If you've looked into Ethereum Mainnet scaling then you've seen a whole lot of terms thrown around like Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 0, sidechain, rollup, zk snarks, state channels, sharding, and so on. This may leave you confused about what each of these approaches do and may also leave unanswered questions about which solutions are available now and which ones are available "soon." In this presentation I will survey the major scaling solutions including the principals behind the solution and specific projects implementing those solutions and their current deployment readiness. Included for each will be a brief discussion about the viability of hosting each solution on a non-Ethereum DLT.
Danno Ferrin is Principal Software Engineer at Hedera Hashgraph, where he spearheads the smart contract environment in the Hedera network. Previously he was Lead Protocol Engineer at ConsenSys Software Inc on their Ethereum Mainnet team, where he chose to go "full crypto" after leaving... Read More →
