Tracking Ethereum Like an Insider
summary
A concrete method for tracking Ethereum centers on a three questions framework: 1) governance as layered formal EIPs (EIP‑1, EIP‑7723) plus shifting informal norms, 2) who actually funds and works for client teams (many seeded by the Ethereum Foundation), and 3) where decisions happen — the ACD calls twice weekly plus breakout working groups. The Fusaka-era headliner process is a recent formal change to watch; the ACD and BTC toolkits were deprecated because static posts grew unwieldy and readers wanted actionable dashboards and headlines instead.
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chapters (31)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:11Christine's Track Record
- 1:12Launching the ACD and BTC Toolkits
- 1:36The Three Questions Framework
- 2:15Ethereum Governance as an Onion
- 2:41The Formal Layer: EIPs and Labels
- 4:07The Informal Layer: Unwritten Norms
- 4:29How Client Team Votes Actually Work
- 5:26Supermajorities for Contentious Decisions
- 6:17How Governance Itself Evolves
- 6:43The Headliner Process in Fusaka
- 7:38Beyond Categorical Stakeholders
- 8:34Looking Deeper at Who Funds Client Teams
- 9:19Why the Ethereum Foundation Seeded Client Diversity
- 9:47What Happens as the EF Narrows Focus
- 10:40Being in the Room Where Decisions Happen
- 11:34The Three ACD Calls
- 11:54How the Cadence Has Evolved Over Time
- 12:48Twice Weekly Coordination Today
- 13:11Breakout Calls for Long Term Roadmap
- 13:38Why ACD Calls Are More Accurate Than X
- 14:22The People, Places, and Process
- 14:46Applying the Framework to Bitcoin
- 15:16Why Christine Deprecated the Toolkits
- 15:39The Medium Was Suboptimal
- 16:09Readers Wanted Actionable Insights
- 17:34A Call to Apply the Framework
- 18:14Questioning the True Value of Protocols
- 19:05Decentralization Theater
- 19:54What Are the Real Ends of Decentralization
- 21:01Closing and Resources
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