Meeting info

This EPF5 Office Hours will host not just one, but two guests! We will be joined by former fellows Advaita Saha and Agnish Ghosh from Nimbus team. They will present the current work on Nimbus clients and opportunities for fellows to contribute. Both of them were part of EPF4 cohort working on libraries in Nimbus which later granted them positions in the team. They will also share their fellowship experience and advice for current fellows.

• Jun 25, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethquokkaops.io/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• Presentation by @agnxsh and @advaita-saha
  • Nimbus projects
  • EPF experience
• Questions, AMA

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This EPF5 Office Hours will be another special one with not just one, but two guests! We will be joined by former fellows Tomás Arjovsky and Martin Paulucci from LambdaClass Elixir client team. During EPF4, they started working on new consensus client written in Elixir from scratch! Today, they still continue their efforts even further with work on new execution client as well. Come to ask them about their experience and get inspired by their courage working on a brand new client.

• August 6, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• AMA by @Arkenan and @mpaulucci
• Prepare questions or post them to comments under the issue if you cannot attend

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Following office hours will host another special guest, Jimmy Chen. Jimmy is working in Lighthouse team which he joined as EPF3 fellow. He is mentor during this cohort and his successful journey can be an inspiration for all fellows. Join us to get to know him and ask anything.

Note that this office hours is a different time than usual, 9AM UTC! It's 6 hours sooner than our regular call because of Jimmy's timezone. It's also an opportunity for fellows from similar time zones to finally join live.

• August 13, 2024, 9:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• AMA by @jimmygchen
• Prepare questions or post them to comments under the issue if you cannot attend

I was thinking about asking the organizers for merge access to be able to merge the PRs that don't need much supervision. but there was no clear instruction to where and how I should propose this request. So I thought I open an issue here.
This could possibly be an open issue for the length of the cohort, so anyone who wants to be granted merge access can request it here.
I also took it upon myself to create a general guideline for merging PRs.

Guidelines for merging a PR

• The proposed updates should be related the EPF Cohort within the defined structures
• The changes should not break formatting, or contain obvious oversights.
• The links in the updates should be accessible to the public.
• Proposed changes should not affect other fellows' data in a harmful way.
• If in doubt about merging a PR, ask others inputs.

please feel free to propose changes.

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EPF Office Hours are bringing yet another important guest. We will be joined by Potuz, a core developer from Prysm consensus layer client. Potuz gained attention for his contributions and outspoken opinions in the core community. Although he had long career experience before, his Ethereum journey started in CDAP (the former EPF). He will take the opportunity to speak about ePBS and take your questions in AMA form.

• July 2, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours UPDATE

Agenda

• ePBS project
• AMA with @potuz
  • Prepare some interesting questions for Potuz to seize the opportunity and learn from him

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This office hours call is hosting Alex Stokes! Alex is part of Consensus R&D team in EF and has been well known researcher of the consensus layer. You probably know him as the guy running ACD every other week. Join us to learn about his his story and discuss on current CL research, specs, rust and more.

• August 27, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• AMA by @ralexstokes
• Prepare questions or post them to comments under the issue if you cannot attend

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The second Office Hours call of cohort 5 will host a presentation of Fredrik Svantes. Fredrik runs the Security team within EF and has the best overview of all testing and security efforts in Ethereum. Whether you want to work on testing, fuzzing, auditing or you are just interested in security implications of your own project, he is the right person to ask.

• Jun 18, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethquokkaops.io/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• Talk by @fredriksvantes
  • Overview of approach to security in Ethereum
    • Testing, fuzzing, security practices
  • Questions, AMA

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The first Office Hours call of cohort 5 will host Tim Beiko. Tim is the project manager of Ethereum, coordinating ACD calls, he keeps an overview of entire core development of Ethereum. He is the right person to ask about various domains of the protocol, current work and latest issues.

• Jun 11, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethquokkaops.io/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• Talk by @timbeiko
  • Overview Ethereum core R&D coordination, teams
  • Questions, AMA with Tim

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After all project presentations by fellows are done, EPF Office Hours will once again host mentors and core developers.

Next call will host Lion who is currently working with Lighthouse consensus client and previously has been leading development of Lodestar client. He has been impactful in CL research and is one of the best people to discuss all consensus related things with. Get ready for AMA with Lion and prepare some insightful questions.

• July 30, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• AMA with @dapplion
  • Prepare questions or post them below if you cannot attend

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Office Hours #5 will be dedicated to project presentations by EPF participants. After conducting your initial research in first month of the cohort, it's time to share your proposals with peers and mentors.

Prepare few slides or a project proposal doc to share during the call and explain in few minutes. Because there are many fellows, average presentation time should be around 5 minutes.

• July 16, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours (note that we switched from quokka to a new link)

Agenda

• Opportunity for fellows to present their project proposals
• Sign up by adding a comment under the issue 👇

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Next office hours call is going to host yet another core developer AMA, this time with Lightclient! As part of go-ethereum team, lightclient will share his story and expertise in execution layer. Join us to ask him questions about anything execution, upcoming upgrades, EIP process and dank memes.

• August 20, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours

Agenda

• AMA by @lightclient
• Prepare questions or post them to comments under the issue if you cannot attend

Meeting info

Office Hours #6 is another call dedicated to project presentations by EPF participants. After conducting your initial research in first month of the cohort, it's time to share your proposals with peers and mentors.

Prepare few slides or a project proposal doc to share during the call and explain in few minutes. Because there are many fellows, average presentation time should be around 5-8 minutes.

• July 23, 2024, 15:00 UTC
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Meeting link: https://meet.ethereum.org/epf-office-hours (note that we switched from quokka to a new link)

Agenda

• Opportunity for fellows to present their project proposals
• Moved from previous call:
  • @ret2happy
• Sign up by adding a comment under the issue 👇