Barnabé Monnot | barnabé.eth(@barnabemonnot):More and more I started to think of FOCIL as part of the block construction story in a broader distributed block building process, than as a consensus service tied to staking, PoS and the fork choice. I believe leveraging this will be key to 1) Make full use of a large community of passionate node runners who have Ethereum’s best interests at heart, boosting inclusion guarantees. What’s more important than helping users find their way onchain? 2) Achieving fast slots and fast finality to make Ethereum fast and increase network utility and value. Being slow can be a security issue for users, when third-party services fill gaps that the best version of Ethereum could fill itself.

Barnabé Monnot | barnabé.eth@barnabemonnot

2026.08.11 11:12

More and more I started to think of FOCIL as part of the block construction story in a broader distributed block building process, than as a consensus service tied to staking, PoS and the fork choice. I believe leveraging this will be key to 1) Make full use of a large community of passionate node runners who have Ethereum’s best interests at heart, boosting inclusion guarantees. What’s more important than helping users find their way onchain? 2) Achieving fast slots and fast finality to make Ethereum fast and increase network utility and value. Being slow can be a security issue for users, when third-party services fill gaps that the best version of Ethereum could fill itself.