Topics

A page for each thread the site follows over time, with every story on it since launch, newest first. Stories are placed by what they say, not by source, so a client release, a forum post, and an outlet's report on the same upgrade sit together.

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Upgrades

  • Glamsterdam · 67 stories
    Ethereum network upgrade
  • Hegotá · 91 stories
    The upgrade planned after Glamsterdam, and what is being scoped into it.

Protocol

  • Fast Confirmation Rule · 5 stories
    FCR lets applications treat a block as confirmed in seconds, from validator attestations, ahead of finality.
  • Blobs and data availability · 18 stories
    Blob capacity, fees, and PeerDAS, the data layer rollups post to.
  • Account abstraction · 39 stories
    Smart accounts and the proposals behind them, from EIP-7702 to frame transactions.
  • L1 zkEVM · 4 stories
    Proving Ethereum's own blocks: zkVMs, real-time proving, and the path to a zkEVM at layer 1.
  • Quantum resistance · 39 stories
    Post-quantum signatures, migration plans, and what a quantum computer would mean for Ethereum.
  • Gas limit · 10 stories
    Raising the block gas limit, and what each step means for nodes and throughput.
  • MEV and block building · 46 stories
    Proposer-builder separation, inclusion lists, and who gets to order transactions.
  • Staking · 75 stories
    Validators, staking protocols, and the economics of securing the chain.
  • Restaking · 1 story
    EigenLayer, Symbiotic, and the services built on restaked ETH.
  • EIP-8363 · 4 stories
    The proposal to change ETH issuance, and the debate around it.

CROPS

  • CROPS · 132 stories
    Censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, the four properties Ethereum is built to keep
  • Censorship resistance · 14 stories
    Keeping Ethereum open to anyone's transactions, from inclusion lists to neutral block building
  • Open source · 3 stories
    Code released in the open, license changes, and the software Ethereum runs on
  • Privacy · 51 stories
    Private payments, privacy networks, and the tools that keep onchain activity confidential
  • Security · 66 stories
    Exploits, vulnerabilities, audits, and the work that keeps users and protocols safe

Apps

  • Stablecoins · 109 stories
    USDC, USDT, and the rest of the dollars on Ethereum, and the rules being written for them.
  • Tokenization · 84 stories
    Stocks, funds, and treasuries issued onchain, and who is issuing them.
  • ENS · 21 stories
    The Ethereum Name Service and what is built on it.
  • Uniswap · 14 stories
    The Uniswap protocol, its versions, and Unichain.
  • Aave · 67 stories
    The Aave lending protocol and its governance.
  • Morpho · 18 stories
    The Morpho lending network and the products built on it.
  • MetaMask · 10 stories
    The MetaMask wallet and its releases.
  • Farcaster · 1 story
    The Farcaster social protocol and its clients.
  • Layer 2s · 153 stories
    Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and the other networks that run on top of Ethereum

World

  • Finance on Ethereum · 44 stories
    What banks, asset managers, and regulators are doing on Ethereum, from ETFs and tokenized funds to stablecoins and the rules being written for them
  • ETH ETFs · 10 stories
    Spot ether ETFs, their flows, and what the issuers are allowed to do next.
  • The SEC · 14 stories
    What the Securities and Exchange Commission says and does about Ethereum.
  • CLARITY Act · 6 stories
    The US market structure bill, and its path through Congress.
  • ETH treasury companies · 5 stories
    Public companies holding ETH as a treasury asset, and how much they hold.
  • Ethereum Foundation · 22 stories
    The Ethereum Foundation, its teams, grants, and changes.
  • Ethlabs · 12 stories
    Ethlabs, the research and development lab, and its work.
  • Devcon · 3 stories
    Devcon: dates, programming, community hubs, and what gets announced there.