Modular Security, Fraud Proofs and Cartesi’s call for collaboration during ETHCC[7].

Cartesi hosted an exclusive drinks and debate evening during ETHCC[7] in Brussels, gathering prominent L2 projects such as OP Labs, Espresso, Offchain Labs, Avail, Scroll, and Celestia. The event addressed the essential need for open, collective industry collaboration to tackle the complex challenges of blockchain and drive further advancements in the field. It served as a valuable networking opportunity for researchers and web3 technical experts, facilitating in-depth discussions on critical topics such as fraud proofs and cross-rollup interoperability.

The first panel, moderated by David Hoffman from Bankless, tackled the interoperability challenge, exploring security, trust assumptions, and convenience in the modular era. Panelists included Ben Fisch (CEO of Espresso), Felipe Argento (Co-Founder of Cartesi), Prabal Banerjee (Co-Founder of Avail), and Daniel Helm (Developer Relations at Scroll).

They aimed to enhance understanding of interoperability issues, share insights on building solutions, and navigate the tradeoffs involved. The key challenge discussed was how to develop permissionless, verifiable systems within an increasingly modular landscape, “if trust assumptions and trade offs are not very clear, then you're just creating a world where users are going to get wrecked” Felipe Argento, Cartesi.

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The second conversation of the evening, Proof it: A Collective Effort to Improve Fraud-proofs, was moderated by Luca Donno (L2BEAT Researcher) and featured panelists, Gabriel Coutinho, (Cartesi, Blockchain Engineer), Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation Researcher), John Adler (Celestia Co-founder), ​Mark Tyneway (Optimism Co-founder) and Ed Felten (Offchain Labs, Co-founder).

Panelists discussed the collaborative efforts required to enhance fraud-proof mechanisms in rollup solutions, covering current limitations of fraud proofs, shared explorations to improve vulnerabilities and examined how these improvements could bolster the security and efficiency of decentralized systems.

Catch up with the replay below to witness how panelists are advocating for stronger security premises, “The attitude that we ship something and it hasn't been attacked yet and that's our theory of security?” Ed Felten, Offchain Labs. And how “there’s no silver bullet… applications that don’t need a lot of throughput will gravitate towards zk and applications that do need it will gravitate towards [optimistic rollups] fraud proofs” Gabriel Coutinho, Cartesi.

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About Cartesi:

Cartesi is a modular blockchain protocol that supercharges the web3 space. Cartesi equips developers with access to a full Linux environment through its native virtual machine, and high-performance rollups designed to support next-generation dApps.