Simon Brown·Jun 12What 8,200 hackathon projects reveal about what actually winsI scraped 8,200 ETHGlobal showcase projects, every public submission across 38 events, clustered them into themes, and then ran an analysis…
Simon Brown·Nov 21, 2024Privacy in Ethereum — Stealth AddressesThis post gives an overview of stealth addresses, how they work, the various trade-offs, and what the landscape looks like in Ethereum…
Simon Brown·Oct 2, 2024Proposer-Commitment Infrastructure in EthereumOverview of current landscape of infrastructure and solutions for generalized proposer commitments in Ethereum
Simon Brown·Jul 22, 2024Intro to the PBS FoundationAn update on the PBS Foundation, an independent, non-profit initiative to support research collaboration across the Ethereum ecosystem.
Simon Brown·Nov 13, 2023The Reputation Value ChainExploring how various actors in the web3 ecosystem create a value chain for composable reputation data
Simon Brown·Mar 29, 2023Mutating Mempools and Programmable TransactionsWhat if transactions were programmable, dynamic, adaptive and were capable of responding to changing conditions in the mempool?
Simon Brown·Jan 6, 2023Towards a Socio-ecological view of Decentralized IdentityThis essay attempts to examine the interplay between the various forces that shape decentralized identity using a socio-ecological…A response icon1A response icon1
Simon Brown·Dec 5, 2022MEV Driven Centralization in Ethereum: Part 2This is the second part of the two part exploration of how MEV in PoS Ethereum is acting as a centralizing force on the ecosystem. The…A response icon2A response icon2
InBlockchain BizbySimon Brown·Oct 12, 2022Lowdown on Appchain NetworksThis is high level overview and comparison of prominent multi-chain networks, including Cosmos and Polkadot, as well as newer networks such…A response icon1A response icon1
Simon Brown·Jul 28, 2022MEV Driven Centralization in Ethereum: Part 1With the merge looking likely to happen within the next couple of months, I thought it would be interesting to write a post that speculates…A response icon2A response icon2
