The Ether: Saturday, August 22, 2026

Blocks: 25,806,959 - 25,814,125
Slots: 15,044,399 - 15,051,598

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The day in review

Protocol

Lido researchers reconsidered MEV extraction tradeoffs as enshrined proposer-builder separation approaches implementation.

Apps

Arbitrum shipped developer resources, gaming partnerships, and performance benchmarks across three completed grant projects.

World

A quiet day here.

Lido Research:

Lido Research Part 2 revisits MEV stance in light of ePBS

The Ethereum community's understanding of MEV extraction tradeoffs evolves as enshrined proposer-builder separation moves from research toward implementation.

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Arbitrum DAO:

Arbitrum Codex final report: developer resource platform shipped with live testing

Grant deliverable completes a production-ready code template library paired with integrated environment for testing Arbitrum snippets.

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Arbitrum DAO:

AGDAO x Arbitrum TikTok and X GameFi Sprint final report delivered

Grant project completes ecosystem partnerships combining web3 gaming with social media integration on Arbitrum.

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Arbitrum DAO:

Stylus benchmarking report shows common contract primitives performance vs EVM

A developer grant deliverable benchmarks Stylus smart contracts against EVM equivalents to help projects optimize performance on Arbitrum.

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Also in the news this day

Stories that gathered new coverage this day but broke earlier, so they live on their own day's page.