EigenLayer Introduces EigenCloud: The First Crypto-Native Cloud Service | Sreeram Kannan & JT Rose
EigenLayer is back with a major announcement: EigenCloud.
Sreeram Kannan and JT Rose unveil the first crypto-native cloud platform—a verifiable, programmable environment for building applications beyond the limits of traditional blockchains. We explore how EigenCloud packages modules like EigenDA, EigenVerify, and EigenCompute into a developer-friendly product that brings cloud-scale computation and crypto-grade trust guarantees together.
From meme coins and AI agents to fully sovereign applications, we dig into what makes this launch a pivotal step for crypto infrastructure and why it might just reignite Ethereum’s original ambitions.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:14 Introducing EigenCloud
12:39 Solving Programmability Bottlenecks
32:45 Apps EigenCloud Unlocks
54:00 Promoting EigenCloud
58:39 Total Addressable Market
1:02:53 Developer Action Items
1:06:19 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
EigenCloud Announcement
https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1934961135515828501
EigenCloud
https://eigencloud.xyz/
Sreeram Kannan
https://x.com/sreeramkannan
JT Rose
https://x.com/jt_rose
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Why EigenLayer Gave Away More Tokens After Widespread Criticism of Its Stakedrop - Ep. 640
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
EigenLayer has been in the news this week after it announced its ‘stakedrop,’ where it will distribute EIGEN tokens to early users of the restaking platform.
Sreeram Kannan, founder and CEO of EigenLayer, and Robert Drost, CEO and executive director of the Eigen Foundation, discuss the launch of the token, a “universal intersubjective work token” and how it allows for slashing, or penalizing, for externally observable faults, such as data unavailability. The Eigen Foundation, a non-profit entity based in the Cayman Islands, was also recently established to grow the protocol and assist in creating a decentralized community.
They also address criticisms of the token's launch, including geoblocking and the initial non-transferability of stakedrops for the community and explain why they decided to allocate an additional 100 EIGEN tokens for all participants in the stakedrop. Plus, they reveal a target date by when a decision about the token unlock date should be made.
Show highlights:
The buzz around the universal intersubjective work token and what it was created for
What constitutes the digital commons and its two primary characteristics
How the EIGEN token is designed to prevent the necessity of forking an entire blockchain
Whether dapps should evolve into AVSes and EigenLayer’s complementary role to Ethereum, not replacing it
Why the Eigen Foundation was established and how it differs from Eigen Labs
Robert's response to the criticism regarding the exclusion of certain countries
Why EIGEN will be distributed linearly, despite it potentially favoring whales
EigenLayer's announcement of an updated stakedrop, after listening to community feedback
The critique of the vesting schedule and Robert's explanation of when the lock period actually starts
Why Sreeram believes that transfer restrictions are beneficial and empowering for users
What the next steps are for EigenLayer
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Guests
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer
Previous appearance on Unchained:
Why EigenLayer May Be the Most Innovative New Ecosystem Since Ethereum
Do You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?
Robert Drost, CEO and executive director of the Eigen Foundation
Links
Airdrop:
Introducing the Eigen Foundation, EIGEN token and Season 1 Stakedrop
Robert Drost’s thread on the Eigen Foundation
Viktor Bunin’s thread on the token
Unchained:
Eigen Foundation to Allocate an Additional $1,000 in EIGEN Tokens to Over 280,000 Users
Should You Sell ETH Before the Just-Announced EigenLayer Airdrop?
Reaction
CoinDesk: Why Eigenlayer’s Airdrop Is Controversial
Unchained: 5 Reasons E-Beggars Are Not Happy With EigenLayer’s Airdrop
Learn more:
Unchained:
What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking Protocol
What Is Ethereum Restaking? A Beginner’s Guide
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Why EigenLayer May Be the Most Innovative New Ecosystem Since Ethereum - Ep. 618
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, and Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CIO of Polychain Capital, an investor in EigenLayer, say that the developer ecosystem around EigenLayer is sprouting up very fast, which reminds Carlson-Wee of the developer excitement in Ethereum’s early days.
They discuss the potential of EigenLayer, which uses a restaking mechanism to allow ETH stakers to reallocate their staked ETH and Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) to bolster security for other protocols. They cover how it could turbocharge Ethereum's rollup scaling roadmap and enable Ethereum to become a stack of decentralized software as a service providers. Additionally, they discuss the potential risks associated with restaking as well as how EigenLayer could work with AI.
