Kiln Rendez-Vous Podcast ft Terence Tsao from Offchain Labs

In this conversation, Sébastien Rannou and Loïc Titren from Kiln co-host Terence Tsao, Core Ethereum Developer at Offchain Labs. Together, they discuss the upcoming Ethereum upgrade known as Pectra, focusing on its implications for the consensus layer and the development process behind it.

Terence shares his journey in Ethereum development, the challenges faced in implementing various EIPs, and the importance of testing in the upgrade process.

The discussion also touches on the future of Ethereum, the role of Prysm in the ecosystem, and the anticipated changes with the Beam Chain.

RESSOURCES MENTIONED:

🧵 Ethereum Magicians thread:
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/pect...

📄 Hash-Based Multi-Signatures for Post-Quantum Ethereum whitepaper:
https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/055.pdf


PODCAST INFO:
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00:00 Introduction to Ethereum and Guests
06:27 Insights on the Pectra Upgrade
14:38 Prism's Role in EIP Implementation
21:11 Technical Debt in Consensus Clients
28:36 Reflections on Go and Prism's Architecture
34:24 Retrospective on Pectra's Development
40:01 Resources and Recommendations