ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 201st Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call. During the call, EF Developer Operations Engineer Parithosh Jayanthi highlighted three open pull requests (PR) for the Pectra Devnet 5 specification and requested the client teams to review them as soon as possible to finalize the Devnet 5 specification, as follows:EIP 7742, removing the blob limit between Cl and EL for each block (consensus);Adding EIP 7691, increasing blob throughput (consensus);Changes required for EIP 7742 (execution API).Core developer Tim Beiko stated that he would add EIP 7691 to the Pectra Meta EIP after the call. EF researcher Ansgar Dietrichs mentioned that he has identified the updated score for EIP 7691 and is ready to merge it into the Devnet 5 specification.Additionally, the developers have agreed to remove pre-Merge block body and receipt data by May 1, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the key points from the 201st Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call:The formal confirmation of Pectra's inclusion in EIP 7691 will double the blob capacity;The EIP 7623, which increases calldata costs, has also been included;The EIP 7762, which increases the minimum blob base fee, has not been included (more discussion may occur in the next ACD);The EIP 7639, which stops providing historical records before the merge, and the EIP 5-4803, which limits transaction gas, may be related to Pectra and are pending further discussion (the former is purely a network change, while the latter is a retrospective EIP that will not change existing client behavior).Additionally, two weeks ago, the Mekong testnet based on the Pectra Devnet 4 specification encountered significant issues, leading all client teams to release fixes. Mekong is now stable, and developers are focused on launching Devnet 5. Developers will discuss the timelines for Devnet 5 and 6 in the Pectra testing conference call next Monday.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 200th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call, where developers shared the latest updates on Pectra Devnet and the next steps for PeerDAS Devnet; they also discussed short-term solutions to address Ethereum's historical growth issues and the removal of EIP 7610 from Pectra; additionally, the team plans to phase out Pectra Devnet 4 soon.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 199th Ethereum Core Developer Execution (ACDE) conference call.This week, developers discussed and coordinated modifications to the Ethereum Execution Layer (EL) during the meeting, reaffirming the decision to include EIP 7742 in Pectra as a prerequisite for increasing blob capacity in the upgrade.Pectra Devnet 4 was launched on October 18, and Busa and his team will conduct further testing on the client on Devnet 4 in the coming weeks; additionally, developers discussed various specification changes that should be included in Pectra Devnet 5.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the key points from the 198th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call:Developers are debugging Pectra Devnet 3;Developers plan to launch Pectra Devnet 4 before next Thursday (October 17);There are 2 new EIPs in Pectra for consideration, namely EIP7782 and EIP7783, both aimed at improving L1 scalability.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 198th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call. This week, developers discussed EIP 7782 and 7783 that may be included in Pectra. The former proposes to shorten the slot time from 12 seconds to 8 seconds, while the latter suggests a new mechanism to increase the block gas fee limit.Developers have not yet decided whether to incorporate these two mechanisms into Pectra or future upgrades; the deadline for submitting Pectra system contract audit proposals is October 11, and accepted proposals will be confirmed by October 22 at the latest; developers decided to include the EIP 6110 update in Devnet 4; developers agreed to try to launch Pectra Devnet 4 before the Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) conference call on October 17.Additionally, developers are considering names for the public Pectra testnet. Several naming suggestions proposed by community members include MooDeng and Khlong.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 197th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference, discussing and coordinating changes to the Ethereum Execution Layer (EL). Developers agreed to advance the Pectra upgrade within a limited scope, currently only including 8 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) on Devnet 3. They also agreed that a set of 4 EIPs related to the Ethereum blob fee market might be included in Pectra during the upgrade planning process, with Vitalik expressing support for increasing blob capacity in Pectra, while other developers voiced opposition, and no conclusion has been reached yet.Other blob-related EIPs include EIP 7762 (increase MIN_BASE_FEE_PER_BLOB_GAS), EIP 7623 (increase calldata costs), and EIP 7742 (separate blob counting between CL and EL).Beiko confirmed that the next upgrade after Pectra will indeed be named Fusaka, which will include PeerDAS and EOF. Fusaka may also incorporate additional EIPs, provided that further progress can be made on the implementation of these two EIPs. Finally, Beiko stated that a new EIP for EL upgrades will be opened after Osaka, named "Amsterdam," and the EIP originally considered for inclusion in Osaka, namely Verkle, will be carried over to the new Amsterdam EIP.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 196th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call. This week, developers discussed the issue of splitting the upgrade into two parts, which would allow for code changes to be released on Devnet 3 in a shorter time frame (possibly in February next year). Developers agreed to make a final decision on this in the next conference call.EF Developer Operations Engineer shared the latest progress on cleaning up the Ethereum public testnet GitHub repository and restructuring it to improve usability. Pectra Devnet 3 was released on September 11, including fixes for validator merging in EIP 7251 and updates to the specification of EIP 7702.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 141st Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call, with the main points including:The debugging work for Pectra devnet 2 is nearing completion;The release date for Pectra devnet 3 is yet to be determined;The client teams are testing their latest implementations locally;The release date for Peerdas devnet 2 is yet to be determined;There are still some unresolved issues regarding how to design Peerdas proof computation to be more friendly to home stakers and those running validators on low-spec hardware.

