EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 332

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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 #166
  • Ethereum ACDC #166 covers Fusaka testnet rollout, $2M audit contest, Glamsterdam progress on ePBS & BALs, plus key EIP process & governance updates.
• Japan’s Web3 Momentum Meets Global Blockchain Leaders at EDCON Osaka 2025
  • International experts, major daimyos, local startups and educational institutions join Osaka government’s push for Kansai innovation hub.
• 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.

World News

• India orders 25 offshore crypto firms to comply with AML rules
  • FIU-IND issues notices and urges app/website takedowns for non-registered VDA providers serving Indian users.
    - Government details offshore exchange notices and takedown push
  • Finance Ministry explains FIU actions, lists firms, and reiterates activity-based PMLA compliance expectations.
• CBI searches in HPZ crypto token fraud case
  • India’s CBI conducts searches tied to large-scale HPZ crypto token fraud investigation.
• SEC–CFTC harmonization and SEC agenda updates tracked
  • Legal tracker summarizes rulemakings and joint statement on innovation exemptions and self-custody principles.
• Bank Policy Institute critiques industry media campaign
  • BPI says a Coinbase/Blockchain Association media push mischaracterizes banking law and crypto policy.
• India adoption context carried into October coverage
  Economic Times pieces continue tracking market momentum across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and related institutional developments.

Stories By EtherWorld

• BPO Forks Explained: How Fusaka Gradually Scales Blob Capacity
• Ethereum's Ultimate Victory: Why the "Current Winner" Still Sets the Rules for Web3
• Ethereum’s 'Institutional-Grade' Security Is Paying Off: Why TradFi Leaders Trust ETH?
• BALs Ready, ePBS Next: Glamsterdam Devnet-0 on Horizon
• Holesky First, Hoodi Last: Fusaka’s Testnet Journey Begins Oct 1
• Ethereum’s Future of Cheap Rollups Begins with Fusaka

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

• Geth v1.16.4 enables Fusaka
  Summary: Activates Osaka (Fusaka) and two blob-parameter-only forks on testnets; recommended for those joining upcoming fork transitions.
• Erigon v3.2.0 “Quirky Quests”
  Summary: Completes Fusaka with testnet schedules, adds eth/69, new RPCs, downloader, p2p and EVM optimizations, plus extensive fixes.
• Nimbus CL v25.9.1 urgency update
  Summary: Low urgency on mainnet; high urgency for Hoodi, Sepolia, Holesky ahead of Fusaka activations; operators should update promptly.
• Prysm v6.0.5 and v6.1.0
  Summary: Critical stability patch for all; Windows choose 6.0.5, 6.1.0 adds broader changes including Fusaka testnet support.
• Lodestar Fusaka pre-release
  Summary: Pre-release ships Fusaka configs for Holesky, Sepolia, Hoodi testnets to enable testing before full release, pending Holesky success.

Client versions

• Execution Layer:
  • Nethermind 1.34.0 [New Release]
  • Geth 1.16.4 [New Release]
  • Erigon 3.2.0 [New Release]
  • Besu 25.9.0 [New Release]
  • Reth 1.8.2
  • EthereumJS
• Consensus Layer:
  • Teku 25.9.3 [New Release]
  • Nimbus 25.9.2 [New Release]
  • Prysm 6.1.1 [New Release]
  • Lodestar 1.34.1
  • Lighthouse 7.1.0

Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Ethereum Standards:

EIPs

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

ERCs

• Latest Drafts: ERC-7893

• Last Call:

  • ERC-7950: Encode chain id with transaction hash
    • Last Call Deadline: 2025-10-01
  • ERC-6909: Minimal Multi-Token Interface
    • Last Call Deadline: 2025-09-11
  • ERC- 7857: AI Agents NFT with Private Metadata
    • Last Call Deadline: 2025-10-23

• Reached Final:

  • ERC-7878: Bequeathable Contracts
  • ERC- 7858: Expirable NFTs and SBTs
  • ERC- 6909: Minimal Multi-Token Interface

Insights from EIPsInsights.com

Podcasts

• The Future of ZK Tooling: Insights from powdr with Leo Alt | EPD #26
  • Pooja Ranjan and Leo Alt discuss the innovative project powdr, which aims to enhance the developer experience in the ZK ecosystem through automatic precompilation. They explore the motivations behind the project, its economic implications, and the challenges faced in the adoption of zero-knowledge technology.
• DIP Box: A New Era for Blockchain Governance with Tim Pechersky | EPD #25
  • Pooja Ranjan and Tim [Peersky] discuss the significance of improvement proposals in the Ethereum ecosystem, the challenges faced in the EIP process, and the introduction of DIP Box, a platform aimed at streamlining proposal lifecycles and enhancing community engagement.
• The Global Rise of Authoritarian Tech - Surveillance, Censorship & AI
  • We cover everything from Nepal’s protest movement to China’s sophisticated censorship stack, the global spyware industry, and the unsettling rise of predictive policing and AI in warfare.
• How DoubleZero Built a Faster Internet for Crypto and Helped All DePIN
  • Austin Federa joins on launch day to reveal how the project built a new high-performance network for blockchains, plus why the SEC’s no-action letter could be a turning point for DePIN.

Upcoming Events

• Oct 5 – 19: Urbe Village
• Oct 11: ProtoLayers Conference
• Oct 17 – 19: ETHRome Hackathon
• Oct 24 – 26: Encode London 2025

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