The Ether: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Blocks: 26,093,738 - 26,100,913
Slots: 15,332,399 - 15,339,598
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The day in review
The day in review
Protocol- ACDC #188 trimmed Hegotá's scope, dropping the staking reward burn and narrowing EIP-8365 to a deposit guard change, while setting Oct 27 for Hoodi's…
- Clients readied Sepolia for Glamsterdam and Gloas testing, Lighthouse patched security bugs, MetaMask pulled validators from Lido, and a new zkAPI tool enabled…
Apps- Aave's V4 deposits topped $1B and its risk parameters got tightened, Marinade blocked a DAO takeover attempt, and Robinhood added stock token swaps via Arcus.
A new Ethereum Foundation tool lets developers authorize API requests with zero-knowledge proofs instead of revealing their identity, keeping usage private while ensuring payment.
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Ethereum researchers pulled a proposed issuance policy change from the next upgrade after community and staking service objections, planning a separate issuance-policy process.
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