Core Devs Call: Process Feedback

August 21, 2020

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Preface: Ethereum Classic suffered a second round of 51% attacks. As a result of the attacks, the development ecosystem around Ethereum Classic has seen a surge in activity via proposed solutions to safeguard the network.

Participant Feedback

The 8/20 Core Dev Call set out with the intent of "proposal gathering and discussion only" for the next hard fork on the Ethereum Classic network. Many of the participants felt the call lacked adequate time for proposal explanation, discussion, and constructive dialogue. These topics are technical in nature and cannot be accomplished in a one hour audio call. In fact, an hour call for each topic likely is not a sufficient amount of time to thoroughly analyze each proposal. Charles Hoskinson of Input Output Global offered some feedback on his experience with the CDC: Process for Decision Making and Innovation for ETC.

Everyone's time is valuable and no one likes to feel like they wasted their resources. Hopefully the consensus builders can take this feedback constructively and adjust the modus operandi for future technical calls. Also development teams have the freedom to host their own calls to adequately discuss their proposals. Participation in the network is encouraged, there are no centralized leaders in Ethereum Classic. Your voice is valuable. Join the conversation and be heard.

In an effort to steer the dialogue down a constructive path, please engage in the technical threads related to the proposals. The following is not an exhaustive list, due to the volume of new proposals, but this article will be updated as proposals formalize to the ECIP process.

Algorithm-Agnostic Proposals to PoW Security

ECIP 1092 "Pirlguard" - Technical Discussion
ECIP 1094 "VeriBlock"
ECIP xxxx "Checkpointing and Timestamping" - Video, Whitepaper

Change the Algorithm Proposals

Do Nothing. Stay with Ethash, unaltered.
ECIP 1043 "Fixed DAG" - Technical Discussion
ECIP 1049 "Keccak256" - Technical Discussion
ECIP 1093 "RandomX" - Technical Discussion
Related: ECBP 1076 "Miner Signaling" - Technical Discussion, Archived Discussion

Parity with ETH Discussions:

EIP-2315: Simple Subroutines for the EVM
EIP-2537: BLS12-381 curve operations
EIP-2046: Reduced gas cost for static calls made to precompiles
EIP-2565: Repricing of the EIP-198 ModExp precompile

Contribute to the Discussion

The development proposals are where technical discussions occur. To stay current on Ethereum Classic development, please read and participate in the ECIP repo.

Documentation of August 20, 2020 Core Devs Call

Action Items: ETC Q3 Hard Fork Draft 1
Input Output Global CDC Feedback: Process for Decision Making and Innovation for ETC