Ethereum Foundation: Glamsterdam is scheduled for the Hoodi testnet, following Sepolia activation on October 6
Glamsterdam, an Ethereum network upgrade, brings enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists.
The week in the Ether: October 10-16, 2026
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Airbender Prime proves Ethereum blocks on GPU using post-quantum STARKs
Ethereum blocks can now be verified in real time by independent parties on a single GPU, strengthening proof accessibility.
More: ETH Daily
Uniswap VolatilePair Hook launches dynamic fees for volatile pairs starting ETH/USDC
The Uniswap hook charges asymmetric buy and sell fees on ETH/USDC to retain arbitrage value for liquidity providers during sharp price moves.
More: The Defiant
Aztec targets full post-quantum migration by end of 2030, hardened libraries in early 2027
Aztec's Layer 2 is building quantum-resistant privacy today and mapping a path to full post-quantum security dependent on Ethereum protocol changes.
More: The Defiant
Balaji's Network School buys Farcaster from Neynar, new smart contract lets core team set posting rules and ban accounts
Farcaster, a decentralized social network built on Ethereum, changes hands again less than nine months after Neynar took over.
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Polygon completes Coinme acquisition, adding 37 state money transmitter licenses
Polygon secures direct regulatory authority to offer stablecoin payments across the U.S., embedding payments into its Open Money Stack.
More: The Block
ACDC #189: Builder onboarding race condition fix rejected for Glamsterdam on Hoodi, Hegotá EIPs declined
The All Core Devs Consensus (ACDC) call #189 declined to fix a builder-onboarding bug before Glamsterdam forks on Hoodi October 26, and finalized declines of EIP-7716, EIP-8025, and EIP-8359 for the Hegotá upgrade.
SSV Node v2.5.0 ships ePBS support and QBFT round tune for Glamsterdam
SSV's node software gains full ePBS validator duties ahead of the Glamsterdam fork, readying operators for builder integration.
Core Solidity frontend adds algebraic types, pattern matching, generics, and compile-time evaluation
A new Solidity compiler frontend enables functional programming patterns and moves compiler logic into a standard library, making the language more flexible for complex contract development.
Lido adds direct ETH staking from four Layer 2s to interface with wstETH returns
Users can now stake ETH natively on Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Polygon and receive wstETH rewards, bridging capital back to Ethereum while simplifying the path for L2-based stakers.
Top podcasts this week
- Weekly Rollup, Oct 16: Redtober Is Here | AI Debt Fears | $102M Ledger Attack | Richard Heart Arrestedpodcast · 7.9k views · 26d ago
chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:09Redtober: Crypto Selloff & Early Bull
- 10:38Hot Inflation & AI Market Risks
- 19:55Ray Dalio's Debt Warning
- 26:23Ledger's $102M Supply-Chain Attack
- 31:34France's Crypto Wallet Reporting Proposal
- 34:52Bank of America, CZ & Debanking
- 41:15Richard Heart Arrested
- 48:43PaperTrade's 1,000x Leverage Game
- 53:28Solana Upgrades & Starknet's Layer 1 Vote
- 57:52NEAR Foundation & Venice AI Growth
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- 0:00Intro
- 1:55Why privacy matters
- 4:18What is Railgun?
- 5:50How to do a private swap on Ethereum with Railgun
- 9:42Railgun is like a privacy safe, but not a mixer
- 12:47Common uses of Railgun
- 16:50Privacy limitations: the privacy set problem explained
- 20:00Is Railgun similar to an L2?
- 23:48The balancing act of unstoppable access
- 25:49Railgun vs Zcash differences explained
- 30:47Which apps can I use for private DeFi with Railgun?
- 33:25Wallet-level privacy vs application-level privacy
- 41:41Railgun’s relationship working with the Ethereum Foundation
- 47:43Will privacy become a default setting or an option?
- 52:16The RAIL token: staking, governance, and yield
- 54:32Closing
- Strk’s L1 Bet: Eli Ben-Sasson on Starknet’s Exit Planvideo · apps · 1.2k views · 27d ago
chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:32Why a Ledger reseller became the entry point for a supply chain attack
- 9:15Taylor on how the CryptoBilis attack moved past fake devices and scratchers
- 19:01Why Taylor says panicked Ledger owners now face the bigger risk
- 20:17Why Austin sees DIY hardware wallets as the future
- 30:34How Taylor “demixed” Zcash by following the gas trail
- 34:52Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at
- 35:37What the bug planted in OpenAI's office says about AI espionage
- 41:42Austin's homemade Alexa, blood wallet, and AI-run electronics bench
- 48:04Why a decade-old XRP infinite mint bug points to AI-assisted hunting
- 51:04Is $250K enough? Taylor compares the XRP bounty to Google's Chrome payout
- 1:00:30StarkNet wants to become an L1: why Kain thinks that's where L2s end up
- 1:11:03How MegaETH shows why L2 ecosystems struggle to keep their apps
- Krista Lynch: Wall Street Is Going All In On Digital Assets (Insider Take)video · world · 13k views · 28d ago
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- 0:00Intro
- 2:01Zcash ETF In-Kind Transactions Explained
- 4:08Tax Planning And Succession Via ETF
- 6:13Re-Tokenizing Back Onchain From An ETF
- 8:14Covered Call Yield Funds Filed By Grayscale
- 10:33Advisors Now Inundate Grayscale With Crypto Questions
- 12:30How Much Of The FA Landscape Is Left?
- 14:20Zcash Is AI Resistant Money
- 15:01Grayscale Hires Head Of Onchain Asset Management
- 16:22Institutional Bull Market Turns Into A Broad One