ChainCatcher news, EGalaxy Research Vice President Christine Kim summarized the 193rd Ethereum Core Developer Execution (ACDE) conference call, which discussed the testing progress of the Pectra upgrade, the threat of quantum computers, EIP-7212, and EIP-6110, among other topics.Developers postponed the decision on whether to include EIP-7212 in Pectra, focusing instead on resolving existing code issues. The discussion also covered preparations for Ethereum's resistance to quantum attacks and the proposal for distributing historical data through EIP-4444.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 192nd Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference call, where developers shared their latest progress on implementing various code changes, including Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 7702 and the addition of the Ethereum Object Format (EOF) in Pectra. The EF Developer Operations team's "pk910" also shared updates on Pectra Devnet 1.Developers have differing views on EOF and decided to temporarily incorporate EOF into Pectra. Additionally, before making decisions on EIP 7742 or RIP 7212, developers should focus on the release of Pectra Devnet 1 and the development of EOF and EIP 7702.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 190th Ethereum Core Developer Execution (ACDE) call, where developers shared their latest progress on implementing various code changes, including Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) 7251 and 7702, as well as the Ethereum Object Format (EOF) and PeerDAS. Beiko also shared a suggested template for EIP discussion threads, and EF Developer Operations Engineer Parithosh Jayanthi highlighted a new GitHub page "eth-clients" for Ethereum mainnet and testnet configurations.In addition, the developers aim to launch the next dedicated testnet for the Pectra upgrade next week. The main specification changes between the previous testnet Devnet 0 and the upcoming testnet are as follows: the addition of EL-triggered validator merge functionality and the replacement of EIP 3074 with EIP 7702.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim shared the main points from the latest call of Ethereum Core Developers (ACDE), where developers discussed and coordinated changes to the Ethereum Execution Layer (EL).This week, the main discussion points among developers included:A new feature added to the execution API that will allow users to access return data from transactions;The minimum priority fee requirement for Geth;Progress update on Pectra Devnet;Expected timeline for the Pectra upgrade.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko summarized the 183rd Ethereum Core Developer Execution (ACDE) call, where EIP-2935 and EIP-3074 have been confirmed to be included in the Pectra upgrade; EOF and EIP-7623 are in the CFI (Consider For Inclusion) category, with a final decision expected soon; EIP-7667 and Verkle migration have entered the CFI category for the Osaka upgrade.It is reported that with EIP-3074, users can sign messages with a private key that contains their intent. The message is then included in the caller's on-chain transaction. The caller uses the signed message and the AUTH opcode to control the user's account, and with AUTHCALL, it can perform actions on behalf of the user.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko recorded the latest ACDE meeting content on social media, stating that the Dencun upgrade is progressing smoothly, with no major issues observed.Additionally, all upgraded EIPs will be transferred to the final version next week. Goerli will be "officially" shut down next month. Most validators have already shut down.The meeting then discussed the upcoming fork Pectra, where Stokes raised some design questions regarding the EIP-2537 BLS precompile, which has been included in the fork.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko summarized the latest Ethereum core developer execution layer meeting (ACDE). He stated that the client teams are willing to adhere to the testnet deployment schedule. Sepolia will fork on January 30, and Holesky will fork on February 7, with a new client version expected to be released next week.

