Eigenlayer: Everything You Need to Know in 2024 - Sreeram Kannan, Ep. 253

Today Jason is joined by none other than EigenLayer Founder, Sreeram Kannan. Sreeram kicks things off by sharing the founding story of EigenLayer and how Sreeram and the team thought about EigenLayer's value proposition. Jason then digs into the details; what are EigenLayer's Actively Validates Services (AVS)? Are there security assumptions related to slashing? What are the centralisation considerations for EigenLayer? What are the commercial incentives for builders? And much, much more. Enjoy the conversation and please share and like — it goes a long way.   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:29) EigenLayor's backstory & Sreeram's early start (11:05) EigenLayer's proposition (14:54) EigenLayer's AVS: Actively Validated Services (19:56) Slashing & security assumptions (29:40) EigenLayer's centralisation considerations (34:30) Commercial incentives (42:37) Long term incentives: coprocessor & intelligent DeFi (46:40) Best vs worst case for the future of EigenLayer (57:30) Outro   Twitter accounts: Jason Choi's Twitter:   https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Sreeram Kannan Twitter:   https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan   Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter:   https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch   Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about