ChainCatcher news, Vitalik released the future development of the Ethereum protocol (Part Three: The Scourge), proposing 2 key goals:Minimize the centralization risk of the Ethereum staking layer (especially in terms of block building and capital supply, i.e., MEV and staking pools);Minimize the risk of extracting excessive value from users.Vitalik emphasized that addressing issues such as the centralization bottleneck in block building, staking centralization due to economic reasons, the 32 ETH minimum staking requirement, and hardware requirements will contribute to the decentralized development of Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, at the "10th Global Blockchain Summit" hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab, Vitalik Buterin stated in his speech, "In the future, Ethereum can achieve over 100,000 TPS through L2, and transfers between any chains can be completed within 2 seconds, additionally forming a unified user experience. The infrastructure of Ethereum is also expanding, and the links of security are more important than EVM."

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik released a new article on the future development of the Ethereum protocol (Part 2: The Surge): "Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge," with the following key objectives:Achieve 100,000+ TPS on L1 + L2;Maintain the decentralization and robustness of L1;Ensure that at least some L2s fully inherit Ethereum's core properties (trustlessness, openness, censorship resistance);Maximize interoperability between L2s. Ethereum should function as an ecosystem, not 34 different blockchains.The article states that the current task is to complete the rollup-centric roadmap and address related issues while maintaining the robustness and decentralization of Ethereum L1.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, during a recent interview with analysts from research and brokerage firm Bernstein, MicroStrategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor stated that the company's ultimate goal is to become a leading Bitcoin bank.Michael Saylor believes that Bitcoin is a revolutionary form of digital capital that can effectively hedge against inflation and serve as an excellent tool for long-term value storage. Saylor thinks that Bitcoin's volatility attracts investors seeking high returns, and over time, it will become an indispensable asset in both institutional and retail portfolios.Saylor views MicroStrategy as a Bitcoin bank, with its core business focused on creating Bitcoin capital market instruments that cover stocks, convertible bonds, fixed income, and preferred shares. MicroStrategy will not lend money like traditional banks; instead, it seeks to borrow funds at low interest rates, offer slightly higher rates to lenders, and invest those funds in Bitcoin—"the basic case" estimates an average annual return of 29%.

ChainCatcher news, Base protocol head Jesse Pollak posted on platform X stating that the mid-term goal for the Base economy is to expand the on-chain asset scale to $1 trillion.

ChainCatcher message, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated: "We are fully focused on our goals. The overall economy is strong, and we are committed to maintaining robust economic growth. Our decision today reflects an increasing confidence that the strong performance of the labor market can be sustained. The Federal Reserve can maintain the strength of the labor market through policy adjustments."

ChainCatcher message, as a liquidity infrastructure focused on improving capital efficiency, Sumer.money announced today a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol, which will further support the liquidity strategies of Solv Protocol's core assets across multiple networks including Ethereum, Arbitrum, zkLink, and Base.Meanwhile, Sumer has quickly accumulated nearly $2,000,000 in liquidity for solvBTC.m on the zkLink Nova mainnet.Sumer.money has previously received investments from several VCs including Pantera.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitcoin developer Robin Linus proposed a theoretical method last year aimed at making the Bitcoin blockchain more programmable. Today, he has launched a second iteration called "BitVM2," which reportedly has significant improvements that bring this concept closer to real-world deployment. The project will rely on advanced cryptography and innovative design to establish a secure "bridge" that transfers Bitcoin from the main network to a secondary network known as "rollup."According to a white paper released this week by Linus and five co-authors, the basic setup involves using cryptography to compress programs into subprograms, which are then executed in Bitcoin transactions. Subsequently, these programs are "verified" in three on-chain transactions, essentially ensuring that no one is attempting to cheat or steal. According to one of the co-authors, Alexei Zamyatin, previous versions required up to 70 transactions for verification. It is reported that Alexei Zamyatin is working separately on the Bitcoin L2 network Build on Bitcoin (BOB).A key improvement in the new version is that anyone can challenge suspicious transactions, a feature known as "permissionless challenges." The original BitVM was released last October but was never truly deployed in practice, with only a fixed group of operators able to initiate challenges."This design brings us these significant improvements," Zamyatin said in a video interview, "We now have a complete and comprehensive description of the BitVM paradigm."

