11-13, 15:00–15:10 (Asia/Bangkok), Stage 4
Protocol development needs more economists, yet many potential contributors do not know which problems are important to Ethereum protocol development. This talk bridges the gap for those interested in blockchain research who want to work on impactful problems. The talk will overview different economic research areas at the protocol level. Examples include an economic perspective on consensus systems, transaction fee mechanism design, and economic sides of current EIPs.
Julian is a research scientist at the Robust Incentives Group at the Ethereum Foundation. His work focuses on the intersection between the application layer and the protocol layer. Using tools from finance and economics, he aims to improve the Ethereum protocol. He has worked on base fee derivatives, PBS, and MEV and now focuses on censorship resistance gadgets like inclusion lists.