EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 316

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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 from the All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) Call #158
  • Fusaka Devnet 0 Updates, EIP-7917 Status, Fusaka Devnet 1 Planning, Glamsterdam Fork – Initial Planning & Headliners for Glamsterdam Fork
• Katana, backed by Polygon Launches Private Mainnet to Unlock Institutional DeFi Yields:
  • Katana, a high-yield DeFi blockchain incubated by GSR Markets and Polygon Labs launched its private mainnet on May 28. Aiming to solve liquidity fragmentation, Katana aggregates yields from protocols like Morpho, Sushi, and Vertex.
• StarkWare Unveils S-two: Instant ZK Proofs on Local Devices:
  • StarkWare introduced S-two, a groundbreaking tool that enables anyone to generate zero-knowledge proofs instantly on local devices—including phones, laptops, and browsers. Supporting Cairo and WASM, S-two powers use cases like zkML, private payments, and zkKYC.
• Vitalik Calls for Resilient Ethereum as Sweden Reconsiders Cashless Future, Citing Fragility:
  • Sweden is walking back its cashless society ambitions due to concerns over centralized system fragility, prompting national efforts to preserve cash for civil defense. Citing geopolitical risks and digital vulnerabilities, Vitalik Buterin highlights the need for Ethereum to evolve into a resilient, privacy-focused alternative. As Sweden’s central bank re-emphasizes cash as a crisis backup, Ethereum must be robust enough to fulfill a similar role in decentralized digital economies.

Stories By EtherWorld

• The Testnet Trilemma: Ethereum’s Need for Stability, Fidelity & Access
• A Structured Methodology for Ethereum Testnets
• Highlights of Ethereum's All Core Devs Meeting (ACDC) #157
• Ethereum Fusaka Devnet 0 Coming Soon

Technical Explainers

• Ethereum's Infinite Endgame: Balancing Issuance, Staking, and Decentralization
• EIP-4844 Explored: The Future of Shard Blob Transactions in Ethereum
• EIP-5656: MCOPY - An efficient EVM instruction
• An overview of Account Abstraction in Ethereum blockchain
• EtherStrategy vs. MicroStrategy: Onchain Ethereum Advantage Explained
• A Deep Dive into Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) Forks

Client News and Updates

Client News

• Nethermind Launches End-to-End Blockchain Services for Institutions:
  • Nethermind, a core contributor to Ethereum, Starknet, and other major chains, is expanding its focus with institutional-grade blockchain solutions. Their new end-to-end services, spanning strategy, architecture, deployment, security, and compliance, aim to streamline Web3 adoption for enterprises and crypto-native protocols.
• Sepolia Activates History Expiry: Besu Releases Sepolia-Ready Client:
  • The first phase of History Expiry goes live on Sepolia on June 1st, and Hyperledger Besu is ready. A new Besu release supports syncing post-expiry with the --Xsnapsync-synchronizer-pre-merge-headers-only-enabled flag. This version is Sepolia-only and not yet mainnet-tested. Developers facing sync issues after the expiry should use this release.

Client versions

• Execution Layer:

  • Nethermind 1.31.11
  • Geth 1.15.11
  • Erigon 3.0.4 [updated]
  • Besu 25.5.0 [updated]
  • Reth 1.4.3
  • EthereumJS

• Consensus Layer:

  • Teku 25.5.0 [updated]
  • Nimbus v25.5.0
  • Prysm 6.0.3
  • Lodestar 1.30.0
  • Lighthouse 7.0.1

Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Ethereum Standards(May):

• EIP-7782: Reduce Block Latency [new draft]
• EIP-7932: Algorithmic Transaction Wrapper

EIPs In Final Status: EIP-7251, EIP-7685, EIP-7840, EIP-6916, EIP-5792, EIP-2537, EIP-2935, EIP-6110, EIP-7549, EIP-7623, EIP-7691, EIP-7002.

ERCs and Their Current Status:

• ERC-7743: Multi-Owner Non-Fungible Tokens (MO-NFT) [Reached Final]
• ERC-7837: Diffusive Tokens [Reached Final]

Insights from EIPsInsights.com

Podcasts

• EIP-7793: ASSERTTXINDEX opcode & EIP-7843: SLOTNUM opcode with Marc Harvey-Hill | PEEPanEIP#150:
  • EIP-7793 introduces the ASSERTTXINDEX opcode (0xfb), which reverts a transaction unless it is executed at a specific index within a block. This is designed to support encrypted mempools by preventing reordering of decrypted transactions, effectively mitigating frontrunning risks.
• The Altseason Rotation Has Begun! Here's The Data Behind the Next Rotation
  • Michael Nadeau of the DeFi Report joins Ryan to break down the data behind a potential crypto rotation. We cover why ETH and select alts may be poised to outperform, how macro conditions are fueling risk-on sentiment, and why fundamentals—like protocol cash flows and MEV—matter more than ever.
• Decentralization Used to Mean Something. Now It’s Just a Vibe. - The Chopping Block
  • Why the Sui Hack Feels Like Ethereum Classic All Over Again – The Chopping Block

Upcoming Events

• May 10 - Jun 3: World Expo on Blockchain
• May 24 - Jun 21: Edge Esmeralda
• May 27 – 29: ETHPrague

Jobs

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

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