Pricing gas is a hard problem because gas compresses compute, bandwidth & disk usage into a single metric constrained by the slowest node hardware. Ethereum prices for the 'worst-case' to prevent DoS attacks. Changes are rare & require hard forks. As we move toward L1-zkEVM,

During @EFDevcon, we spoke to a lot of folks from the EF. One of those convos turned into this episode. Me and @Parth sat down with @13yearoldvc (no, not actually 13 lol) to talk through her journey into crypto, her work around @eigencloud & @ethereum, and how AI is starting

Need support? EF team members are here to help 👋 @austingriffith @13yearoldvc @binji_x @KhanAbbas201 @isha_sangani Resources: https://t.co/ALrhS6FJNc Submit: https://t.co/ZxdMCPza92 Submissions are open until Jan 5.

x402 Hackathon is in full swing. Build the future of AI agents and internet-native payments on Ethereum all month long. Co-led by the EF Developer Growth Team, @0xPolygon, @thirdweb, @edgeandnode, @merit_systems, @AbstractChain, @coinbase, @crossmint, @corbits_dev, @eigencloud,

create. connect. collect. $GBOY by @neukoai is now available for trading on @solana on OpenSea! (link below)

@VitalikButerin @ethereumfndn @naomibrockwell @AyaMiyagotchi x @ethereumfndn x @ontologymachine Fireside chat with Aya Miyaguchi and Beth McCarthy about privacy as being core to Ethereum’s strategy and safely growing the infinite garden and how current focus of Ethereum Foundation is very intertwined with our goal in

Live · Dec 19 · 5pm UTC What does DeFi feel like right now? @jchaskin & @binji_x go live to talk recent shifts across the ecosystem and use @sparkdotfi in real time with co-founder @hexonaut. Watch here. https://t.co/STNSafuNKS

1/ Ethereum has been on a multi-year journey to scale: L2s, blobs, gas limit increases, gas repricings, and ePBS. Each step boosts throughput, but it also puts more pressure on state, the layer everything else depends on.

'Tending the infinite garden: organizational culture in the Ethereum ecosystem' has just been published in the Journal of Culture Economy - by myself and @annbrody7 https://t.co/VM2T6R1cdw featuring interviews w/ @VitalikButerin @TimBeiko @trent_vanepps @dannyryan

Ethereum’s research culture is built on openness and global collaboration. EF's Academic Secretariat Team, along with @ETHPanda_Org & @LXDAO_Official, visited @PKU1898, @Tsinghua_Uni and @UIBE_China for talks, and workshops supporting next generation Ethereum builders.

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We're hiring on the @ethereumfndn Enterprise team → Enterprise Lead - US (East Coast) → Enterprise Lead - APAC We're looking for a key connector between traditional finance and the Ethereum ecosystem. Someone who can serve as the go-to point of contact for enterprises

November flew by, and yes, this newsletter is a bit late 😅 Thanks for bearing with us. The December edition is coming soon with even more to share. Here’s a quick snapshot of what PSE teams were up to in November. Full updates by track below 👇 📜 Read the November newsletter:

Ethereal news weekly #2 🐡 BPO1 upgrade increased blobs 🪙 @The_DTCC securities tokenization pilot 💸 @wmougayar Ethereum valuation

🔥 New fireside chat: @alexanderlhicks (from @ethereumfndn ) joins @VeridiseInc CTO @KFerles to unpack the zkEVM Verification Initiative, one of the most consequential efforts shaping @ethereum. His core message? zkVMs & Formal Verification = critical to Ethereum’s roadmap🧵

1/ As decentralized identity grows in importance, Ethereum needs a current, well-documented, and verifiable identity standard That’s why we’re aiming to bring did:ethr to full maturity in our RFP: ⚡ Advancing the did:ethr Method Specification ⚡ Apply by January 3, 2026 👇

NEW MINING POD w/ @coinbase: "Your hashrate is producing Bitcoin. All your ASICS & containers are producing Bitcoin. If you're assets are denominated in a currency, your liabilities might what to be in a similar currency." Presented by @cleanspark_inc

More room for rollups. BPO-1 activated yesterday, raising blob capacity to 15 per block. This increased space on Ethereum for L2s without needing a hard fork. BPO-2, which will further increase capacity, comes online in January.

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🧵Thread Series (2/3): My work at Ethereum Foundation 1/ In the last part, I covered what EELS, EEST and STEEL mean for Ethereum. Today I’m gonna talk about my work with the STEEL team throughout the three months of my internship with the Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn). 👇

🚀 Calling All Blockchain Innovators! NTU’s MSBT Capstone Project (Mar–Oct 2026) is inviting companies to propose challenges for our top-tier postgraduate students! 🌟Please refer to the poster and register here : https://t.co/E46pxdmO9r #IndustryCollaboration

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Mainstream Ethereum adoption won’t happen without privacy. And privacy cannot be a power-user feature: it has to be the default in the wallets people already trust. That’s the goal of @ethereumfndn's Kohaku, a modular privacy toolkit for Ethereum wallets. (1/12) ↓