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Week in Ethereum News, May 6, 2023

Andrew B Coathup
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Eth News and Links

Dencun (Cancun + Deneb) upgrade

  • Latest consensus layer devs call video. Notes from Christine Kim:

    • Discussions on CL max blobs per block and EL using SSZ or RLP to encode blob transactions

  • EIP4844:

    • EIP4844 readiness checklist

    • Latest EIP4844 implementer call video. Notes from Terence

    • Blob transaction encoding options: EIP6493, EL specific SSZ or RLP based

  • KZG ceremony has over 95,000 contributions, you can contribute with GitHub and/or an account that has made 32 mainnet transactions, the lobby is regularly empty

  • Tim Beiko’s Core Devs update: summary of included & candidate EIPs for Dencun

Layer 1

  • EF bug bounty program: execution layer & consensus layer disclosed vulnerabilities

  • Verkle implementers call notes: Beverly Hills testnet shuts down May 12

  • Proposal for warm/cold account balances, CALL with value has 6700 gas stipend

  • Ben Edgington’s Upgrading Ethereum book Capella update

Client releases

  • Consensus layer:

    • Lodestar v1.8.0: Obol distributed validator support and gossip queue enhancements

  • Execution layer:

    • Besu v23.4.0: improvements to database performance, logging, metrics, EVM performance and gas estimation; deprecates GoQuorum-compatible privacy modes & IBFT1.0

    • Nethermind v1.18.0: reduced memory usage, experimental reduced full pruning time, improved sync time & block processing

Research

  • MEV-Boost bid cancellations considered harmful

Layer 2

  • Aztec hybrid zkRollup roadmap: public & private state, not EVM compatible, UTXOs represent data, contracts written in Noir, local testnet Q3, public testnet 2024

  • James Prestwich: shared sequencing for optimistic rollups

EIPs/Standards

  • Discussion on EIP/ERC numbering

  • EIPs:

    • EIP6963: Multi-injected provider interface (MIPI)

    • EIP6968: Contract secured revenue on an EVM based L2

    • EIP6988: Slashed validator cannot be elected as a block proposer

  • ERCs:

    • ERC6956: Asset-bound NFTs

    • ERC6960: Dual-layer token

    • ERC6981: Reserved ownership accounts

    • ERC6982: Minimalistic efficient lockable tokens

Stuff for developers

  • Foundry:

    • Symbolic testing of Foundry projects using Halmos, hevm, KEVM & EthBMC/Foundry

    • Forge-exec: interact using languages such as JavaScript & Rust via IPC, requires ffi

    • Add Foundry to existing project without forge init

    • Tip: use makeAddr & makeAddrAndKey cheats to create accounts from a string

  • RareSkills Solidity tutorial for web2 devs, using Remix & Foundry

  • Multi-contract reentrancy locks using a global contract with multiple lock levels, unaudited

  • Secureum RACE #17: 8 question Solidity quiz & answers

  • OpenZeppelin Ethernaut: Switch level solution

  • Artemis: MEV bot framework in Rust, includes strategy for Seaport & Sudoswap NFT arbitrage

  • Guide to searching on Flashbots MEV-Share

Security

  • DEI stablecoin on Arbitrum exploit, simple implementation error

  • yAcademy: common DeFi forked protocol bugs

Ecosystem

  • Median gas returned to May 2022 level driven by meme coins

  • Ethereum.org writers cohort starts May 11

Enterprise

  • Stripe onramp via embeddable widget or no code link for ETH & USDC on mainnet, US only

  • Sotheby’s Metaverse secondary NFT marketplace on mainnet, supports creator royalties

Notable at app layer

  • Curve USD stablecoin deployed; redeployed after missing fees & high gas usage

  • Dump Services: sell multiple tokens in a single transaction using CoW protocol

  • Blend: Blur NFT perpetual lending with no oracles & no expiries, borrow or buy now pay later

  • Zapper onchain activity feed

  • Umbra adds LUSD and RAI for stealth payments


Job Listings

  • Mimic seek a blockchain engineer

  • Solidity team need a highly skilled Developer Advocate

  • Snr React Native UI Dev at Status: All jobs

Job listings: $600 for four issues (75 character limit), payable to abcoathup.eth.  Questions? abcoathup at-gmail


Regulation/business/tokens

  • Biden proposal for crypto mining tax equal to 30% of electricity costs

  • Poloniex $7.6 million settlement with OFAC

  • Coinbase International Exchange: perpetual futures exchange launched in Bermuda for non-US institutional users

General/crypto

  • AT&T email accounts hacked to steal users crypto

  • ZKML: convert TensorFlow Keras models into zk-compatible versions, proof of concept

  • Plonk explainer

  • Make sure to update to latest iOS and MacOS updates 


Follow @WeekinEthNews to find out what the most clicked links are. Follow @abcoathup and @evan_van_ness to get most of the week’s news in real time.

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  • Nov 3-5 – ETHBrno

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  • Nov 17-19 – ETHGlobal Istanbul

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