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Dencun (Cancun + Deneb) upgrade
- Latest all core devs – consensus (ACDC) call video. Notes from Christine Kim:
- Deneb upgrade Engine API changes: deprecate Merge config exchange and proposed flag for EL to suggest local block building
- EIP7251 (increase max effective balance) discussion
- E-star name upgrade candidate for inclusion: EIP7002 (EL triggerable exits)
- EIP4844:
- EIP4844 devnet 7 launched (same spec as devnet 6)
- Latest EIP4844 implementer call video. Notes from Terence. Devnet 8 should include Dencun EIPs
- Execution-spec-tests v1.0.0: upgraded to PyTest, EIP4844 tests
Layer 1
- Holešky testnet (Goerli successor) coordination call notes: 1.7M validators planned, with 800k run by client teams, genesis planned for September 15 (Merge day)
- MEV-Boost v1.6: additional data availability and logging improvements
- Proposal to remove RIPEMD-160 & blake2f precompiles
- Understanding enshrined PBS
Client releases
- Consensus layer:
- Execution layer:
- Besu v23.4.4: new flat database improves block processing time & attestation performance, BlobDB for non-state blockchain data improves sync time & disk IO
Research
- BaseSAP: stealth address protocol, extendable for particular cryptographic schemes
EIPs/Standards
- EIPs:
- EIP7251: Increase the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE
- ERCs (application layer):
Stuff for developers
- Remix v0.34.0: EVM version label, adds SolHint linter to Solidity analyzers, Etherscan contract verification adds L2 support, constructor arguments & proxy support
- Foundry:
- ForGePT: trained on Foundry book & Telegram support channel, OpenAI API key required
- Solidity events: guide to logging and using web3.js to retrieve/listen
- Function Requirements-Effects-Interactions + Protocol Invariants (FREI-PI) pattern
- Viem v1.2: extend a client with custom actions
- Raw transaction signing script using ethers.js
- Overview of Python ecosystem: web3.py, py-evm, eth-tester, Ape, Woke, Vyper & Titanoboa
- Noble-ciphers: Salsa20, ChaCha, Poly1305 & AES-SIV in JavaScript, no dependencies
- Slither v0.9.4 & v0.9.5 patch: new detectors: cache-array-length, encode-packed-collision & incorrect-using-for; new printer: lines of code; adds interface generator and support for custom storage layouts
- RareSkills: Tornado Cash code base explainer
- CTF: Decently Safe DeFi, 4 challenges, uses Foundry
- E2PG: Ethereum to Postgres indexer
Security
- Themis (lending) on Arbitrum $370k exploit via oracle manipulation
Ecosystem
- EF academic grant recipients: 43 projects share $2 million in funding
- ETHGlobal Waterloo hackathon finalists & videos
Notable at app layer
- USDC Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) live on mainnet & Arbitrum
- The Graph served 1 trillion queries
- Mirror Writing NFTs v2: read post in NFT and open editions
- Diva (DVT liquid staking) DAO airdrop claimable by stakers, non-transferable so presumably no taxes incurred, frontend blocks US/Canada
- CLRFund round 9 live on Arbitrum, contribute to public goods
Job Listings
- Devconnect Istanbul: Production Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator
- Solidity team need a highly skilled Developer Advocate
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Regulation/business/tokens
- UK Financial Services & Markets act enables regulation of crypto
- HSBC Hong Kong allows customers to buy/sell Ether ETF
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Upcoming Dates of Note
(new/changes in bold)
- Jul 5-9 – ETHBarcelona conference & hackathon
- Jul 17 – CLRFund round 9 ends
- Jul 17-20 – EthCC (Paris)
- Jul 20–23 – Pragma Paris & ETHGlobal Paris hackathon
- Aug 11-13 – ETHMunich hackathon
- Aug 15-16 – ETHToronto & ETHWomen
- Aug 16-19 – Ethereum Argentina (Buenos Aires)
- Aug 28-30 – Science of Blockchain Conference (Stanford University)
- Aug 31 – Sep 3 – ETHWarsaw conference & hackathon
- Sep 1-3 – Ethcon Korea hackathon
- Sep 10-12 – Ethereum Singapore hackathon & conference
- Sep 11-13 – DappCon (Berlin)
- Sep 15 – Protocol Berg (Berlin)
- Sep 15-17 – ETHChicago conference & hackathon
- Sep 18-21 – ETH Montréal conference & hackathon
- Sep 22–24 – ETHGlobal New York
- Oct 5-6 – ETHMilan conference
- Oct 6-8 – ETHRome hackathon
- Oct 6–27 – ETHOnline (ETHGlobal) virtual
- Oct 13–15 – Ethereum Kuala Lumpur conference & hackathon
- Oct 27–29 – ETH Miami festival & hackathon
- Oct 31 – Road to Devcon grants application deadline
- Nov 3-5 – ETH Lisbon hackathon
- Nov 3-5 – ETHBrno
- Nov 13-19 – Devconnect (Istanbul)
- Nov 17-19 – ETHGlobal Istanbul
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