Protocol research call

Ethereum's community is launching a Protocol research call to discuss short-term trade-offs that will shape the protocol's end state, with the aim of setting network goals and aligning research with core development. The first topic is local building, which the text says is an important question on the path to further scaling and is unclear as to whether it is a goal or a means to objectives such as censorship-resistance, security, scale or verifiability. A pilot call is scheduled for April 2, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, lasting 90 minutes, and will cover protocol roles and types of nodes, highlighting local building and validator duties. The organizers, named as @adietrichs and the post's author, are open to agenda suggestions.