beam call #1—progress at the social layer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSx6juIu4AI → intros from 8 new beam teams → comments from the 6 mainnet CL teams → intros from 2 new EF coordinators Outstanding diversity across 14 CL teams: → all continents covered (except Antartica) → new languages (Zig, C, C++, C#) → new self-funded teams Some say the most bullish thing for Ethereum is to be understood. I believe this applies to the guts of Ethereum L1 too. The beam chain is a natural onboarding point for teams of devs who would appreciate every line of spec and every minute implementation detail. Beam call #2 (Feb 28 at 2pm UTC) will focus on technical progress, e.g. post-quantum signatures. Calls are open—DM me for a calendar invite :) Apologies for withholding beam updates on Twitter til now. I kept a low profile after receiving a cease-and-desist from a project that trademarked the word "beam". We need to move away from "beam". I see this as an opportunity for a more decentralised branding process. Please DM @ladislaus0x with name suggestions :) Zooming out, this is potentially the beginning of a multi-year mission to radically upgrade the foundations of Ethereum L1 and prepare it for decades to come. It's humbling to see a small army of builders rise to the occasion, and I can't be more pleased by the amount of social and technical progress in the few months since Devcon.