EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 307

• World News
• Stories By EtherWorld
• Technical Explainers
• Client News & Updates
• Podcasts
• Upcoming Events
• Jobs

World News

• Highlights of Ethereum's All Core Devs Meeting (ACDE) #205: Pectra Updates, Fusaka Fork Updates, EOF Implementation & Testnet Progress, Max Blob Flag & Validator Node Requirements
• Unicoin Faces SEC Scrutiny: Unicoin, a cryptocurrency firm, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for alleged fraud. Despite receiving a Wells notice recommending a lawsuit, Unicoin denies any wrongdoing and hopes the new, more crypto-friendly administration under President Donald Trump and SEC head Paul Atkins will drop the investigation. WSJ.COM
• Charles Schwab Expands into Crypto: Financial services giant Charles Schwab has appointed Joe Vietri as the new head of digital assets to develop the company's cryptocurrency strategy. This move indicates Schwab's intention to expand its crypto offerings, including potential spot cryptocurrency trading, in anticipation of a more favorable regulatory environment under the current U.S. administration. BARRONS.COM
• Alexander Vinnik Returns to Russia: Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cryptocurrency expert accused of Bitcoin fraud in the United States, has been returned to Russia following a prisoner swap. Vinnik was arrested in Greece in 2017 and later extradited to the U.S. before this recent exchange. APNEWS.COM

Stories By EtherWorld

• Ethereum Simulations​ are getting better with eth_simulateV2 [Latest]
• Ethereum Developers are Rethinking Transaction Signatures & Authority [Latest]
• Ethereum’s Institutional & Government Adoption [Latest]
• Do We Really Need High Gas Fees? Vitalik Thinks L1 Gas Limits Should Increase [Latest]

Technical Explainers

• A Quick Guide on Ephemery Testnet [Latest]
• A Deep Dive into Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) Forks
• Tracing in Ethereum

Client News & Updates

Client News

• Nethermind's ETHGlobal Agentic Ethereum Hackaton
• Nimbus Portal Client: Entering a Portable and Decentralised Ethereum
• PeerDAS from Scratch - Prysm Team: This book provides a comprehensive, concise overview of peerDAS, explaining why it is necessary and how it functions, all in one place

Client Updates

• Execution Layer:

  • Nethermind 1.30.3
  • Geth 1.15.1 [new]
  • Erigon 2.61.1 [new]
  • Besu 25.2.0
  • Reth 1.2.0
  • EthereumJS 8.1.1

• Consensus Layer:

  • Teku 25.2.0 [new]
  • Nimbus v25.2.0 [new]
  • Prysm 5.3.0 [new]
  • Lodestar 1.27.0 [new]
  • Lighthouse 6.0.1

Podcasts

• PEEPanEIP 141: EIP-7805: Fork-choice enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) with Thomas and Julian: EIP-7805: Fork-choice enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) Allow a committee of validators to force-include a set of transactions in every block.
• PEEPanEIP 140: EIP-7623: Increase calldata with Toni Wahrstätter: EIP-7623 proposes adjusting the calldata cost to reduce the maximum possible block size and its variance without negatively impacting regular users. This is achieved by increasing calldata costs for transactions that predominantly post data.

Podcasts by EthCatHerders Podcasts

Upcoming Events

• Feb 23 – Mar 2: ETHDenver
• Mar 28-30: ETH Pondy
• Apr 2-5: ETH Bucharest
• Apr 4-6: ETHGlobal Taipei
• May 9-10: ETHBratislava
• May 9-11: ETHDam (Amsterdam)

Jobs

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• Social Media Manager @ EtherWorld
• Content Writer @ EtherWorld
• Video Editor @ EtherWorld
• Graphic Designer @ EtherWorld
• Nethermind Open Roles

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