ChainCatcher news, last night, the 178th Ethereum Core Developers Execution Meeting (ACDE #178) was held online. According to the minutes taken by the meeting host Lightclients, the activation date for the Dencun upgrade on the Goerli testnet has been set for January 17. Additionally, the developers have tentatively agreed to set January 30 and February 7 as the upgrade dates for the Sepolia testnet and Holesky testnet, respectively.However, some developers expressed concerns that the upgrade interval between the Goerli testnet and the Sepolia testnet is too short, which may not be sufficient to observe potential issues. In response, Lightclients stated that ACDE #179 is scheduled to be held on January 18. If any issues arise within the first 24 hours after the Goerli testnet upgrade, the developers will have the opportunity to revisit the subsequent schedule arrangements.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized NFT lending market Arcade.xyz has launched AracdeDAO and the governance token ARCD. The protocol and governance module will be managed by token holders, and ARCD will serve as a tool for voting on proposals and influencing the direction of the ArcadeDAO ecosystem.Currently, the airdrop claim page for ARCD has gone live, with snapshots and airdrops for over 6000 wallets composed of early adopters and community members. Additionally, the ARCD token will initially be non-transferable and will require governance proposal approval for transfer. Future ARCD airdrop allocations will be referred to as Levels, with details for Level 1 to be announced on October 26.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 172nd Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call on October 12, where developers discussed the progress of the Cancun and Deneb (Dencun) tests and the development of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Object Format, specifically:The update for Devnet #9 launched on September 29: The current participation rate of Devnet #9 is 93%, meaning that 93% of validators are actively participating in network consensus. Currently, the 7% of non-operational validators are mainly composed of Geth (EL)/Teku (CL) validator nodes. There are also issues with the Erigon (EL)/Prysm (CL) client combination and the EthereumJS (EL) client. The Flashbots team is testing MEV-Boost relays and builders on Devnet #9. Blob transactions have not yet been tested through the MEV-Boost builder.Devnet #10 will not be ready this week but may be ready next week. Developers hope to test the trusted setup files from the EIP 4844 KZG ceremony. Devnet #10 will feature a large validator set, including 330,000 active validators. At the launch of the development network, there will be a significant influx of validator deposits and exits, which will trigger a change in the churn limit from 5 changes to 4 changes within about a day or two after the network starts.Latest progress on EVM Object Format (EOF) development: EOF is a set of EIPs focused on changes to the EVM, which is the virtual machine built on Ethereum for executing smart contract code. Currently, there are four main teams developing EOF: including Team Ipsilon, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, the EL client teams (such as Geth, Besu, and Nethermind), high-level language compiler teams (such as Solidity and Vyper), and smart contract developers. EOF needs to create a new container format for EVM code while still maintaining the current format.Several developers, including Tim Beiko, are hesitant about the timeline for EOF implementation after the Dencun upgrade, which is estimated to be three to six months. Developers are considering incorporating another major code change from Prague/Electra, which is Verkle.

ChainCatcher message, the 171st Ethereum Execution Layer Core Developer Meeting (ACDE) was held on September 28. Ethereum supporter Tim Beiko summarized the meeting, stating that the main topics discussed were:Progress of the Devnet developer testnet (Devnet-9 is expected to go live tomorrow, and the next step is to launch Devnet-10, primarily for testing EIP-7514, which sets the validator activation queue limit Max Epoch Churn Limit to 8, slowing the growth of ETH staking rates to allow time for designing a better validator reward scheme; once completed, it will enter the public testnet phase);Review of the EIP-4788 audit (mainly identified two major issues related to zero timestamps and Ring Buffer size; EIP-4788 aims to allow contracts on the EL to access the CL, primarily related to staking & MEV);Review of the Holesky restart (there were some issues an hour before the launch, but the network gradually stabilized afterward and achieved finality);Introduction of EIP-7503 (to implement privacy transfers of ETH, where users send ETH to a provably unspendable address, and then, using a new transaction type, they can provide proof that they burned the ETH and re-minted it at another address), and the removal of a small note in EIP-6780 (this EIP mainly modifies the functionality of the SELFDESTRUCT opcode, primarily to prepare for future applications of Verkle trees), etc.