Glamsterdam may be getting some attention (it is a fork for Q1/Q2 2026). In the meantime, we should be more concerned about any potential delays to Fusaka (Q4 2025). As I have said many times, no amount of talking about Ethereum's roadmap and vision matters if we cannot achieve coordination levels that consistently meet goals on schedule. I know that some extremely talented people are now working on resolving the issues that caused teams to suggest moving the dates. I would love to see a broad agreement that the timelines matter a lot. A lot.

The @ethereumfndn will be matching up to another $500K in donations to the legal defense of Roman Storm. Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime. The community can contribute to @rstormsf's legal defense here:

@potuz_eth @danrobinson @ralexstokes - maybe worth for you all to coordinate discussions since I have seen some pushback from @DistributedMarz @danrobinson and @ConorMcMenamin9 on ePBS that still seems unresolved?

Are ETH Treasuries good for Ethereum? @VitalikButerin thinks they can be: “ETH just being an asset that companies can have as part of their treasury is good and valuable… giving people more options is good.” But he also issues a warning: “If you woke me up 3 years from now and told me that treasuries led to the downfall of ETH… my guess would be that they turned into an overleveraged game.” More access to ETH is great—until it becomes a house of cards.

Part II of our research on the free option problem in ePBS is out: it estimates that searchers will exercise the option in 1% blocks on average, but 4-6% on high volatity days. Read more:

Virtuals Protocol in Hangzhou🇨🇳 We joined @adventurex_plan, one of China’s biggest hackathons, to run a builder workshop and share the Virtuals vision. From onchain agents to Agent Commerce Protocol, we connected with devs, sparked new ideas, and saw firsthand the momentum behind agent-native infra in Asia. Big thanks to the @adventurex_plan team for having us. More global chapters coming soon.

officially in bay area! running a small roundtable ~10ppl in berkeley in a few days on aria-related topics — if anyone is really interested and would like to join, please let me know :)

contribute to the open source TEE tooling:

New post on ! Overclocking Blocks with Gas Refunds By: - @nero_eth 🔗 Highlights: - Gas refunds incentivize users to clear storage but distort the actual gas usage reported for blocks. - Current gas accounting makes it seem like blocks are using less gas than they actually are, which can mislead network performance assessments. - EIP-7778 proposes to separate transaction refunds from block gas accounting to provide a clearer picture of resource consumption. - Implementing EIP-7778 would improve predictability of block gas usage and increase network stability. - The proposed change preserves user incentives for efficient storage management while ensuring accurate gas accounting. ELI5: Ethereum uses a system called gas to measure how much work is done when processing transactions. When users clear out storage, they get some gas back as a reward. However, this can make it look like blocks are using less gas than they really are, which can confuse how we understand the network's performance. The article suggests a change to keep these rewards for users but not count them when measuring how much gas a block uses.

The 3 key challenges for multi-agent system design according to @Chi_Wang_ of Google DeepMind: - Consensus - Shared state - Interop Protocol designers and devs anything sounds familiar?! The frontier of AI requires solving problems we’ve been facing for years in Ethereum. Lots of upcoming problems at the intersection of distributed systems and AI with huge impact.