EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 328

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

Featured

• Highlights from the All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) Call #164
  • Ethereum ACDC #164 call highlights Fusaka Devnet-3 bug fixes, Devnet-5 launch plans, refined testnet timelines & Glamsterdam upgrade dependencies.
• EIP Proposal Builder and Validation Issues with Legacy EIPs
  • Since the rules enforced by EIPW evolve over time, the builder uses the most recent rule set to catch formatting, structural, and semantic issues.
• Ethereum @ 10: A Decade of Innovation & Milestones:
  • Celebrate Ethereum’s 10-year journey from its 2015 Genesis block to today’s DeFi, NFTs & major upgrades, with EtherWorld’s highlights across four key eras.
• EIPs @10: A Decade of Standardizing Ethereum:
  • A decade-long review of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), detailing their impact on protocol upgrades, token standards and more.

World News

• Etherealize champions Ethereum as neutral, open financial base layer
  • Etherealize says all assets should live on Ethereum’s decentralized, credibly neutral rails, framing a coming “Internet moment” for finance and pointing readers to fresh Fortune coverage of its push.
• Hong Kong tightens OTC crypto under new stablecoin regime
  • Industry briefing outlines new licensing expectations for OTC platforms amid regulatory shift.
• SEC launches “Crypto Task Force” page
  • Agency posts an information hub for crypto-related initiatives and enforcement programs.
• Public companies’ bitcoin holdings cross 1 million BTC
  • New tracking shows aggregate corporate treasuries surpass seven figures in BTC, highlighting institutionalization.
• El Salvador restructures national bitcoin reserve wallets
  • Security roundup notes distribution shift alongside regional cryptojacking and ransom trends.
• UK legal and compliance briefs emphasize crypto AML
  • September updates stress enhanced risk assessments and controls across financial crime regimes.

Stories By EtherWorld

• Ethereum Developers Finalize Holesky Testnet Retirement Plan
• Ethereum Developers Push Toward 60M Gas Limit Ahead of Fusaka
• Fusaka Devnet-3 Faces Non-Finality Challenges, Devnet-5 on Horizon

Technical Explainers

• EIP-4844 Explored: The Future of Shard Blob Transactions in Ethereum
• EIP - 7045 Increase Max Attestation Inclusion Slot
• EIP-1153 and Transient storage
• All you need to know about MEV
• Preventing Slashed Validators from Becoming Block Proposers

Client News and Updates

Client News

• Nethermind v1.33.1 Hotfix
  • Summary: Fixes receipts beyond TxLookupLimit with history pruning disabled and resolves eth_config issue from EF testing; stability upgrade recommended
• Geth v1.16.3 Maintenance Release
  • Maintenance update with state history rewrite, Osaka devnet fixes, performance improvements, and assorted bug fixes for improved client stability.
• Teku v25.9.1 Optional Update
  • Optional patch reverting snappy-java to previous version, resolving incompatibilities affecting some systems encountered in Teku v25.9.0.
• Nimbus v25.9.0 Low-Urgency Release
  • Improves block production resiliency and efficiency; deprecates macOS amd64 releases with discontinuation planned by October 2025 for compatibility.

Client versions

• Execution Layer:
  • Nethermind 1.33.1 [New Release]
  • Geth 1.16.3 [New Release]
  • Erigon 3.0.15
  • Besu 25.8.0
  • Reth 1.6.0
  • EthereumJS
• Consensus Layer:
  • Teku 25.9.1 [New Release]
  • Nimbus 25.9.0 [New Release]
  • Prysm 6.0.4
  • Lodestar 1.33.0
  • Lighthouse 7.1.0

Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Ethereum Standards(August):

EIPs

• Latest Drafts: EIP-8012, EIP-8016, EIP-2780

ERCs

• ERC-6909: Minimal Multi-Token Interface
  • Last Call Deadline: 2025-09-11

Insights from EIPsInsights.com

Podcasts

• From BlackRock to Ethereum: Why Joseph Chalom is Betting It All on ETH
  • What does BlackRock’s former crypto lead see in Ethereum that others still miss? Joseph Chalom joins Bankless to take us inside the IBIT/ETHA ramp, why BUIDL launched on Ethereum mainnet, and the simple—but powerful—framework he uses to value ETH as “high-octane money.”
• Is Ethereum Ready for Real World Assets?
  • They walk through stress tests—what if an exchange is hacked, a stablecoin breaks, or a court order targets the chain—and whether the network should ever step in.
• Why Pokémon Cards Are Taking Off Onchain (and How to Trade Them)
  • In this episode, Collector Crypt CEO Tuom Holmberg and Bitwise’s Danny Nelson explain how the project is reimagining the $100 billion trading card industry.

Upcoming Events

• Sep 1 – 7: Builders Week Istanbul
• Sep 4 – 7: ETHWarsaw
• Sep 5 – 7: EthIstanbul
• Sep 7 – 14: ETHSafari
• Sep 12 – 15: ETHTokyo
• Sep 16 – 19: EDCON

Jobs

Looking for the next web3 Job opportunities? Check these out:

• Full Stack Developer @ EIPsInsight
• Social Media Manager @ EtherWorld
• Content Writer @ EtherWorld
• Video Editor @ EtherWorld

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