A mechanism-first tour of Ethereum for readers who already know the basics: how ETH's issuance shifted from proof-of-work mining to post-Merge net issuance, how the account model and EVM actually execute state changes, how gas and blob fees clear under EIP-1559 and EIP-4844, how staking and rollups scale the system, and how to hold ETH safely in Zelcore. The arc parallels Bitcoin Deep Dive, moving from monetary history through protocol mechanics and scaling into practical self-custody, ending on the near-term roadmap through Pectra, Fusaka, and Danksharding.
How ETH's supply went from a 2014 presale to a proof-of-stake asset whose net issuance oscillates near zero — and what that actually means for holders.
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Ethereum replaces Bitcoin's UTXO purse with a giant table of accounts and a gas-metered stack machine. Here is how the state, the opcodes, and an ERC-20 transfer actually work.
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How Ethereum gas fees actually work in 2026: the EIP-1559 base-fee auction, priority-fee tips, and the independent blob market born at Dencun and scaled by Pectra.
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How Ethereum validators earn, get slashed, and exit the queue — plus solo vs SaaS vs stETH/rETH, and where EigenLayer restaking stacks extra slashable risk.
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How Ethereum rollups actually work: optimistic vs ZK, the 7-day challenge window, EIP-4844 blobs, L2Beat Stages, the sequencer problem, and how to pick an L2.
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Capstone of the Ethereum Deep Dive: one 0x address for everything, reading EIP-1559 fees, auditing approvals, L2 choice, and Pectra plus Fusaka in practice.
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