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum protocol developer and Prysm maintainer Terence recently shared his views on his social platform, stating that Ethereum's roadmap is simpler than many people think, with most of it achievable within the next four years: maximizing data availability, improving censorship resistance, reducing trust through off-chain block construction and better slot utilization, achieving faster consensus finality, enhancing the staking user experience, finalizing staking economics, limiting execution layer storage, and implementing stateless execution.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently responded to concerns raised by Ethereum core developer Péter Szilágyi regarding network decentralization and validation mechanisms.In response to how validators can obtain 32MB of blob transaction data every 12 seconds, Buterin proposed two possible strategies: each validator is responsible for building only 1/16 of the block, or validators only perform DAS checks without needing to fully download the data.Regarding the issue of Verkle tree design not deleting storage slots, Buterin stated that the impact of deleting storage slots is currently quite small. He denied claims about abandoning the transaction pool, emphasizing that this is an outdated idea that does not align with the current direction of Ethereum research.Buterin acknowledged that validation does not require an execution layer (EL), but stressed that this does not mean making it difficult for most people to run an EL. He pointed out that using SNARKs technology could enable more users to achieve full validation.Buterin emphasized that the key goal for validators is to avoid power concentration, especially in terms of consensus rule validation, fork choice, and transaction inclusion. He believes that during periods of only witnessing, there is no need to re-execute the EVM cycle.

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, June 14, TRON founder and Huobi HTX Global Advisory Committee member Justin Sun posted on platform X, welcoming top goalkeeper Hassan Sunny to join TRON and HTX. This collaboration marks a new era of security and asset protection in the blockchain field.It is reported that Hassan Sunny is the goalkeeper for the Singapore national team, who recently completed a total of 11 saves, 2 clearances, 1 high ball control, and 3 key clearances in the match against Thailand. His outstanding performance also indirectly helped the Chinese national football team to successfully advance to the top 18 in the Asia region for the World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Fundstrat Global Advisors managing partner Tom Lee stated that Fundstrat believes Bitcoin is still in the early stages of an upward cycle, so the idea that Bitcoin could reach $150,000 this year remains within the firm's fundamental assumptions.In explaining his reasoning, Lee pointed out that this is due to macroeconomic changes from the United States.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 football Fantasy game FANTAGOAL has completed a $3 million financing round at a valuation of $25 million. The round was led by IDG Capital, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Chain Capital, and OptaJoe. Previously, FANTAGOAL also received $400,000 in sponsorship from Sportsbet and whale.io.It is reported that FANTAGOAL aims to closely integrate the football world with Web3 through the combination of "European Cup" + "Fantasy" + "AI", bringing potential and commercial value to Web3 football enthusiasts by integrating blockchain NFTs with real-world football matches, and establishing a strong football ecosystem.

ChainCatcher message, Vitalik posted on social media: "TVL is not the goal, TVL is a necessary evil. Every dollar locked in (especially immature) protocols, rather than locked in simple secure wallets, is a security risk to some extent. Sometimes, we have to take this risk to gain valuable returns, but we should minimize locking for the sake of locking."

ChainCatcher message, Layer1 blockchain Kava has announced its project goals for 2024 on platform X. 1. Infrastructure: Improve blockchain throughput, reducing block time to 2 seconds or less, achieving a throughput of 500 transactions per second. 2. Ecosystem: Introduce EVM-native liquid staking derivatives (stKAVA). 3. Community: Aim to have the first 10 million users use USDT as the primary collateral for various DeFi applications in Cosmos.