Inside Eigenlayer's Vision for Decentralized Security | Sreeram Kannan

In this episode, Founder Sreeram Kannan unpacks the present and future of EigenLayer. He dives into novel concepts like intersubjectivity, attributable security, and forkable tokens that underpin Eigenlayer's unique approach to enabling trust and security for decentralized protocols. Sreeram explains the EigenLayer economy of stakers, operators and actively validated services (AVSs), the market structure considerations for AVSs, and the key differences between Eigen staking and ETH staking. He also previews upcoming developments on Eigenlayer's roadmap such as payments and slashing. Enjoy! - - Follow Sreeram: https://x.com/sreeramkannan Follow EffortCapital: https://x.com/EffortCapital Follow Boccaccio: https://twitter.com/tripleboccaccio Follow Westie: https://twitter.com/WestieCapital Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages. Claim your unique Wormhole NFT at https://forms.clickup.com/45049775/f/1aytxf-16551/QZ3GT4GL9QGSUSUNRG - - Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders. Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/ - - Avalanche is a smart contracts platform that scales infinitely and regularly finalizes transactions in less than one second. Its novel consensus protocol, Subnet infrastructure, and HyperSDK toolkit enable Web3 developers to easily launch powerful, custom blockchain solutions. Build anything you want, any way you want, on the eco-friendly blockchain designed for Web3 devs. Start building today at https://www.avax.network/ - - Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:42) EigenLayer AVS, Mainnet, & Token Launch (9:11) Intersubjectivity Token Design (16:02) Wormhole Ad (16:40) Pear Ad (17:05) Avalanche Ad (17:47) Slashing Mechanism (35:59) Eigen Social Consensus Overload (43:17) AVS Market Structure (52:49) Security Mining (58:29) Validator Bonds (1:03:10) 3rd Token System (1:14:59) Eigen Roadmap - - Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.