Research

At 2077 Research we focus on producing comprehensive and insightful research within the Ethereum and broader crypto landscape. Expect a variety of content ranging from deep dives into core protocol upgrades to analysis of solutions that fit within various frameworks and/or target specific classes of problems. We remain grounded in communicating the fundamentals underpinning blockchains while pragmatically thinking about the viability of different solutions in unlocking the potential of these systems.

  • Wildcat: Undercollateralized Credit Expansion for Fun and Profit 2.0

    Exploring the Wildcat approach to bringing undercollateralized loans onchain and making DeFi accessible

  • The State Of Fraud Proofs In Ethereum L2s

    A comprehensive analysis of fraud proof systems in Ethereum rollups. Featuring Arbitrum, Optimism, Cartesi, & Kroma

  • Unpacking The Starknet Bolt Upgrade

    A comprehensive overview of Starknet's latest upgrade (v0.13.2)

  • EIP-1559: Separating Mechanisms From Memes

    A deep dive into Ethereum's EIP-1559 transaction fee mechanism design and its misunderstood value and potential

  • Block-STM vs. Sealevel: A Comparison of Parallel Execution Engines

    Analysis of functional parallelization in blockchain execution.

  • EIPs for Nerds #8: EIP-7685 (General Purpose Execution Requests)

    EIP-7685 proposes a general purpose execution requests framework

  • EIPs for Nerds #7: EIP-7623 (Increase calldata cost)

    Learn EIP-7623, a proposal aiming to increase calldata costs in Ethereum transactions.

  • The State Of Rollup Interoperability Solutions in 2024

    How can we fix L2 fragmentation and save Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap?

  • Harnessing Shared Security For Secure Cross-Chain Interoperability: Lagrange State Committees And Beyond

    A deep dive on shared security and the role of shared security infrastructure in building robust and secure cross-chain interoperability solutions.

  • Understanding Blockchain Governance

    Governance in the blockchain

  • EIPs for Nerds #6: ERC-5564 and ERC-6538

    Introducing stealth addresses to enhance user privacy

  • EIPs for Nerds #5: EIP-7503 (Zero-Knowledge Wormholes)

    Making privacy-preserving transfers on Ethereum

  • EIPs For Nerds #4: EIP-6110 (Supply Validator Deposits On-Chain)

    EIP-6110 deprecates the Eth1-Eth2 bridge and reforms

  • EIPs For Nerds #3: EIP-7251 (Increase MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE)

    Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to

  • EIPs For Nerds #2: EIP-7002 (Execution Layer Triggerable Exits)

    EIP-7002 brings Ethereum closer to the goal of simple, secure, and trustless staking.

  • Data Availability Or: How Rollups Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Ethereum

    To be (fully) secured by Ethereum or not, that is the question.

  • Verkle Trees For The Rest Of Us: Part 1

    An ELI5-style article series on Ethereum’s next major upgrade: The Verge

  • EIPs For Nerds #1: ERC-7512 (On-Chain Representation For Security Audits)

    "Decentralize X and put it on the blockchain" has never sounded so good.