PEEPanEIP #90: EIP-5646: Token State Fingerprint with Naim Ashhab

Ethereum Cat Herders Podcast

Topics covered
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01:15 - About proposal
02:10 - Guest introduction
03:17 - Presentation - agenda
04:07 - Types of tokens based on state mutability
6:20 - Challenges of supporting mutable tokens
9:49 - Problem statement - How to unambiguously identify a token state, without the knowledge of implementation details?
10:46 - Do we need a standard? Example ERC 20
12:00 - Do we need a standard?
12:47 - Existing attempts
16:51 - EIP-5646
20:36 - Do not use state fingerprint as a sole token identifier
21:04 - Examples - Loan token
End of presentation
25:09 - Rational and usefulness of the proposal
32:34 - Attack factor - what will the adversary do?
35:55 - Responsibility of the implementer
36:45 - Significance of state fingerprint events. Why is it not a part of the current specs?
38:18 - Implementation of EIP-5646
39: 20 - Workaround the existing projects to deploy this EIP
40:54 - Are you working with a project or on a prototype?
42:38 - Security consideration for dapp developers
43:48 - Thoughts on EIP process
44:58 - When to move to the Last Call
Resources:
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Proposal - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-5646
Discussion - https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-5646-discussion-token-state-fingerprint/10808
Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ATXANwMH4mQMD5iyedL4ppsRJY_tOxAoxLOlk05aa2g/edit
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