ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 203rd Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call, which discussed the release and specification updates of Pectra Devnet 5, the testing plan for increased gas fee limits on the Holesky testnet, RPC standardization efforts, and minimum node hardware and bandwidth requirements.EF Developer Operations Engineer Parithosh Jayanthi mentioned that a gas fee estimation issue was discovered on Devnet 5 and plans to collect logs to share in the R&D Discord channel. Developers also reached a preliminary consensus on several EIP updates and established a timeline for the Pectra upgrade testnet and mainnet, aiming to complete the mainnet upgrade by March 2025.

ChainCatcher news, summarized by Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim, highlighted that the 147th Ethereum Core Developer Consensus (ACDC) meeting focused on the advancement plan for Pectra Devnet 5. The Mekong network (based on the Pectra Devnet 4 specifications) is running stably, with no new issues reported.Developers suggested removing the GAS limit for validator modification blocks to avoid consensus failures and decided to remove EIP 7742, simplifying the Pectra upgrade process by increasing the Blob count through modifications to the genesis configuration. The team plans to complete the deployment of Pectra Devnet 5 by the end of the year and continue optimizing related EIPs and specifications.

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, Pipe Network contributor David Rhodus posted on X: "Over the weekend, Pipe Network wrote 47,969 lines of Rust code and processed 13.39 million API calls in the backend. The Pipe PoP node DevNet is about to launch."In addition, according to community members, Pipe Network has now started mining.According to RootData, Pipe Network is a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) based on Solana. This secure, scalable, and highly localized solution allows permissionless contributors to deploy access points (PoP) in target areas, ensuring lightning-fast access to high-quality media and real-time applications.

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 published a summary of the 145th Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) conference call.This week, developers discussed the proposed changes to the Pectra specification to be included in Pectra Devnet 5; there were no major issues with Pectra Devnet 4, and the team has implemented various fixes to allow all users to propose blocks on the development network; Peer DAS Devnet 3 has been closed after a reorganization of 100,000 slots; it is unlikely that the team will launch a new Peer DAS development network before the Ethereum developer conference Devcon concludes.

ChainCatcher news, according to Arcticstartup, the Lithuanian blockchain startup Vixichain announced the completion of a $7 million financing round, with investor information not yet disclosed. The company primarily targets traditional financial markets, promoting institutional participation in public blockchains. The new funds will support its accelerated launch of the development network DevNet and the mainnet, as well as the establishment of strategic alliances with financial institutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Otherside development company Improbable will launch the Somnia blockchain DevNet phase.The official statement indicates that this blockchain will handle over 400,000 transactions per second (TPS), with sub-second latency and low fees, and is compatible with the Ethereum EVM.

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 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 message, the Galaxy official website released the summary of the 143rd Ethereum Consensus Layer Core Developers Conference (ACDC). This meeting mainly discussed:Pectra Devnet 3 update (debugging work is still ongoing)Pectra Devnet 4 preparation status (discussion on simplifying requests triggered by EL and delegating them to CL for parsing, etc.)PeerDAS Devnet update (the latest PeerDAS devnet is facing issues with achieving finality, a restart may be necessary)Update on the implementation of "engine_getBlobsV1" (aimed at helping low-bandwidth validators propose blocks in a timely manner, client teams are working on implementing this method, Stokes emphasized that this is the current top priority)Discussion on increasing blob throughput (some developers suggested first increasing the target number of blobs, and then adjusting based on analysis results)In addition, most developers support the proposal of EIP 7742, which decouples the blob counting between CL and EL.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 142nd Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) conference call. This week, developers discussed the decision to split the Pectra upgrade into two hard forks, developers have begun fuzz testing on Pectra Devnet 3, communicated pending issues related to Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) on Pectra Devnet 3, and a developer of the Base Rollup protocol, known by the pseudonym Francis, submitted an analysis report to support increasing the Blob Gas target for the first part of the Pectra upgrade.

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, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 141st Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.This week, developers discussed modifications to the Ethereum Consensus Layer (CL), various updates to the consensus layer specifications and engine API in the Pectra upgrade (including EIP7251 and Beacon block body, etc.), and how to address the proof computation issues for resource-constrained node operators (primarily Home Stakers) in PeerDAS. PeerDAS Devnet2 is expected to be rebuilt on the basis of the Pectra upgrade, rather than Deneb.

ChainCatcher message, ZetaChain posted on X that at 17:34:05 local time on August 27, the ZetaChain transaction was successfully relayed to Solana devnet. The support from Solana will make ZetaChain the first public L1 platform to support native cross-chain DApps across three major chains (Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum) in a universal and simple way.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the re-staking protocol Symbiotic has launched its development network on the Ethereum Holesky testnet, with the mainnet set to be released later in the third quarter.It is reported that Symbiotic allows users to deposit assets into secure third-party protocols and is a competitor to EigenLayer.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the main points from the 139th Ethereum Core Developers Consensus Meeting (ACDC #139). Debugging for Devnet 2 of the Pectra upgrade is ongoing, and the release date for Devnet 3 is yet to be determined; developers will hold weekly testing update meetings starting Monday to better coordinate the release of Pectra's Devnet; the decision to include EIP-7688 in the Pectra upgrade has been postponed again.

ChainCatcher message, the restaking protocol Symbiotic, backed by Paradigm and Lido, announced on X that its core contracts have been launched on GitHub, marking the first deployment of slashing code in the restaking protocol.The code may undergo changes and will undergo 5 independent audits from Statemind, Chainsecurity, Zellic, Osec, and Certora.The official statement indicates that the open codebase allows anyone to start exploring the possibilities of building with Symbiotic. Additionally, a complete Devnet is set to be released soon.

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.