Author: Michael Johnson

The KZG Ceremony was the largest multi-party computation of its kind (by number of participants). Through an open, accessible process, it produced a secure cryptographic foundation for EIP-4844. Learn more about how the Ceremony worked in Carl Beekhuizen’s Devcon talk: “Summoning the spirit of the Dankshard” As the Dencun upgrade approaches, this post will serve as a comprehensive record of outcomes and people that brought the Ceremony to life in 2023. Outcomes and Methods The Ceremony ran for 208 days: from Jan 13 13:13 UTC 2023 until Aug 08 23:08 UTC 2023 141,416 contributions made this the largest setup of…

DOGE tests key support as technical setups suggest imminent breakouts. A closing above $15 might propel INJ prices to $30. ETH targets $4,000 psychological mark amid increasing institutional interest. Cryptocurrencies flashed bearish tendencies in the past 24 hours. With most tokens approaching critical price levels, analysts have shifted attention to digital assets ready for significant rallies amid reversals. This article checks how Ethereum is setting the tone for an altcoin season as Dogecoin and Injective display key short-term price actions. Dogecoin resilience after double-bottom breakout The original meme token remained on investor radar after landing key utility on Gemini’s derivatives…

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. tl;dr Core developers are focused on getting Fusaka out the door and choosing the headline feature(s) for the following upgrade, Glamsterdam. Discussions are ongoing and stakeholder feedback is being solicited. Gas limit increases and history expiry have both been delivered! Fusaka Fusaka will deliver cheaper L2 transactions and more data availability. Developers were already fast-tracking the upgrade to ship PeerDAS and it’s now…

Important update: since the initial publication of this post, Lodestar has published a new release, v1.15.0, which Holesky users must upgrade to prior to Dencun’s activation on February 7th. Additionally, Prysm and Nimbus have both published highly recommended releases for Holesky. Prysm users are encouraged to use v4.2.1, and Nimbus users v24.2.0. Goerli blobs are here: Dencun went live on Goerli at 6:32 UTC on January 17, 2024. You can now use blobs there!Sepolia and Holesky will upgrade over the next two weeks. Dencun will activate on Sepolia at epoch 132608 (January 30th, 22:51 UTC), and on Holesky at epoch…

A look back at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies ahead in 2024 2023 was an excellent year for the team behind the ethereum.org website, and its community — we already feel a little nostalgic, but it’s important to make space for celebrating the things the ethereum.org community helped us build in 2023 and continue the momentum in 2024. In that spirit, we prepared a recap with our 2023 highlights of the ethereum.org community — enjoy the reading! The highlights 📚 ethereum.org Translatathon 56 languages, 217 participants, and 1.47 million words (🤯) translated in a one-week online competition, the…

The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) is a program designed to reduce the barrier to entry for developers interested in working on the core protocol. As core developer (and EPF creator) Piper Merriam likes to say, the door is comically wide open. EPF helps you walk through it. Over the past two cohorts, one of the most frequent request we’ve received from applicants & participants was for better onboarding materials. Josh and Mario, the coordinators of the EPF, are excited to announce the launch of the EPF study group (EPFsg): a 10 week education series intended as a precursor to the…

Community & educationAAvolution House IstanbulCommunity-run event organized in Istanbul, Türkiye to push forward account abstraction (AA) standards, ideas, and projects to mainstream adoption.Community & educationBuildETH PatternsEthereum developer event that explored the top web3 development patterns hosted in San Francisco, California.Community & educationEthereum Costa Rica DayEvent in San José, Costa Rica that focused on onboarding users and developers while covering topics such as public goods, cryptography, and Solidity.Community & educationETH MacedoniaSupport for ETH Macedonia’s grassroots activities, including engaging with the community on Discord and organizing meetups in Skopje, Macedonia.Community & educationEthereum Lima DayConference in Lima, Peru to onboard new Ethereum users…

The crypto rally has stalled, with Bitcoin struggling to challenge the $120K level as institutional investors take profit. Institutional ETF inflows into Bitcoin have plunged by 80% this week to just $496 million, a sign of cooling demand. Market focus is now shifting to Ether (ETH), with its capital flows seen as the key to the market’s next move. The powerful cryptocurrency rally is showing signs of fatigue, with Bitcoin struggling to challenge the $120,000 mark and key indicators pointing to a significant pullback from institutional investors. As the market enters a tense consolidation phase, observers say the focus is…

The Ethereum Foundation is thrilled to announce a collaborative grant round with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync to develop Zero Knowledge public goods projects. Each co-funder of the grant round has contributed 150K USD in funds, bringing the total grant pool to 900K USD. The breadth and complexity of the Layer 2 ecosystem has reached a point where identifying shared needs and dependencies requires the participation of domain experts from a range of stakeholders. The co-funders will, therefore, not only provide funding but also participate in the allocation decisions. Beyond more and better-informed funding, we hope this approach will…

March 12, 2024 update: Since the initial publication of this post, several client teams have made Dencun-compatible releases containing significant performance and stability improvements. While previously announced versions are still considered sufficient for the upgrade, a column has been added to the Client Releases tables highlighting the latest recommended versions for all clients. Mainnet blobs are coming .oO: Two years after its ETHDenver inception, dozens of testing calls and devnets later, protodanksharding is finally going live on mainnet!Dencun will activate on the Ethereum mainnet at epoch 269568, occurring on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC. Node operators & stakers must…