Read more: What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking Protocol
Show highlights:
Sreeram's explanation of what EigenLayer is and what it allows on Ethereum
why Polychain invested in EigenLayer's seed round
why Sreeram believes that there are not just going to be three modules in blockchains, but thousands
the types of applications that can be built with actively validated services, according to Sreeram
why they both believe that EigenLayer will improve smart contracts
whether EigenLayer will help solve the liquidity fragmentation issue in Layer 2s
what Ethereum inclusion guarantees are and why they are important
the potential risks of EigenLayer and why Olaf doesn’t agree that EigenLayer results in rehypothecation
how attribution claims work in EigenLayer, allowing for "elastic scaling of security"
EigenLayer’s points program and the likelihood of a token
why Sreeram believes that an EigenLayer governance token wouldn't have the same issues as Lido's LDO
whether EigenLayer should be a core part of the Ethereum protocol itself
how AI and EigenLayer intersect and how to have permissionless innovation in the AI space
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Guest:
Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CIO of Polychain Capital
Previous appearances on Unchained:
OG Olaf Carlson-Wee on Why His Crypto Thesis Is Stronger Than Ever
Olaf Carlson-Wee: 'If There Is a Money-Losing Exploit, the Money Is Gone'
Why The First Employee Of Coinbase Launched A Hedge Fund
To the Moon and Back With Polychain's Olaf Carlson-Wee
Special Episode with CNBC's Crypto Trader: Olaf Carlson-Wee on Why This Crypto Winter Is Different From Previous Ones
All Things Cryptoeconomics, Pt. 1, With Olaf Carlson-Wee and Ryan Zurrer of Polychain Capital
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer
Previous appearance on Unchained: Do You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?
Links
EigenLayer
Unchained:
What Is Ethereum Restaking? A Beginner's Guide
ETHDenver’s 2024 Hackathon: Onchain Security, AI, and Gaming Fun Dominate the Winning Projects
A16z, Binance Labs Make Investments in EigenLayer Ecosystem
EigenDA Overview
Sreeram’s post on why “building on EigenLayer, therefore, doesn't negate the utility of an AVS token”
Points
DL News: Kelp DAO opens trading of the $340m EigenLayer airdrop market with KEP
CoinDesk: Omni Network Signs $600M Restaking Deal With Ether.Fi to Enhance Security
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Eigenlayer Q&A with Founder Sreeram Kannan
What are the biggest questions that people have about Eigenlayer?
David sourced these questions from Crypto-Twitter, and will be asking Sreeram LIVE!
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------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:00:29 Intro 00:03:27 Sriram and Nima 00:04:41 Why Should We Care? 00:06:09 Unique Use Cases 00:14:25 AVS Rewards Payouts 00:19:07 AVS Incentives 00:24:32 AVS Awareness 00:29:24 Slashing a Delegated Validator 00:31:26 Calculating Risk 00:33:18 Ecosystem Take Rate 00:36:10 Unstaking 00:38:02 Solo Staking Premium 00:42:19 Addressing Risks 00:54:40 Healthy Slashing 01:03:36 Native Token 01:08:19 When Token?
------ RESOURCES
Eigenlayer: https://www.eigenlayer.xyz/
Sreeram: https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan?lang=en
Nima: https://twitter.com/nima_vaziri
Risks: https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/risk/risk-faq ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
Eigenlayer In 2024 With CEO Sreeram Kannan
Ethereum validators are earning yield for nearly a million wallets but what happens if you can restake that ETH for even more yields? Eigen Layer is one of the most ambitious projects in crypto and crossed a billion dollars in deposits while recording this episode.
Joining us today is special technical co-host Mike Neuder to discuss all things Eigen Layer with Sreeram and Teddy from the team.
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00:00:00 Intro 00:00:26 Episode Overview 00:09:20 Current State of Eigen Layer 00:12:01 Cap Limits and Accepted Tokens 00:19:42 Economic Security 00:25:51 Eigen Incentive Structures 00:34:12 What Is Eigen DA? 00:40:29 Benefits From Eigen DA 00:45:28 Why Eigen DA? 00:55:31 Throughput and Slashing 01:05:58 Finality Layer 01:10:51 ABS Aggregation 01:16:53 The Veto Committee 01:21:04 Neutrality 01:24:40 Networks in 2024 01:28:27 When Mainnet
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Resources
Mike https://twitter.com/mikeneuder
Sreeram https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan
Teddy https://twitter.com/TedBreyer
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Web3 will fail if it's too complex: Understanding modular blockchain tradeoffs with EigenLayer's Sreeram Kannan
This is the opening installment of the miniseries 'Web3 will fail unless...', sponsored by Axelar and featuring co-host Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar.
In this episode, EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan lays out the vision for EigenLayer and explains how the increasing modularization of blockchain infrastructure and services will enable the next wave of crypto innovation.
