This document provides an overview of two perspectives on Ethereum: technical and social. On the technical side, it discusses Eth1x, which aims to optimize the current Ethereum 1.0 blockchain through workstreams around bounding state growth, pruning chain data, ewasm, and simulation. It notes key dates in Ethereum's history and roadmap. On the social side, it covers topics like leadership, project management, governance, communication, and ensuring social scalability and adoption of Ethereum.

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Two
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Intro

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Technical

5. A brief timeline:
- Late 2013: Ethereum conceived
- May 2015: Olympic testnet launches
- July 2015: Mainnet launches
- June 2016: DAO hack
- October 2017: Byzantium upgrade
- June 2018: Sharding + casper workstreams merge
- TODAY!: Constantinople upgrade
- Late 2019: Eth2 Beacon chain launch, Eth1x
- 2020-2021: Eth2 later phases

6. Eth1x vs. Eth2

7. Eth1x:
- What is it?
- Why do we need it?
- Four workstreams
- Who is responsible for it?
- How does it fit into the roadmap?

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9. Eth1x:
- What is it?
- Why do we need it?
- Four workstreams
- Who is responsible for it?
- How does it fit into the roadmap?

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11. Eth1x:
- What is it?
- Why do we need it?
- Several independent workstreams
- How does it fit into the roadmap?
- Who is responsible for it?

12. Workstreams:
- Bounding state growth
- Pruning chain data
- Ewasm
- Simulation

13. Eth1x:
- What is it?
- Why do we need it?
- Several independent workstreams
- How does it fit into the roadmap?
- Who is responsible for it?

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Source: Alexey Akhunov

15. Eth1x:
- What is it?
- Why do we need it?
- Several independent workstreams
- How does it fit into the roadmap?
- Who is responsible for it?

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Social

17. Leadership, roadmap,
pace of innovation
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18. Project management &
governance
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Communication, marketing, branding,
messaging

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21. Social topics and challenges:
- Project management
- Governance
- Leadership, roadmap, pace of innovation
- Communication, marketing, branding, messaging
- Social scalability, adoption