EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 314

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• World News
• Stories By EtherWorld
• Technical Explainers
• Client News and Updates
• Ethereum Governance & Related Standards
• Podcasts
• Upcoming Events
• Jobs

World News

• Highlights of Ethereum's All Core Devs Meeting (ACDC) #157
  • Pectra Updates, Fusaka Updates, Reconfiguration Proposal for ACD Calls, Challenges in the EIP Process, Community Participation & Stakeholder Involvement
• Central Banks Explore Tokenized Monetary Policy with Smart Contracts
  • The New York Fed and BIS are testing smart contracts for real-time monetary policy through Project Pine. Using tokenized tools on Ethereum’s ERC-20 standard, central banks simulated instant policy shifts in crisis scenarios. The experiment highlights blockchain's potential in transforming central banking, despite existing infrastructure limitations in traditional systems.
• Starknet Achieves ‘Stage 1’ Decentralization, Leads ZK-Rollups in Value Locked
  • Starknet has become the first ZK-rollup to reach “Stage 1” decentralization, a milestone defined by Vitalik Buterin, through the implementation of smart contract-based validity proofs and a security council.
• Ethereum Foundation Launches 'Trillion Dollar Security Initiative' to Fortify Onchain Ecosystem
  • The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative to modernize blockchain security and support Ethereum developers. Led by ecosystem veterans, the initiative targets wallet, contract, and infrastructure vulnerabilities. With Ethereum securing nearly 80B in DeFi, the effort aims to build confidence in onchain assets for billions of users.

Stories By EtherWorld

• Coinbase Exposes Cyber Extortion Plot, Offers 20 Million Reward
• Ethereum Targets June 1 for Sepolia History Expiry
• Ethereum Fusaka Devnet 0 Coming Soon
• Highlights of Ethereum's All Core Devs Meeting (ACDE) #211

Technical Explainers

• EtherStrategy vs. MicroStrategy: Onchain Ethereum Advantage Explained
• A Deep Dive into Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) Forks
• ERC-7779: Understanding & Redefining Wallet Interoperability
• Tracing in Ethereum
• Block-Level Warming: Redefining Ethereum Transactions
• Solving the Puzzle of Duplicate Blocks in Ethereum

Client News and Updates

Client News

• Nethermind x Arbitrum – Big Win for Ethereum L2sn
  • Nethermind is joining forces with Arbitrum! Faster syncs, smoother RPCs, higher gas targets. With Erigon in the mix too, this is a big step for performance + decentralization on Ethereum L2.
• Erigon Joins the Arbitrum Ecosystem
  • Erigon is now part of the Arbitrum fam! This collab is all about faster performance, better decentralization, and scaling Ethereum L2s the right way.

Client versions

• Execution Layer:

  • Nethermind 1.31.10
  • Geth 1.15.11
  • Erigon 3.0.3
  • Besu 25.4.1
  • Reth 1.4.1
  • EthereumJS 8.1.1

• Consensus Layer:

  • Teku 25.4.1
  • Nimbus v25.5.0
  • Prysm 6.0.2
  • Lodestar 1.30.0
  • Lighthouse 7.0.1

Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Ethereum Standards(May):

• EIP-7928: Block-Level Access Lists [new draft]
• EIP-7934: RLP Execution Block Size Limit [new draft]
• EIP-7935: Set default gas limit to XX0M [new draft]
• EIP-7904: General Repricing [new draft]

ERCs and Their Current Status:

• ERC-7832: Sustainable collaborative NFT collections [new draft]
• ERC-7920: Composite EIP-712 Signatures [new draft]
• ERC-7847: Social Media NFTs [new draft]
• ERC-7743: Multi-Owner Non-Fungible Tokens (MO-NFT)
  • Last Call Deadline: 2025-05-27
• ERC-721: Non-Fungible Token Standard [Final]

Draft RIPs:

• RIP- 7859: Store L1 origin data and historic L2 block hashes in L2 state [draft]
• RIP-7614: Expose call stack to contracts [draft]
• RIP-7740: Preinstall deterministic deployment factories [draft]

Insights from EIPsInsights.com

Podcasts

• WiEP Study Group Cohort 3 Closing Ceremony | Women in Ethereum Protocol: WiEP Study Group Cohort 3 Closing Ceremony | Women in Ethereum Protocol
• Deep Gov: Configurable AI Politicians for Capital Allocation and Governance | EPD #20: DeepGov enables configurable AI Politicians for capital allocation and governance. Our platform provides tools for exploring political alignment, voting mechanisms, and direct interaction with AI politicians representing different ideological perspectives.
• How Ethereum Wins: What We Think: Ryan champions a memetic and cultural shift, calling for ETH maximalism and nationalism to reignite belief in ETH as a monetary asset. David brings a product-driven roadmap, urging Ethereum to strengthen its L1 as the economic hub of the internet.
• Shaun Maguire: Why The Next Era of Tech Will Outshine the Internet Boom: Shaun Maguire, partner at Sequoia and former physicist turned investor, joins the Limitless Podcast to explore why we’re on the verge of a technological renaissance.

Upcoming Events

• May 10 - Jun 3: World Expo on Blockchain
• May 19-23: Code Africa
• May 23: ETH Dublin 2025
• May 23-24: ETH Bratislava
• May 9-10: ETH Vietnam

Jobs

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• Social Media Manager @ EtherWorld
• Content Writer @ EtherWorld
• Video Editor @ EtherWorld

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