OUTLINE:
00:00 Introduction
03:54 Web3 Adoption Curve
12:37 Monolithic vs. Modularity
20:20 Developer Complexity
25:38 Celestia DA vs. EigenLayer
31:27 Real World Assets
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Axelar.
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Restaking Alignment with Vitalik, Sreeram, Tim Beiko, Justin Drake, Dankrad & Jessy
What are the implications of restaking? Not every Bankless listener will be prepared for this conversation. This one is a hard one. If you want to be adequately equipped for the conversation that awaits, we recommend listening to the Bankless episode we did with Sreeram a few weeks ago. That episode will get you up to speed to understand some of the nuances and problems that are discussed in today’s episode.
Because, today on the show, we have the largest and most gigabrain panel that we’ve ever had on Bankless…Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, Dankrad Feist, Jessy (aka 13-year-old VC - that’s her pseudonym), and of course… Sreeram Kannan himself, founder of Eigenlayer and perhaps the creator of restaking…all moderated by Tim Beiko!
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0:00 Intro 4:45 Setting the Panel 8:51 Jessy’s Restaking Thoughts 10:20 Justin’s Restaking Perspective 11:40 Dankrad’s Restaking Views 12:30 Sreeram’s Restaking Arguments 14:00 Why Justin is a Restaking Doomer 18:30 EigenLayer’s Restaking Architecture 22:05 Restaking Builder Hooks 25:05 Vitalik’s Restaking Concerns 30:05 EigenLayer’s Acceleration 32:50 Sreeram Addressing Vitalik’s Concerns 37:48 Ensuring Restaking is Aligned 46:04 Reputation Systems & Alignment 51:35 Ethereum Protocol Complexity 59:00 Credible Neutrality 1:03:30 MEV Boost & PBS 1:07:10 One Shot Signatures 1:09:10 Closing Thoughts, Arguments, & Next Steps 1:16:30 Closing & Disclaimers
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Sreeram Kannan https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan https://youtu.be/HcEGXoC57Rw
Vitalik Buterin https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin
Tim Beiko https://twitter.com/TimBeiko
Justin Drake https://twitter.com/drakefjustin
Dankrad Feist https://twitter.com/dankrad
Jessy https://twitter.com/13yearoldvc
----------- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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174 - EigenLayer Will Change Ethereum Forever
Is re-staking the biggest thing to happen to Ethereum since MEV?
We’re joined by Sreeram Kannan who walks us through Eigenlayer. The re-staking protocol that is set to change the trajectory of Ethereum forever. It may even be launching pretty soon…
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0:00 Intro 7:51 How Big Is Restaking? 9:41 What is Restaking? 16:22 What Was The Aha Moment? 21:32 Restaking Explained (Simply) 25:11 Where Does Eigenlayer Live? 29:40 Slashing on Eigenlayer 42:20 Risks of Restaking 57:23 Restaking Networks 1:05:27 Designing Modular Trust 1:07:43 Eigen DA 1:10:35 The 3 Aspects Of Trust 1:14:18 Tokens On Eigenlayer 1:17:54 Why Start a Network on Eigenlayer? 1:24:22 2 Uses Of Economic Security 1:26:06 Eigenlayer Alignment 1:30:42 Restaking Risk Management 1:36:19 Takes on Vitalik's Post 1:46:55 When is Mainnet Launch? 1:49:59 How Will Restaking Change The World? 1:56:59 Outro
——— Resources:
Sreeram Kannan: https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan
Vitalik’s Article ‘Don’t Overload’: https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/05/21/dont_overload.html
Sapiens by Yuval Harari: https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095
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The Chopping Block: Why Everyone Is Talking About EigenLayer - Ep. 497
Welcome to “The Chopping Block” – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner, chop it up about the latest news. In this episode, EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan explains his vision for providing “decentralized trust” to new projects on Ethereum. Was Vitalik Buterin’s recent “re-staking” post a shot across EigenLayer’s bow?
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Show highlights:
how Sreeram has transitioned from academia into the world of crypto
why he believes that crypto is the “coordination highway”
what EigenLayer is – explained to a five-year-old, a high schooler, a day trader, a developer, and a crypto professor
how middleware enables technology innovation
where the value accrues if there’s no token for securing a blockchain
whether Vitalik is right in being concerned about the risk of corrupting validators
what EigenLayer did to minimize risks and externalities to Ethereum
whether protocols and applications will fork if they get hacked and whether Ethereum will “bail them out”
Hosts
Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly
Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
Guest
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer
Previous appearances on Unchained:
Do You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets?
