11 years ago, Ethereum introduced programmable settlement to the world. Since then, Ethereum has gone through multiple technical eras: • Smart contracts made blockspace programmable. • DeFi turned Ethereum into an open financial system. • NFTs and DAOs expanded coordination onchain. • The Merge moved Ethereum to PoS from PoW. • Liquid staking made validation participation more accessible. • Restaking extended ETH economic security to middleware. • Rollups scaled execution while settling back to Ethereum. • Blob space gave L2s a native DA market. • Account abstraction began improving wallet UX and application design. Each era made Ethereum more capable. And each era created new infrastructure needs. • Proof of stake needs secure, decentralized validator participation. • Restaking needs stronger operator accountability and risk controls. • Rollups need faster execution assurances with certainty before L1 settlement while eliminating single points of failure. • Appchains need dedicated execution without losing access to Ethereum liquidity and state. • Institutions need infrastructure that is secure, transparent, and aligned with Ethereum. That is where Puffer has grown with Ethereum. • pufETH brings secure, liquid ETH staking and restaking with permissionless validator participation. • Puffer @puffer_preconf brings fast execution commitments for rollups, backed by Ethereum-aligned validator infrastructure. • @puffer_unifi stack brings dedicated execution with based sequencing and synchronous composability, keeping applications connected to Ethereum liquidity and state. Ethereum’s first 11 years built the neutral settlement layer. The next era is about making Ethereum faster, more connected, and ready for global applications and institutions. Puffer is building for that future. 🐡