1/ Most of the focus from the eth2 AMA yesterday was put on the release date of phase 0.

So I decided to put together this thread that will focus on all of the most interesting questions and answers from the AMA!

(thread)

2/ Status of eth2 phase 1.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfcsu6/

3/ Status of eth2 phase 2.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxicef6/

4/ Stages of development for all eth2 phases.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfdgy4/

5/ Status of the eth1 <> eth2 merger and/or 2-way bridge.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfe40e/

6/ The advantages of taking a "slow and steady" approach with eth2.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfozam/

7/ Current thinking around how long to run the final eth2 testnet before mainnet is launched.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfkowr/

8/ How likely is it that eth2 phase 0 meets the minimum ETH staked amount threshold for launch?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxflgd0/

9/ Updates on VDF work.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxf97d9/

10/ On the pressure that the teams face to deliver eth2.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxf96cg/

11/ How many people are working on eth2.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxgb3ad/

12/ Is eth2 taking inspiration from or working with "competitors"?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfwwfm/

13/ How does phase 1 compare to phase 0 in terms of implementation complexity?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxg09py/

14/ Will layer 2 solutions on eth1 reduce gas prices? (not an eth2 question but still interesting).

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfs8h0/

15/ What’s the current plan for design/details/release of the deposit contract?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxg0bll/

16/ What the Ethereum community can do to help the eth1 and eth2 teams.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxhoec4/

17/ Can a bug on the eth2 chain (during phase 0) effect the eth1 chain?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxg0kpo/

18/ An update on stateless clients.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxgjjzh/

19/ Most challenging pieces of research left for phase 1.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxhc5dw/

20/ What happens if the eth2 phase 0 chain blows up?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxfzinb/

21/ An update on cross-shard transactions.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxg2g0a/

22/ What happens when eth1 gets merged into eth2?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxhg6sz/

23/ What other projects are taking the best approach to blockchain scalability?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxg1f9p/

24/ What does the EF think about DeFi?

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxhf6im/

25/ Tax treatment between eth1 and eth2.

Aaaand I've hit the tweet thread limit - hope you enjoyed the recap :)

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/ho2zpt/ama_we_are_the_efs_eth_20_research_team_pt_4_10/fxj2rxd/