Antony Denyer

I can’t remember when I first learnt about walking skeletons, it was at least a decade ago, and it felt like common knowledge among the people I was working with. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests was the I think the first time I saw it formalised. [Read More]

Thanks to @miszke_eth for reviewing [Read More]

TL;DR: Conditional auctions keep the auctioneer in control and reduce bidder risk at the cost of more complex spam checks. In contrast, unconditional auctions are simpler but expose users to the risk of execution failure, increased latency and lack of finality. [Read More]

EIP-4844 introduced “blob transactions” almost over a year ago, specifically aimed at significantly enhancing scalability and efficiency for layer-2 solutions like rollups. Understanding how these transactions are priced is essential for developers, users, and anyone interacting with Ethereum’s economic system. [Read More]

The challenge of space exploration isn’t just rocket science. It’s also a governance problem. And while this might sound like science fiction, it’s also a fun thought experiment about how decentralised governance could scale—literally—to the stars. Imagine a future where a consortium of investors builds a spacecraft to mine asteroids.... [Read More]