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Recent Briefings
Execution risks are spilling into the application layer today, prompting rival proposals to salvage Ethereum's gas pricing mechanics after the Hoodi testnet stall. Meanwhile, the launch of Elysium's m…
A push for widespread smart contract audits is underway as Ethereum core developers grapple with gas-accounting risks in the Glamsterdam upgrade. Meanwhile, corporate Layer-2 rollups are reshaping bas…
Software liabilities are forcing sudden detours across the Ethereum ecosystem today, from a delayed Hoodi testnet over gas-pricing bugs to emergency patches hitting major Layer-2 networks. Beyond prot…
Today on The Onchain Dispatch: the consolidation of legacy Layer 1 networks into the Ethereum rollup ecosystem accelerates, highlighted by Zilliqa's pivot to an identity-gated Layer 2 and Gnosis's Rol…
The Ethereum Foundation has laid out a definitive 'Strawmap' to reach 'Lean Ethereum' by late 2029, charting the specific hard forks needed for a post-quantum transition. Also on today's radar: Califo…
Today on The Onchain Dispatch: Following yesterday's 'Mission 2028' reveal at Devcon 8, Ethereum researchers have formally verified the zero-knowledge virtual machine needed to execute the network's a…
Our coverage of Devcon 8 in Mumbai continues today on The Onchain Dispatch, with major announcements accelerating Ethereum's post-quantum transition roadmap, introducing new wallet privacy standards, …
Today on The Onchain Dispatch: A 78-page 1kx report confirms a definitive industry pivot toward revenue-generating protocol models over speculative token emissions. On the regulatory front, California…
The fallout from an unprecedented $6.3 billion hot wallet exploit is dominating protocol discussions today, prompting Ethereum core developers to reconsider hard revocation switches for delegated code…
Expanding L1 capacity is forcing Layer 2 networks to re-justify their unit economics today, marking a major architectural pivot across the Ethereum stack. In parallel, account abstraction security fac…