The Ether: Sunday, September 6, 2026

Blocks: 25,914,575 - 25,921,753
Slots: 15,152,399 - 15,159,598

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The day in review

Protocol

Researchers pushed formal verification beyond single contracts toward validating whole ERC token standards as specs.
RPC Standards work kept prepping test tools and simulation APIs ahead of the Glamsterdam upgrade.

Apps

A quiet day here.

World

A quiet day here.

ethresear.ch:

Formal verification scope expands from contracts to ERC standard implementations

Ethereum researchers explore whether formal verification can validate entire ERC standards as executable specifications, not just individual deployed contracts.

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Ethereum Magicians:

RPC Standards #34 agenda posted for September 7, Amsterdam test chain and eth_simulateV1 updates

Execution layer RPC specification work continues with test infrastructure updates and simulation API refinement ahead of the Glamsterdam fork.

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Top podcasts this day

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Inside BNY Mellon's 400-Person Agentic Commerce Demo Day
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