The Ether: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Blocks: 26,014,998 - 26,022,169
Slots: 15,253,199 - 15,260,398
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The day in review
The day in review
Protocol- Ethereum Foundation researchers reviewed layer-1 scaling progress, blob demand, and account abstraction migration plans.
Aztec's privacy rollup cuts private-transaction proving time by over 2x and drops block production time from 14 to 6 seconds, launching its first wave of privacy-preserving apps.
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Uniswap is live on Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 built by Robinhood Crypto, with full support across the Uniswap Web App, Wallet, and API from day one.
Tokenized versions of major securities are live on Uniswap's Web App, Wallet, and API, letting users discover and trade tokenized SpaceX, Apple, Tesla, NVIDIA, and other assets directly from Uniswap apps.
Linea has reduced proof generation latency and RAM requirements through a fundamental redesign of Ethereum state proving, moving toward real-time finality.
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