Intersubjective Researchathon 002 @ DevCon7 - Pushing the Boundaries of Ethereum Co-Research
Join us for an inspiring, collaborative research event where brilliant minds come together to tackle some of the most pressing questions in Ethereum ecosystem.
This isn't your typical conference - it's a brains-and-hands-on, high-energy research incubation designed to spark innovation and drive progress in key areas of blockchain development.
🔬 Proposed Research Topics
(more detailed subtopics under cooking)
Preconf & Block Building Innovation ⚡
Preconfirmed block building secured by TEEs
Causality-based preconfirmed block proposing
MEV-boost evolution and builder decentralization
Cross-chain block building coordination
Solving DeFi's Scalability and Composability 🌐
Liquidity fragmentation and routing
Capital Efficiency Innovation-Real Yield mechanism design
Cross-chain restaking coordination mechanisms
Hybrid Orderbook-AMM systems
Confidential Computing & Privacy 🔐
MPC-assisted ZK Proof Generation Acceleration
Cross-Chain Privacy Proof Aggregation and Verification
Privacy Computing Infrastructure on Layer 2
TEE-Enhanced ZK-MPC Hybrid Systems
Governance x AI 🧠🏛️
Verification of attribution in DAO proposals
AI-powered voting delegation strategies
Cross-chain governance coordination using LLMs
Sybil resistance in AI-human hybrid voting systems
Ethereum Roadmap discussion 🗺️
Builder Revenue Sharing Mechanisms
Cross-domain MEV Extraction in Rollups
EIP-4844 Blobs & Network Capacity Scaling
🗓️ Agenda
13:00 - 13:30 👋 Networking & Chilling
13:30 - 13:50: Introduction and team assignments
13:50 - 14:50: 💡 Group discussions and brainstorming
14:50 - 15:40: 🎤 Cross-group sharing
15:40 - 16:00: Closing remarks
🌟 Guest Researchers
Jialin Li, Co-founder of Hetu Protocol, Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor @ NUS | Research lead @ Advaita Labs
Ishaan - Protocol Researcher @ Eigen Foundation
Shashank Motepalli - PhD Student at UofT researching on governance | ex-Research @ Movement Labs
Uri - PhD Student at Imperial Colledge researching on interoperability | Research @ Movement Labs
Drew Van der Werff : Main contributor @ Commit Boost
Lin Oshitani : Protocol Research @ Nethermind
Stephan : Researcher @ Cyber Fund
Hang Yin : co-founder & CTO @ Phala Network
Felix Meng : AI researcher @ Stanford | co-founder @ Xtrace
Liam Ren : CEO, Co-founder of Morphic | Research @ Oxford Blockchain Research Centre
Abhi : PhD student @UPF Barcelona - Protocol optimizations, Researcher @ Advaita Labs
Maksim Nikolaev : Applied cryptography researcher and cryptography engineer | PhD in cryptography @ Moscow State University
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More to be announced!