ePBS first devnet live, Aave Labs temp check passed, Synthesis AI + human hackathon
Ecosystem
- Strawmap (strawman roadmap):
- James Smith: strawmap explainer
- Vitalik explainers: scaling, account abstraction, execution layer changes & block building pipeline
- Vitalik:
- Ethereum part of ecosystem building sanctuary technologies
- More bold and open mindset particularly for application layer without compromising censorship resistance, open source, privacy & security
- Ethereum Foundation org chart updated (text version)
- ETH metrics:
- Gas (gwei): 0.1 average, 0.0 - 1.7 (12.5 for zero net issuance)
- ETH supply change: 19k net issuance
- ETHUSD: $1,841 - $2,179 (all time high $4,946, August 24, 2025)
- ETH ETFs: 5% of ETH supply
- ETHBTC: 0.029 (0.166 for the Flippening)
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Applications
- Aave: Aave Labs temp check passed (ratify v4, revenue to DAO, trademark foundation & funding request); ACI & BGD Labs leaving
- Privacy Pools self-report compromised address
- Toni Wahrstätter: Nachtara (stealth addresses) optimized for agents
- Ethereum Community Foundation blobdrop: file sharing via blobspace
- Bordel hackerspace (Prague) funded via crowdloaning
Developers
- Reminder: Solidity developer survey, takes ~5 minutes to complete
- Scopr (Solidity codebase visualizer): treemaps, call graphs, scope selection & NSLOC
- Solidity testing handbook: basic & advanced and testing practices
- Edge (language): statically-typed, Rust-inspired language for EVM, alpha
- Hardhat v3.1.11 (dev framework): improved autocomplete, improved errors when failing to compile with configured compilers & upgrades EDR
- Remix v2 (dev framework): private beta testers wanted
- Eth.zig (client library): supports ABI encoding, RLP serialization, secp256k1 signing, Keccak-256 hashing, HD wallets, ERC20/721, JSON-RPC & ENS
- revm v104: Glamsterdam support (EIP7708, EIP7843, EIP8024 & EIP7928)
- Patrick Collins: AI development tips to avoid shooting yourself in the foot
- Application layer standards (ERCs):
Agents
- Synthesis (skill): AI + human hackathon, March 13-22
- OpenZeppelin skills: develop using OpenZeppelin Contracts, setup a Hardhat/Foundry project & create upgradeable contracts
- Pashov Audit Group skills: Solidity security review
Security
- Foom $2.26M exploit on mainnet & Base due to Groth16 verifier incorrect setup, $1.8M recovered
- Solv protocol $2.7M exploit
- Lindy score (contract metric): calculated on age, value, complexity & penalties
- Lindy audit NFT: reviewers mint soulbound record of security review
All core devs (main protocol calls)
All core devs - consensus (ACDC) #176 (async)
- Glamsterdam upgrade (targeting mid-2026):
- epbs-devnet-1 to be scoped & decide if epbs-devnet-2 needed prior to glamsterdam-devnet-0
- SSZ in the Engine API proposals
All core devs - testing (ACDT) #72
- Glamsterdam upgrade (targeting mid-2026):
- bal-devnet-3 (spec) launch waiting on client readiness
Layer 1
- Glamsterdam upgrade (targeting mid-2026):
- epbs-devnet-0 (Dora the explorer) live
- Glamsterdam repricings #3
- Franco Victorio: Block-Level Access Lists explainer
- Hegotá upgrade (targeting late-2026):
- Lodestar 6 second slots proof of concept
- Post-quantum transaction signatures #3
- ethPandaOps EthIQ: benchmark for AI model understanding of protocol internals
- Ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs):
Staking
- Beaconcha.in website updated with search first landing page
- Client diversity:
- Consensus layer: Lighthouse ~51% (data may not be accurate)
- Execution layer: Geth ~41%, Nethermind ~38% (estimated from self reports)
- Staking marketshare: Lido 23% [Note: dual governance]
- Validators: 953k active (target 128k)
- Client releases:
- Consensus layer:
- Execution layer:
Regulation
- US Fed, OCC & FDIC: capital treatment of tokenized securities technology neutral
- Class action against Uniswap dismissed, not liable for third-party token issuers misconduct
- Kraken Financial (Wyoming-chartered bank) granted Federal Reserve master account
- John Daghita arrested after ZachXBT investigation, allegedly stole $46M in crypto from US Marshals Service
General
- South Korea: $4M stolen after tax service shared seed phrase in seizure announcement
- Coruna: iOS exploit kit, iOS 13.0 - 17.2.1, five full exploit chains & 23 exploits
- Jolt zkVM adds zero-knowledge support via NovaBlindFold
- Privacy Stewards of Ethereum (PSE) tor-js: npm module for http requests over Tor
- The Red Guild: https & VPNs, https protects content & VPNs protect metadata
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