ETHGas wants to bring Wall Street to public Ethereum by selling advance block reservations

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But there’s a catch: validators that fail to deliver on their commitments currently face no financial compensation requirement under the service. Ethereum blockspace trading project ETHGas wants to makethe network more predictable for Wall Street banks and other financial institutions. For banks trading on Ethereum, knowing when a transaction will go through matters particularly when moving large sums of money. ETHGas wants to give them the certainty without forcing them onto private blockchains by selling advance commitments to include transactions in Ethereum blocks But there’s a catch: validators that fail to deliver on their commitments currently face no financial compensation requirement under the service. “Currently, the compensation amount is set to 0, and we haven’t had any major issues, but the mechanisms exist for the market to determine the right price,” the project's founder, Kevin Lepsoe, told CoinDesk. ETHGas is developing Institutional Blockspace, which would let banks…

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