This is a recording from our tenth Protocol Symposium session.

István András Seres presents a detailed examination of RANDAO, highlighting its theoretical underpinnings and practical significance within Ethereum's consensus framework. The presentation outlines leader selection, manipulation strategies such as selfish mixing and blockchain forking, and the critical role of randomness in consensus achievement. It addresses the challenges associated with detectability and employs Markov Decision Processes to model these manipulations. Concluding with a series of reflective questions regarding the future of RANDAO, István encourages an engaging dialogue on this vital subject.

Reference: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

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