ok the fast approval of EIP-7514 actually makes me question the ethereum credible neutrality for the first time ever if this goes live in Dencun, it clearly shows that the core devs can push changes to the network at will
dunno, it is not the EIP you would like to protest against.. but I agree it feels rushed
even assuming this change is necessary, the only reasonable action from non core dev stakeholders (circle / tether / coinbase) is to monitor next updates more closely and start having stronger voice in the governance and this is an easy path for them to start using their highest leverage — forking the network
what are the milestones that need to be hit or what is the amount of time for an EIP to be in discussion that would not make you feel this way?
as far as neutrality, who is hurt/who benefits? I have seen only generic concerns about the speed and narrowness of discussion, but no cost-benefit analysis cost: ETH price embeds a certain PV of cash flows, that is reduced (?)
Not that it will assuage your fears, but the EIP was first discussed on the July 13 call https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/823
I saw @sassal.eth's rant on last weeks refuel. It's an interesting debate, how much time is enough time for the community to have input. Idk 🤷♂️ I guess my only comment to your cast is does it "clearly" show that the core devs can push changes to the network at will. I personally don't think so but idk
But isn’t the purpose of EIP–7514 precisely to “slow down time” so the whole governance has more time to deliberate on a way to address the beacon chain’s overload? So a rushed but temporary remedy, only so that everyone can think through the long term solution much more deeply and collectively.
I was also very critical and was pointed to the first draft of the proposal which was published in early July. Given that most of us are builders here, we should create a better ui for viewing the status of eips https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/pull/3448
this post reached the highest circles of the ethereum community on twitter
Good memetic potential here, could be the "low-interest rate phenomenon" of Ethereum. (What if I told you there's no such thing as a "pre-MEV world?")
I think this is a very interesting question. I was very ambivalent about this EIP myself -- initially I was against it but changed my mind as it being the best thing to do right now, precisely because the hard fork process is very slow and drawn out.
I do wonder if Ethereum's govnance approach of "social consensus" ultimately ends similar to on chain governance. It seems to be a case of the community influencers control what goes in vs the largest token holders. It perhaps works currently when there are (hopefully!) good actors but that may not always be the case