Fede donated $500k to free Roman Storm, Hardhat 3 beta, malicious IDE extensions
All core devs (main protocol calls)
All core devs - execution (ACDE) #218
- Fusaka upgrade:
- Fusaka-devnet-4: issues found in execution layer (differences in BPO update fraction calculation) & consensus layer (syncing)
- Fusaka-devnet-5 planned for next week
- Glamsterdam upgrade:
- Targeting June 2026
- Headliners confirmed: EIP7732 ePBS (consensus layer) & EIP7928 Block-level Access Lists (execution layer)
- Non-headliner EIPs can be proposed for inclusion, deadline is Fusaka mainnet releases
- EIP7928 Block level access lists spec discussion: include state read locations, use RLP rather than SSZ and system contract handling
- Proposal to repurpose safe block tag to point to fast confirmed block
All core devs - testing (ACDT) #48
- Fusaka upgrade: Fusaka-devnet-3 non-finality testing
- Glamsterdam upgrade: Meta EIP for repricing required
Layer 1
- Glamsterdam upgrade:
- blockaccesslist.xyz: info website for EIP7928 Block-level Access Lists
- EIP7805 FOCIL breakout #17: need to rebase on top of Fulu
- Stateless call #40: binary-tree testnet targeting end of August
- PQ Interop #5
- Flashbots MEV letter explorer: view & query topics
- EIPs (Ethereum improvement proposals):
- EIP8005: Encrypted transaction envelope (ETE) typed transaction
Staking
- Client diversity:
- Consensus layer: Lighthouse 42.7%
- Blockprint deprecated: validator-centric view of client diversity using fingerprinting is no longer accurate post-Electra
- Execution layer: Geth ~41%, Nethermind ~38% (estimated from 74% self reported)
- Staking marketshare: Lido 24.5%
Layer 2
- Unichain Flashblocks live, 200ms sub-blocks, runs inside TEEs
- Taiko preconfirmations live, phase 1 (only allow list can preconfirm transactions)
- Facet (OP-Succinct): based sequencing, multi-bridging (no canonical bridge) & native gas token
- Ronin (Axie Infinity) plans migration to L2 by Q2 2026
Research
- Prover market design: model with comparison of lotteries & staked allocations
- 3-slot-finality (3SF): integrating with ePBS, FOCIL & PeerDAS.
- Ethereum NYC: Ethereum research funding forum video, agenda & slides
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Ecosystem
- Octant Epoch 9: Ethereum stories, creatives can apply to fund their next project
- ETH metrics:
- Gas (gwei): 1.1 average, 0.2 - 18.6 (16.3 for zero net issuance)
- ETH supply change: 17k net issuance
- ETHUSD: $3,894 – $4,776 (all time high $4,878, November 10, 2021)
- ETHBTC: 0.039 (0.165 for the Flippening)
Developers
- Hardhat 3 beta: write tests in Solidity, multichain support, performance critical components rewritten in Rust, revamped build system & streamlined deployments
- Hardhat community plugins
- OpenZeppelin Contracts UI builder: generate Vite React front end for deployed contracts
- Solarity 3.1.5 (Solidity library): adds deployer guard to prevent initializer front running
- Moon (Solidity contract): renders moon phase (in Northern hemisphere)
- SpeedRunEthereum: stablecoin challenge, build an ETH backed stablecoin
- Absorb (data tooling): collect, manage, query & customize datasets
- Zak: malicious IDE extension drained wallet, don’t store private keys in .env files
- ERCs (application layer standards):
Security
- Digibastion: security checklist with scoring, based on threat profile
- Optimum: contract security guide
- Zero Cool: generate vulnerability report using Claude prompt, code & short description
Applications
- Coinbase DEX: US users (excluding New York) can trade native Base tokens
- Simple page: publish website to IPFS & ENS, edit markdown in browser, $12 a year
- ⌐◨-◨.eth: mint noggles ENS
Regulation
- Free Roman Storm:
- Fede donated $500k after being detained in Turkey
- Ethereum Foundation matched donations up to another $500k
- Uniswap Foundation DUNI proposal, adopt Wyoming-registered decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association (DUNA) legal structure
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General
- zip: non-recursive proof compression for hash-based SNARGs
- Jolt Twist & Shout integration, 6x speedup, ~50KB proof sizes
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