The Ether: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Blocks: 25,936,090 - 25,943,260
Slots: 15,173,999 - 15,181,198

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The day in review

Protocol

Ethereum Foundation set a 2029 deadline for quantum resistance and trimmed Hegotá to two must-ship proposals, FOCIL and Frame Transactions.
Client teams pushed networking efficiency work, shipped Erigon and Ethrex updates, modeled Glamsterdam's fee market, and floated a quantum-safe mempool…

Apps

Consensys split into MetaMask and a protocols company, while Aave raised USDe borrowing rates via automated risk parameters.

World

Block sought a national bank charter for crypto custody as U.S. Bank tested its own stablecoin for cross-border payments.

Forkcast:

P2P Networking #8: RowDAS row reconstruction, Fast Payload Broadcast via EIP-8411, Ethp2p progress

Core developers finalized row-based data availability sampling to cut per-node CPU by two orders of magnitude, and advanced fast payload broadcast and IPv6 support across clients.

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Consensys:

Consensys Software Inc. splits into MetaMask consumer platform and Consensys protocols company

ConsenSys is restructuring into two independent entities: MetaMask focuses on self-custodial consumer finance, while the protocols group continues infrastructure for institutional blockchain applications.

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Bankless:

EIP-8288 proposes mempool redesign to cheapen quantum-safe signatures and private transactions

A new cryptographic approach could make advanced signature schemes and encrypted transactions affordable for everyday use on Ethereum.

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Top podcasts this day

The Edge Podcast:
Could Derive V3 Be "The Lighter" of Ethereum's Onchain Options? | DeFi Frontier
video · apps · 1.3k views · 5d ago
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Rocket Pool:
Rocket Pool Community Call | 03 September 2026
video · protocol · 5d ago
Epicenter:
The DAO Security Fund: Turning a Historic Hack into Ethereum's Future | Griff Green
video · world · 5d ago
Zero Knowledge:
Episode 409 - The Evolution from ZKP2P to Peer with Richard Liang
video · apps · 5d ago

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