Disclosures
Links
Don't overload Ethereum's consensus by Vitalik Buterin
Previous coverage of Unchained on Ethereum staking:
Shapella in the Rearview: After Major Upgrade, What’s Next for Ethereum?
How Will ETH React to Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade?
Post-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum?
In the Recent Crypto Market Meltdown, What Role Did Lido’s stETH Play?
Is ETH on Its Way to Becoming Ultra-Sound Money? Yes, Says Justin Drake
Learn more:
How Liquid Staking Works
A Guide to Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade
How to Stake Ethereum With Liquid Staking
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Do You Need to Think Twice Before Restaking Your Assets? - Ep. 488
In this episode, Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, and Konstantin Lomashuk, cofounder of Lido Finance, discuss the complex world of staking in Ethereum's post-Shanghai ecosystem.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Show highlights:
how the staking ecosystem in Ethereum looks after the full completion of the Merge
what EigenLayer is and why it's called that
whether EigenLayer's model is more similar to Polkadot or, actually, to Ethereum Layer 2s
what the risks of restaking are, for both projects and users
how Lido is working to keep Ethereum decentralized and censorship-resistant
what superfluid staking is and whether it could be done on Ethereum
how EigenLayer incentivizes alignment between the delegator and the stakers
whether there's a risk that Lido could become a governance layer for Ethereum
what can be done to increase staking services adoption
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Guests:
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer
Konstantin Lomashuk, cofounder of Lido Finance
Previous coverage of Unchained on Ethereum staking:
Shapella in the Rearview: After Major Upgrade, What’s Next for Ethereum?
How Will ETH React to Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade?
Post-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum?
In the Recent Crypto Market Meltdown, What Role Did Lido’s stETH Play?
Is ETH on Its Way to Becoming Ultra-Sound Money? Yes, Says Justin Drake
Learn more:
How Liquid Staking Works
A Guide to Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade
How to Stake Ethereum With Liquid Staking
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Everything You Need To Know About Eigen Layer with Sreeram Kannan
This week on The Defiant Podcast, Tegan Kline chats with Sreeram Kannan, the founder of Eigen Layer and the director of the University of Washington's Blockchain Lab.
His research at UW focuses on distributed computing, information theory, queuing theory, networking, coding theory, and game theory of blockchain systems.
Eigen Layer is a proof of stake validation marketplace that reuses state capital and existing validation infrastructure. With Eigen Layer. Ethereum can enable permissionless and modular innovation across all blockchain layers.
Today, we dive into Sreeram's background in academia, how the blockchain space piqued his interest, and the hype around Eigen Layer.
But first, Sreeram is going to tell us exactly what he's up to at Eigen Layer and how he merges both a data availability layer and a restaking platform.
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The State of EigenLayer with Sreeram Kannan | ETHDenver 2023 Interview #6
Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto.
Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.
In this episode, we’re talking to Sreeram Kannan of EigenLayer, a platform to leverage Ethereum security through the innovative method of restaking. Sreeram and David chat about EigenLayer’s evolution, wen mainnet(?!), what the EigenLayer competition looks like, and much more! ‘
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------ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro 3:10 EigenLayer’s Evolution 3:51 Wen Mainnet? 4:56 What to Build on EigenLayer 6:27 Supporting the Builders 7:13 EigenLayer Competitors 8:10 EigenLayer Mod Analogy 10:33 The EigenLayer Chain Spectrum 14:21 Good Technical EigenLayer Questions 18:02 Action Items, Jobs, & Closing
----- Resources:
Sreeram Kannan https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan
EigenLayer https://twitter.com/eigenlayer
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How EigenLayer Unlocks Infrastructure Innovation | Sreeram Kannan, Calvin Liu
In this episode of Empire, Sreeram Kannan and Calvin Liu explain how EigenLayer creates a market for decentralized trust to enable permissionless infrastructure innovation. We explore EigenLayer's core use cases, slashing mechanics, economic incentives, re-staking risks and more. EigenLayer might be the most underrated project in Ethereum right now. Tune in to find out why!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:08) EigenLayer 101
(18:04) Liquid vs Native Staking
(24:24) Why Calvin Joined EigenLayer
(28:51) Core Use Cases
(49:50) Improper Slashing Risk
(1:00:00) EigenLayer’s Flywheel and Business Model
(1:05:45) Systemic Risks: Overleveraging Staked ETH
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Resources
EigenLayer
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Devcon #8 - EigenLayer with Sreeram Kannan
Welcome to Devcon 6. The first Devcon for Bankless, the conference was a ton of fun and an amazing cultural experience in Bogota, Colombia.
We’re speaking with Sreeram Kannan about EigenLayer, a platform to leverage Ethereum security through the innovative method of restaking.
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