Legitimate, no snark, question: what is an “Ethereum Researcher”?

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oh no

no SNARK

i guess zk research doesn't count 🥲

Real World Ethereum 🌎 
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And is that for a company usually? For fun? For the Ethereum Foundation? I think that's probably where I'm most confused. Is it a job or a fun thing people do?

simply research on the core Ethereum protocol or something closely adjacent.
- consensus protocols
- data availability sampling
- p2p protocol design
- cryptoeconomics
- Eth-relevant applied cryptography
- smart contract analysis & language design
- L2