Censorship resistance

Paper examines cost of censorship resistance in multiple proposer protocols

Research on rational concurrent proposers models how much sybil attacks cost to censor transactions in protocols with multiple block builders.

FOCIL Breakout #43: devnet 0 nears, inclusion list bits missing from payload attributes stream

FOCIL is a proposed Ethereum change meant to stop block builders from censoring transactions, and this call found client teams close to a first test network but missing a piece of data validators need.

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FOCIL Breakout #42: devnet-0 needs 2 EL and 2 CL clients, EIP-8369 sets two VOPS eligibility profiles

FOCIL is a proposed Ethereum feature that enforces inclusion lists for transactions, and this breakout call set devnet-0's testing bar at two execution and two consensus clients while EIP-8369 proposed two eligibility profiles for which transactions get inclusion guarantees.

Ethereum Foundation targets 2029 quantum resistance deadline, narrows Hegotá to FOCIL and Frame Transactions

The Foundation published a concrete roadmap with a 2029 quantum-resistance deadline and narrowed the Hegotá upgrade scope to two must-ship proposals, declining issuance and reward policy changes pending broader ecosystem process.

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FOCIL Breakout #42 scheduled for September 15, agenda posted

Execution layer developers will meet to discuss spec updates, testing improvements, and implementation progress.

FOCIL Breakout #41 scheduled for September 1, agenda posted

The FOCIL working group will discuss development, specification, and testing updates for Ethereum execution-layer infrastructure.

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Ethereal weekly #36: Glamsterdam upgrade proposed for public testnet in September-October, focil-devnet-0 targets August 31

Ethereum's major testnet upgrade and its supporting devnet milestone are advancing toward deployment, while regulatory proposals affecting crypto assets remain in flux.

Hegotá priorities ranked from 66 EIPs, censorship resistance and account abstraction lead

The EF Protocol Architecture team published a ranked priority list for the Hegotá upgrade, helping developers and the community understand which of 66 proposals will be considered first.

FOCIL Breakout #39 agenda posted, call August 18 to discuss development and spec updates

Core developers will meet to discuss Ethereum execution layer improvements and testing progress.

EVM gas accounting and censorship resistance in EIP-7999 multidimensional fee market

EIP-7999 separates data pricing from execution, with inclusion lists capped at 8 KiB to prevent builders from censoring transactions when data resources fill.

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EIP-8369 VOPS Profiles for FOCIL Eligibility posted

A new EIP proposes validity-only partial statelessness profiles to determine which validators can participate in fork-choice enforced inclusion lists.

FOCIL Breakout #39 agenda posted, call August 4

Core developers and researchers gather to discuss development updates, specification changes, and testing progress for Ethereum protocol work.

Censoring Transactions at the Protocol Layer

Research examines protocol-level transaction filtering and its implications for Ethereum's censorship resistance.

Vitalik Demos Anonymous Billboard on Aztec with Onchain Moderation

Vitalik Buterin built a prototype application on the Aztec L2 that lets users post messages anonymously while an onchain system flags inappropriate content and a designated moderator can censor posts.