Ethereum Validator & Node Operator Summit
Join EthStaker, Staking Rewards, and bloXroute Labs for an impactful single-day event focused on the Ethereum Staking & Node Operator landscape.
Event Partners
Ethereum Foundation | Coinbase | Dragonfly | Galaxy Digital | Blockdaemon | Figment | HashKey Cloud | InfStones | Rocket Pool | Prysmatic Labs | Special Mechanisms Group | Fenbushi Capital | Genzio | BTCS | Stader Labs | P2P.org | Nethermind
Event Schedule
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Registration
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Panel I - "Super Majority Client: How to Wipe Out a Network"
Moderated by Nixo, Executive Director at EthStaker
Discuss the impact of client diversity on the Ethereum network, with panelists:
Ben Rodriguez - Senior Protocol Specialist, Coinbase
Jasper - Community Advocate, Rocket Pool
Colton Campbell - Senior Solutions Engineer, Figment
Alessandro Maci - Product Manager, P2P
Josh Klopfenstein - Software Engineer, Nethermind
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Presentation I - "12 Seconds: Who Gets What, When and How in a Slot"
Presented by Eyal Markovich, Co-Founder & COO at bloXroute Labs
Find out where the value of a block comes from, how NOT to miss a block, and who wins the timing games.
2:40 pm - 3:25 pm
Panel II - "The Race Against Time: Why Validators are at War with Milliseconds"
Moderated by Kilian Boshoff, Business Development and Research at Staking Rewards
Explore the high-stakes competition among validators where milliseconds can determine success or failure, with speakers:
Eyal Markovich - Co-Founder & COO, bloXroute Labs
Freddy Zwanzger - Ethereum Ecosystem Lead, Blockdaemon
Max Resnick - Head of Research, Special Mechanisms Group
Terence Tsao - Maintainer, Prysmatic Labs
Haseeb Qureshi - Managing Partner, Dragonfly Capital
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Presentation II - "Optimize Ethereum Staking Rewards with the Validator Gateway"
Presented by Benjamin Hunter, Ethereum MEV Team Lead at bloXroute Labs
Uncover strategies for increasing validator staking rewards.
4:05 pm - 4:50 pm
Panel III - "From Wall Street to the Mempool: The Rise of Ethereum's Institutional Validators"
Moderated by Mirko Schmiedl, Co-Founder & CEO at Staking Rewards
Examine the dynamics and implications of institutional involvement in staking within the Ethereum ecosystem, with panelists:
Dora Luo - BD Director, HashKey Cloud
Sili Zhao - Global Head of Business Development, InfStones
Christine Kim - Vice President of Research, Galaxy Digital
Anoothi Kumar - Head of Business, Stader Labs
Charles Allen - CEO, BTCS
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm
Panel IV - "Decentralize or Bust: Ethereum's Battle Against Censorship"
Moderated by Yuki Yuminaga, Lead Researcher at Fenbushi
Explore Ethereum's ongoing struggle for decentralization and its resilience against censorship, with speakers:
Mike Neuder - Researcher, Ethereum Foundation
Max Resnick - Head of Research, Special Mechanisms Group
Alex Stokes - Researcher, Ethereum Foundation
5:55 pm - 6:05 pm
bloXroute New Products Announcement
6:05 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking Happy Hour