The Ether: Sunday, October 18, 2026

Blocks: 26,215,722 - 26,222,895
Slots: 15,454,799 - 15,461,998

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The day in review

Protocol

A draft Ethereum standard proposed letting AI agent groups form, operate and dissolve under on-chain charters.

Apps

A quiet day here.

World

A quiet day here.

Ethereum Magicians:

Draft ERC proposes a registry and charter model for purpose-bound swarms of autonomous AI agents

A new draft standard would let AI agents and other accounts form, run and dissolve groups with a defined membership, an objective and rules for when it is met.

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Top podcasts this day

Bankless:
Weekly Rollup, Oct 16: Redtober Is Here | AI Debt Fears | $102M Ledger Attack | Richard Heart Arrested
podcast · 12k views · 14d ago
chapters (11)
1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:09Redtober: Crypto Selloff & Early Bull
3. 10:38Hot Inflation & AI Market Risks
4. 19:55Ray Dalio's Debt Warning
5. 26:23Ledger's $102M Supply-Chain Attack
6. 31:34France's Crypto Wallet Reporting Proposal
7. 34:52Bank of America, CZ & Debanking
8. 41:15Richard Heart Arrested
9. 48:43PaperTrade's 1,000x Leverage Game
10. 53:28Solana Upgrades & Starknet's Layer 1 Vote
11. 57:52NEAR Foundation & Venice AI Growth