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The Ethereum merge is done

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Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by lmarcos »

mudrockbestgirl wrote: post #45
lmarcos wrote: post #28

> The Merge is one of the largest technological events in the industry to date. I feel kinda ashamed. I work in the IT industry and I claim to have knowledge about ("good") software engineering practices, distributed systems, compilers, algorithms, etc. Nevertheless, I didn't understand a word of what the article is saying. Could you recommend serious references (preferably books and not random blogs) I could read to…

The official Ethereum docs [0] are a good starting point. There are a lot of good resources under the "Learn" tab as well. [0] https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/

Thanks. I know the official docs. They just feel to me like the official docs of K8s (they are good, but not great. Great in the sense of "Brian Kernighan" or "Stevens" book kind of great). I guess there are not many more options out there I'm afraid.

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by colesantiago »

This doesn't really change anything, I still cannot find any legitimate use cases for blockchain, Proof of Stake or not.

I would happy to be proven wrong, but this is extremely rare as I can't find any legitimate actual useful use case since Bitcoin and Ethereum's existence.

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by that_guy_iain »

dereg wrote: post #8

I’m really curious what the GPU miners are going to be doing with their cards. Today may be as big a moment for gamers as it is for ETH devs.

Switch to a different currency that is still proof of work? I mean if you've got all the gear and just need to change was software is running and you get back to making money, wouldn't you?

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by capableweb »

mightyRodri wrote: post #36
lmarcos wrote: post #28

> The Merge is one of the largest technological events in the industry to date. I feel kinda ashamed. I work in the IT industry and I claim to have knowledge about ("good") software engineering practices, distributed systems, compilers, algorithms, etc. Nevertheless, I didn't understand a word of what the article is saying. Could you recommend serious references (preferably books and not random blogs) I could read to…

I wouldnt worry, the whole system up to this point has used "technobabble" as a means to confuse and impress outsiders. When reading up on it, there is no meaning to find besides "yep, its a linked list allright".

I could say the same thing about reading fields I don't generally understand, and it can seem like "technobabble" because I don't understand the meaning of words they are using, since some things are written with a certain audience in mind that possesses the knowledge to understand the content, like many academic papers.

However, I don't regularly dismiss fields like that, but rather I understand that not everything is meant for me to understand without a deeper meaning. Not sure why anyone would treat the (technical) ecosystem of cryptocurrencies differently. Seems like a non-curious way of acting.

Just like I realize the problems pornography introduces to the world, but reading and speaking with engineers working at those companies are still a fruitful endeavour for me.

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by mightyRodri »

lmarcos wrote: post #52
mightyRodri wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldnt worry, the whole system up to this point has used "technobabble" as a means to confuse and impress outsiders. When reading up on it, there is no meaning to find besides "yep, its a linked list allright".

I thought the same at the beginning. Yet somehow I think I'm missing something a bit more complex (complicated?) than just "linked lists". I don't want to understand only the theory but also the "practice" (e.g., one could read all about distributed systems... But one really gets the gist of it until one has to deal with real world networks in the cloud or on prem, dealing with real systems)

Have you seen the "Line goes up" summary by Dan Olson? It puts the crypto sphere into context. From that many descisions and marketing practices start to make sense.

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by mudrockbestgirl »

lmarcos wrote: post #61
mudrockbestgirl wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The official Ethereum docs [0] are a good starting point. There are a lot of good resources under the "Learn" tab as well. [0] https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/

Thanks. I know the official docs. They just feel to me like the official docs of K8s (they are good, but not great. Great in the sense of "Brian Kernighan" or "Stevens" book kind of great). I guess there are not many more options out there I'm afraid.

I may be able to recommend other resources if you tell me what "kind" of docs you are looking for. Maybe an example from another field?

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by ilaksh »

lmarcos wrote: post #28

> The Merge is one of the largest technological events in the industry to date. I feel kinda ashamed. I work in the IT industry and I claim to have knowledge about ("good") software engineering practices, distributed systems, compilers, algorithms, etc. Nevertheless, I didn't understand a word of what the article is saying. Could you recommend serious references (preferably books and not random blogs) I could read to…

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/800070.802212 Probabilistic Encryption & How To Play Mental Poker Keeping Secret All Partial Information

https://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/papers/gilad-algorand-... Algorand: Scaling Byzantine Agreements for Cryptocurrencies

http://people.csail.mit.edu/silvio/Selected%20Scientific%20P... A DIGITAL SIGNATURE SCHEME SECURE AGAINST ADAPTIVE CHOSEN-MESSAGE ATTACKS*

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by nailer »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #47

I assume it has been debated again and again, but since I don't know the answer I'm going to ask: We often complain people hold cryptocurrencies instead of using them as money. Isn't this change going to make this worse ?

The merge won’t affect gas fees, which makes Eth unsuitable for small purchases when the network is busy. Apparently Eth will do other work in future to fix that though.

Re: The Ethereum merge is done

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Post by gjs278 »

lmarcos wrote: post #28

> The Merge is one of the largest technological events in the industry to date. I feel kinda ashamed. I work in the IT industry and I claim to have knowledge about ("good") software engineering practices, distributed systems, compilers, algorithms, etc. Nevertheless, I didn't understand a word of what the article is saying. Could you recommend serious references (preferably books and not random blogs) I could read to…

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