https://www.chungquantin.com This is my portfolio RSS feed https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/between-seconds Where life happens in the pauses Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/should-all-rollup-get-based Rollups enhance Ethereum's scalability but often rely on centralized sequencers, creating trust issues. Based rollups aim to integrate L2 operations with L1 for improved security and decentralization, eliminating the need for centralized sequencers. However, this approach presents challenges, such as reduced MEV revenue for rollup operators and potential latency in transaction confirmations. Despite these trade-offs, based rollups are seen as a promising direction for Ethereum's future. Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/evm-why-blockchains-are-converging-on-risc-v The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is proposed to be upgraded to RISC-V to address high gas fees and complexity. RISC-V offers simplicity, mature tooling, and compatibility with zero-knowledge systems, ensuring existing Solidity contracts remain functional. This transition aims to refine the EVM, enhance performance, and prepare Ethereum for future innovations while maintaining backward compatibility with legacy contracts. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/lean-roadmap-the-future-infrastructure-of-ethereum DevCon 7 highlighted the future of Ethereum, particularly the Beam Chain proposal by Justin Drake, which aims to upgrade the Beacon Chain and address technical issues while enhancing security against quantum threats. The Lean Roadmap outlines significant upgrades across Ethereum's layers, including Lean Consensus, Lean Data, and Lean Execution, focusing on long-term innovation and adaptation to competitive challenges in the blockchain landscape. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/the-financial-transformation-of-a-global-system The cryptocurrency market has reached a total capitalization of $4.3 trillion, with Ethereum emerging as a foundational technology for a decentralized financial system. Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum serves as a programmable blockchain enabling automated smart contracts, which are reshaping finance by eliminating reliance on traditional intermediaries. Innovations such as decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and the transition to a Proof-of-Stake consensus model have further solidified Ethereum's role. Layer 2 solutions enhance scalability, making Ethereum suitable for institutional applications and global payment systems, particularly through stablecoins, which facilitate fast and low-cost transactions across borders. Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/hitchhiker-guide-to-upgrading-polkadot-sdk-based-codebases This guide is designed to serve as a reference for Substrate engineers tasked with performing these complex upgrades Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/break-down-tanssi-network-architecture breakdown post for the architecture of Tanssi as a parachain of the Polkadot protocol. Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.chungquantin.com/blog/break-down-the-sharded-network-design-of-polkadot Discover deeper into how Polkadot is designed to be a fragmented network, or we can say a multi-chain, multi-sharded network as well. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT