Ethereum Resources

This week, Ethereum developers discussed the results of an impact analysis on EIPs 4758 and 6780, progress on EIP 4844, and potential inclusion of EIP 5920, 5656, and 7069 in the Cancun upgrade.

This week, Ethereum developers discussed preparations for the next Deneb specifications release.

This week, developers discussed the implementation details of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844.

This week, Ethereum developers discussed progress on EIPs and PRs related to the Deneb upgrade.

This week, developers discussed the code changes that would be included in the next Ethereum upgrade, dubbed Cancun.

This week, developers gave updates on their progress around Deneb and discussed what other code changes in addition to Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844 should be included in Ethereum’s next upgrade.

This week, developers discussed the Shanghai upgrade, which was activated on mainnet Ethereum a day prior on Wednesday, April 12.

This week, developers gave updates on their progress around the Deneb upgrade and discussed open issues around recent MEV-Boost software releases, which appears to have caused a high number of orphaned blocks.

On April 12, 2023, at 22:27 (UTC), the Ethereum execution layer (EL) will undergo its 15th hard fork upgrade known as Shanghai.

March has been a big month for zkEVM development, with several new zkEVM projects being announced and existing ones reaching major development milestones. Matter Labs announced the launch of their zkEVM in a public and open-source mode.

This week, developers discussed progress on several longstanding initiatives including EVM Object Format (EOF), deprecating self-destruct, fallback mechanisms for EL clients to suggest local block building, and verkle trees.

This week, the call was chaired by Ethereum Foundation researcher Alex Stokes. The ACDC calls are a bi-weekly meeting series where Ethereum developers discuss and coordinate changes to the consensus layer of Ethereum.

On March 16, Ethereum developers gathered for their 157th All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call.

The 6th annual ETHDenver conference was a massive event, attracting more than 20,000 attendees from around the world for a 10-day celebration of Ethereum and the network’s many diverse facets of development.

On March 9, 2023, Ethereum developers gathered for their 104th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.

On March 2, Ethereum developers gathered for All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #156.

On February 23, 2023, Ethereum developers gathered for their 103rd All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.

On February 16, Ethereum developers gathered for All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #155.

Ethereum’s next upgrade, named Shanghai, is expected to enact sometime in early April 2023.

On February 9, 2023, Ethereum developers gathered for their 102nd All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.

On February 2, Ethereum developers gathered for All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #154.

This report is part 2 of a 2-part series focused on Maximal Extractable Value. Between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, $133m in Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) was earned on Ethereum.

On January 19, Ethereum developers gathered for All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #153.

This report is part 1 of a 4-part series focused on Optimism and Arbitrum—the two most popular optimistic rollups on Ethereum.

On January 12, 2023, Ethereum developers gathered for their 101th Consensus Layer (CL) call.

On January 5th, Ethereum developers reconvened after a two week break for their first All Core Developers (ACD) call of 2023.

About 100 days ago, Ethereum made its historic transition to a Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus protocol

On December 15, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 100th Consensus Layer (CL) call.

Since the beginning of FTX’s collapse the week of November 7th, industry contagion has been ongoing and far-reaching.

On December 8, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 151st All Core Developers (ACD) call.

On December 1, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 99th Consensus Layer (CL) call.

On November 24, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 150th All Core Developers (ACD) call. Chaired by the Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko, the ACD calls are one of two bi-weekly meeting series.

Zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (zkEVMs) are an ambitious and game changing technology for improving Ethereum scalability both in the short and long-term.

On November 17, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 98th Consensus Layer (CL) call.

On November 10, 2022, Ethereum developers gathered for their 149th All Core Developers (ACD) call.

Ethereum core developers gathered for their 97th Consensus Layer (CL) meeting on November 3, 2022. This week, the meeting was chaired by the Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko.

After a month-long hiatus, Ethereum developers gathered for their 148th All Core Developers (ACD) meeting.

Galaxy Research’s Christine Kim attends the 6th annual Devcon conference, Ethereum’s largest gathering of developers and ecosystem builders.

The web3 gaming space has seen a surge of interest over the past year, evidenced by the unprecedented number of investments funneling into web3 games and web3 gaming infrastructure.

On Thursday, September 15, Ethereum core developers concluded their 147th fortnightly All Core Developers (ACD) call.

There has been growing interest in owning/holding native ETH on the Ethereum mainnet in anticipation of an ETH PoW fork.

The biggest upgrade in Ethereum’s history is just around the corner.

On Thursday, September 8, Ethereum core developers concluded their 95th fortnightly Consensus Layer (CL) call.

On Thursday, September 1, Ethereum core developers concluded their 146th fortnightly All Core Developers (ACD) call.

On Thursday, August 25, Ethereum core developers concluded their 94th fortnightly Consensus Layer (CL) call.

Ethereum developers concluded their 145th All Core Developers call on August 18. Developers reconfirmed the schedule for mainnet activation of the Merge upgrade which will transition Ethereum from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake consensus protocol.

On Thursday, August 11, Ethereum core developers concluded their 93rd fortnightly Consensus Layer (CL) call. Chaired by Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan, the CL calls are one of two recurring meeting series where Ethereum developers discuss…

Ethereum core developers concluded their 144th All Core Developers (ACD) call on Thursday, August 4.

Ethereum core developers concluded their 92nd bi-weekly Zoom meeting on Thursday, July 28th. These calls are attended primarily by developers building the consensus layer (CL) software of Ethereum, while the fortnightly All Core Developers (ACD) call…

Ethereum core developers concluded their 143rd bi-weekly Zoom meeting on Thursday, July 21. Unlike the Consensus Layer (CL) calls, which are attended primarily by developers building the consensus layer software of Ethereum, the All Core Developers…

On Thursday, July 14, Ethereum core developers concluded their 91st fortnightly Consensus Layer (CL) call.

The Merge upgrade is Ethereum’s long-awaited transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol to proof-of-stake.

As part of Galaxy Digital Research’s ongoing coverage of Ethereum, we will periodically provide updates and overviews of important developer activity, including recurring meetings and calls among developers.

The distribution of supply on Ethereum has been a source of criticism and debate since the network’s launch in 2015.

Ethereum core developers concluded their 139th bi-weekly Zoom meeting on Friday, May 27th. Unlike the Consensus Layer calls, which occur every other Thursday at 14:00 UTC and are attended primarily by developers building the consensus layer software …

As part of Galaxy Digital Research’s ongoing coverage of Ethereum, we will periodically provide updates and overviews of important developer activity, including recurring meetings and calls among developers.

Galaxy Digital Research’s Christine Kim attends the first-ever Devconnect, an Ethereum developer-focused conference hosted in the Netherlands.

The Merge upgrade is Ethereum’s long-awaited transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol to proof-of-stake.

This report is part 1 of a 2-part series focused on Maximal Extractable Value. This is the story of how the Flashboys of tomorrow, called Flashbots, are changing the game of frontrunning on Ethereum. In traditional finance…

In this report, we break down the short-term impact of Ethereum’s EIP 1559 upgrade for users, miners, and investors.

The Ethereum Beacon Chain has activated its first-ever hard fork, dubbed Altair, which is aimed at creating harsher penalties, fairer activity tracking, and new responsibilities for network stakeholders, a.k.a. validators.

A new improvement proposal (upgrade) will alter fundamental properties of Ethereum to simplify user experience and harden ETH’s monetary policy, but the proposal has drawn criticism from miners who stand to lose as much as 50% of their revenue.