Beyond Validators: Non-Traditional Infrastructure Roles In Ethereum

This slid deck explores the critical evolution of Ethereum's infrastructure beyond traditional validator roles, examining the emerging landscape of non-traditional infrastructure that is crucial for the network's scalability and future growth. Our research investigates four key infrastructure components: Layer 2 scaling solutions, MEV infrastructure, RPC & API services, and data availability systems, analyzing their interconnected roles in managing Ethereum's exponential growth. We present findings on current infrastructure challenges, including the management of 12-14TB daily data, coordination across 12,000+ global nodes, and handling of 1.2M+ daily transactions. The talk comprehensively analyzes market opportunities within these sectors, projected to reach $5.5B by 2027, and proposes novel architectural approaches for addressing scalability, security, and decentralization challenges. Examining existing implementations and emerging solutions, we contribute a framework for understanding the evolving infrastructure landscape and identify critical areas for future development in Ethereum's ecosystem.

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1. Exploring the Critical Infrastructure Roles Shaping Ethereum's Future
3. $5.5B 300% 50+
4. Overview
5. 2015-2016 2016-2017 2018-2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Vision of the Market & Future
6. Ethereum
7. Samples Stores Retrieves Serves
10. Load Balancer ~500k req/day ~2M req/day 10-12TB Data
11. Building Blocks for Next Generation Engineer
12. P2P DataAvailabilit
13. $20B+ TVL
14. EIP-4844 TechnicalInfrastructure Scalability Solutions Future Technologies Future
15. $500M $450M MEV $ 1.8B $300M L2 $2.6B $5.5B RPC 2024 2025 2027
19. Cross-chain, Privacy, MEV Protection, Bridge Security Consensus, Execution, Data Availability
20. Core Infrastructure Areas Startup Opportunities Resources
21. Senior SRE(IaaS) sbayo971@gmail.com @samuelarogbonlo