💭 [Analysis] The State of Ethereum 2.0 - Ameen Soleimani, et al.

In a series of interviews with team members from various Ethereum ($ETH) 2.0 projects, Ameen Soleimani found various team dynamic issues slowing the launch. Ethereum 2.0 is claimed to bring Proof-of-Stake (PoS) along with sharding for increased transaction numbers to Ethereum and was planned for March 2019 testnet. Soleimani found that teams remain committed regardless of mulitple setbacks, although coordination issues between research teams and implementation teams are slowing the launch. Ethereum 2.0 teams lack coordination in general and need a central figure like Danny Ryan to guide the greater political process. Community expectations are high, but inquiry shows Ethereum 2.0 will probably not launch till mid-2020 for DApp developers. To both ease and speed up the process, Soleimani argues for increased implementor authority, Danny Ryan to be placed as central coordinator between teams, a standardization process to be laid down by the Ethereum Foundation, and assistance from his firm, Kyokan, and MolochDAO for funding and personal issues.