens within the next week

this means a bit more blockspace for users + apps. once the network has time to digest the Pectra upgrade in March, expect further increases

https://x.com/trent_vanepps/status/1879896778809786543

How can I make my social media impulse to open Farcaster instead of Twitter?

Happy new year, Farcaster 🎉

2025 is going to be a big one for Ethereum ✨

Job market is like online dating

Hiring is dating from woman's POV: a deluge of applicants to sift through looking for the diamond in the rough

Applying is dating from man's POV: putting yourself out there, getting ghosted, if lucky getting rejected, hoping for that 1st date

There is a great book that talks about this and more called Make It Stick, free from HUP.

There is a great book that talks about this and more called Make It Stick, free from HUP. 

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/file/feeds/PDF/9780674729018_sample.pdf

Working for the Superchain 🔴🔵🟡🟠🟢🟣

In apps, 80%+ of the difficulty is in figuring out which apps actually make sense to build. I think this is why a generalized pitch of "we need apps" gets applause from pragmatist types but ultimately leads to no action - if our vision for the world is "WE WANT STUFF HAPPENING ON OUR CHAIN!", that's very uninspiring.

Meanwhile, specific categories of apps are starting to do well! Lots of progress in zk identity and zk social, all kinds of interesting stuff in info finance. I think if we want more apps, a more definite-optimist approach where we talk about specific types of apps and what kind of world they will lead to will be much more effective.

As generative AI becomes more ubiquitous, less than amazing grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary might be seen as a green flag in job applications and cover letters.

Here's the EF's 2024 report:

https://ethereum.foundation/report-2024.pdf

Nice! How far did you make it into the 100?

I've never used Roam, but Obsidian is great.

This may be a dead horse, but there needs to be a new protocol for tipping in the US. Leaving a tip based on the cost of your meal is not it, especially as pricing rise and waitstaff is doing less and less.

JoshD

@joshdavislight