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All core devs
- All Core Devs – Consensus (ACDC) #140:
- Pectra (Prague + Electra) upgrade:
- Pectra-devnet-2: client teams debugging issues including a few bad blocks, currently not finalizing
- Pectra-devnet-3: plan to launch next week
- EIP7251 max effective balance: correlation penalty update, fixes overflow
- EIP7594 PeerDAS:
- EIP7742 uncouple blob count between CL & EL: general support for including in Pectra
- Blob limits per transaction discussion
- Fulu named as next consensus layer upgrade and Fusaka (Fulu + Osaka) for combined upgrade
- Probelab: Gossipsub analysis
- Pectra (Prague + Electra) upgrade:
Pectra (Prague + Electra) upgrade
- Pectra testing call #1
- Consensus specs v1.5.0-alpha.5: target for peerdas-devnet-2
- PeerDAS breakout #6:
- Peerdas-devnet-2: launch in the next week
- Peerdas-devnet-3: rebase to Pectra, launch in 2-3 weeks
- EOF Implementers call #56:
- Frangio: ERC721/1155 need ISCONTRACT and upgradeable proxies could be bricked by EOF contracts not able to DELEGATECALL a legacy contract
Centralization watch: threatening the value of your ETH
- Lido at 28.6%, still too close to 33.3% threshold
- Client diversity (via clientdiversity.org):
- Execution layer: Geth ~52% majority (Lido reduced Geth usage by 20% in Q2)
- Consensus layer: Prysm 36%
- Any client bug over 33.3% could mean loss of finality
- Better geographic diversity is optimal, particularly outside of North America & Europe
Layer 1
- Toni Wahrstätter:
- Timing games economies of scale, 30% validator share can delay 0.8s longer than 5% share
- Reorgs analysis: trending down, mostly occurring in slot following epoch transitions
- Xatu consensus layer p2p tables: libp2p gossipsub beacon attestation, beacon block & blob sidecar
- Nethermind: execution layer client performance via engine_NewPayload response times
- ePBS p2p market: allows small builders to participate in the market
Client Releases
- Consensus layer:
- Prysm v5.1.0: bug fixes, remote signer public key persistence and experimental support for multiple beacon nodes
- Execution layer:
- Besu v24.8.0: stack handling update & RPC service improvements
For Stakers
- Somer Esat’s staking guides updated to add Reth execution layer client
Layer 2
- Offchain Labs roadmap: Stylus, BoLD, censorship timeout, decentralized sequencer, fast withdrawals, chain clusters, multi client support, adaptive pricing and zk hybrid proving
- L2Beat optimistic rollup fraud proofs, comparing Arbitrum, Cartesi & Optimism
EIPs/Standards
- RIPs (Rollup improvement proposals):
- RIP7759: Layer 2 transaction fees
- ERCs (application layer standards):
Stuff for developers
- Hardhat roadmap: OP Stack simulation & Solidity tests in v3, followed by portability via WASM, external EDR API, improved Solidity debugging and simulation of more L2s
- Remix v0.53.0: generate proofs in Circom compiler plugin
- SOLX: transpile TypeScript to Solidity in Foundry tests & scripts
- web3.py v7: redesigned WebSocketProvider & new AsyncIPCProvider with subscriptions, class based middleware, batch requests and more ABI utility methods
- Brontes: analytics pipeline to identify MEV, built on Reth
- Noble-post-quantum (JavaScript): implements final FIPS 203/204/205 specs
- CTFs:
- 5/9 Tardis: past Curta CTFs to play locally
- Scaffold-ETH 2 extensions hackathon, submit by September 2
Security
- Whale $55M phishing attack, ownership of Maker vault changed
Ecosystem
- Vitalik: fundamentals are actually crazy strong right now
- Etherscan token standard checker: check if contract is ERC20/721/1155 compliant
- Ethereum Uruguay hackathon projects
Enterprise
- Sony Block Solutions Labs (Sony joint venture) Soneium: planned OP Stack rollup
- State Street partner with Taurus to provide digital asset products to institutional investors
Job Listings
- Sablier are hiring a Business Development Lead and Frontend Engineer
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Onchain stats
- Fees (via ultrasound.money):
- Gas: 0.6 to 27.2 gwei, 1.5 gwei average; zero net issuance at 23.9 gwei
- 17k ETH net issuance this week
- ETHUSD: $2,565 – $2,797, currently $2,767, all time high $4,878
- ETHBTC: currently 0.043
Regulation/business/tokens
- US Treasury removed unhosted wallet rule
- Coindesk: token theater, US employees claimed geoblocked airdrops
- Prometheum (Gensler favorite) plans to treat UNI & ARB as securities in custody service
General
- Vitalik: plurality philosophy
- Eight year anniversary of Week in Ethereum News
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Upcoming Dates of Note
(new/changes in bold)
- Aug 29-31 – ETHAccra hackathon
- Aug 31 – Underhanded Solidity contest deadline
- Sep 2 – Scaffold-ETH 2 extensions hackathon deadline
- Sep 5-8 – ETHWarsaw conference & hackathon
- Sep 9-15 – ETHSafari (Kenya)
- Sep 12-14 – NapulETH (Napoli)
- Sep 13-14 – Ethereum México
- Sep 20-22 – ETHCapeTown hackathon
- Sep 20-22 – ETHGlobal Singapore hackathon
- Sep 26-27 – ETHMilan conference
- Oct 4-6 – Ethereum Kuala Lumpur conference & hackathon
- Oct 4-6 – ETHRome hackathon
- Oct 17-19 – ETHSofia conference & hackathon
- Oct 17-20 – ETHLisbon hackathon
- Oct 18-20 – ETHGlobal San Francisco hackathon
- Nov 12-15 – Devcon 7 – Southeast Asia (Bangkok)
- Nov 15-17 – ETHGlobal Bangkok hackathon
- Dec 6-8 – ETHIndia hackathon
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