11-15, 10:05–10:15 (Asia/Bangkok), Stage 4
Solo stakers are key to keeping the Ethereum ecosystem geographically decentralized and censorship resistant. But PBS leaves solo stakers extremely vulnerable to a variety of narrowly targeted DDOS attacks, made possible by public information on the p2p network. This talk will explain why privacy matters on the p2p layer, provide an overview of the attacks solo stakers would face in PBS, and demonstrate some of these in a sandbox environment.
Qianchen (a.k.a. "Q") is the Dencentralized Technology Architect at HOPR. HOPR developed the HOPR protocol, a decentralized communication protocol designed to ensure metadata privacy through incentivized mixnet technology. Q has been writing smart contracts and contributing to protocol development for 5+ years.