The discussion on an Ethereum issuance change is growing, but there's a lot of one-sided takes. I've developed https://t.co/plfpLClnkv to help navigate this discussion, as well as others, in a neutral and balanced way.
There's 3 paths for moving forward:
- change issuance
- don't change issuance
- wait and revisit later
The site maps out arguments for/against an issuance change as well as counterarguments for each to help develop an informed assessment about the tradeoffs of each path.
Ethstaker will have Community Call #66 to talk about Fast Finality!
Why does finality matter and what does slow finality cost stakers today? What's being done about it?
We'll have @benjaminion_xyz, @robsaltini, @Butta_eth, and others.
When: Wednesday June 3 @ 15:00 UTC
Tune in and ask questions in the chat!
Youtube link in next tweet
If we ship FOCIL (EIP-7805), Frame Transactions (EIP-8141), Keyed Nonces (EIP-8250) and Recent Roots (EIP-8272) in Hegota, we get native, trustless, censorship resistant private transactions on Ethereum next year.
Please take 1 minute and watch this clip from Andreas Antonopoulos at ETHDenver 2019
The exact moment Andreas is warning about, where moloch tries to turn Ethereum into corposlop, is here
We need the courage to resist it
@drjasper_eth@austincampbell@hosseeb lol, ok analogies only! ๐
always funny to me how people love this format, how many times I have heard it ... when amazon was growing it was "it's a bookstore but online", when google was growing "it's ask jeeves but better" ...
harder to appreciate when something's new
good post. worth noting "CROPS" is kind of messy from an acronym standpoint. As they originally wrote it, it's:
- Censorship Resistance
- Open Source
- Privacy
- Security
your list is close-ish but good to clarify as they have important meanings.
I'm not an acronym fan because they tend to dilute meaning through mental shortcuts and foster an "in the know" mindset.
A personal request to fill out the @ethStaker Staking Survey ๐
You have one more day before it closes for this year!
Meant for anyone (staker or not!):
https://t.co/MfCAGxH3vy
The 2026 Ethereum Staking Survey is now open!
Any type of staker or even non-stakers are called to respond here:
https://t.co/ToBHaOkOdZ
Thank you for helping us collect a current snapshot of the staking landscape and community sentiment. These surveys help show where advocacy efforts are needed or whether existing efforts are making an impact.
Who's starting an Ethereum-centric podcast to highlight new startups and give them some spotlight?
Not established ones everyone has already heard of, new ones pulled from the shadows
Talk about the app/business, where it's at, what the plans are, maybe even screenshare, show the interface, and take it for a test drive etc
We need something that helps support new builders
The 7th episode of "Staking Nerd Talk" dropped this week!
Give it a listen at the link in next tweet and hear @yorickdowne and @0xPatches discuss:
- Glamsterdam
- ePBS
- Stakemap
- Hegota
- FOCIL
- Scaling and Local Block Building
- Gigagas Scaling
- Post Quantum
- Key Vulnerability
- PQ Keys
- Frame Transactions
- Ephemeral Keys
- Fast Finality and Attestor Caps
Eth Docker v26.5.0 is released!
Original announcement post by @yorickdowne (links below)
Highlights
- Improved Reth snapshot download
- Reth DB v2 migration
- Nethermind FlatDB support (recommend only using on testnet for now)
- Max blobs support for EL clients supporting it
- Multi-user support
Any feedback is welcomed. Enjoy!
This week Ethstaker will have Community Call #65 to talk with the Chainsafe (@ChainSafeth) team working on Lodestar (@lodestar_eth) on what's new in CL client development.
When: Wednesday May 13 at 15:00 UTC
Tune in to hear the latest and ask questions in the chat!
YouTube livestream link in next tweet.
v1.3.0 for the Ethstaker-Deposit-CLI is released! ๐
What's new:
- A new generate-mnemonic command for easier mnemonic creation
- Support for partial deposits
- Hoodi testnet support
- Better keystore validation and clearer error messages
- Re-use of scrypt/PBKDF2 keys within a single encryption round for better efficiency
- Updated documentation
- Python 3.14 support
- and much more in the full release notes
Thanks to the community of contributors on all these updates!
Valefar, @remy_roy, @yorickdowne, ydm, Wagalidoom, dulanting, @paulmillr
@binji_x@d_gusakov@ethereum +1 to @d_gusakov about the talks listed
I'd also point to https://t.co/Nw5Mjz74GE as a collection of research over recent years
~ we're halfway into this year's Staking Survey collection period ~
If you haven't yet, please complete it now! โ๏ธ
Should only take 5-10 mins ... plus any time you want to take writing free form comments โ๏ธ๐
Ethstaker's @jwmeyer shares takeaways from EthCC[9] from @EthCC, and a summary of the talks at the Staking Track stage with video links are within.
Thanks to all who came and contributed to the Staking Track talks in Cannes!
To keep the conversation going, do the 2026 Staking Survey I mentioned earlier.
What do you want people advocating for stakers and working on staking to know or do?
What do you care about?
It's for all from professionals to anyone just curious about staking.
https://t.co/v52OFq50Jo
back from from @EthCC 2026! here's some of my takeaways
- Ethereum in-protocol staking as a product has been very well built, supported, and marketed all while instilling a real sense of purpose and community. What other parts of the ecosystem can learn and benefit from this kind of approach?
- There's lots of quality research, upgrades, and projects happening on Ethereum that embody the principles of censorship resistance, open source software, privacy, and security. Those should be supported and I think emphasizing those principles is good.
- EthCC is a really well run conference. @bettina_boon@jdetychey The "in-side event" format at the Palais was a strong hybrid format for the @ethStaker Staking Track stage, the AV teams were great, and it all worked. Highly recommend this for any organizers or conferences considering a side-event presence that would like to also be at the main venue.
- So many good talks at the Ethstaker Staking Track stage. Check out the whole program's recordings (see the tweets following this one). The Staking Strawmap from @drakefjustin packed the room and covered what stakers specifically can expect in a Lean Ethereum world (https://t.co/nNJtWbd8BU). Lots to digest there and from all the talks in the lineup.
- A healthy mix of side events to complement the main venue but not too overwhelming and Cannes is a great walkable town for this kind of setup. The @blockspaceforum was particularly good.
- People should make their voices heard when those mechanisms are offered and it was great to have several present. From the Issuance Forum to the still-live Ethstaker Staking Survey (extra tweet on this below) ... make your voice heard when given the opportunity.
- Cannes is indeed awesome. The sense of community and hospitality in the French Riviera renewed my sense for what "community" can mean in a building ecosystem and how it interacts with mutual respect in the world.
- These events build on and talk to each other in useful ways. Multiple times people mentioned the Staking Gathering and EthProofs in Buenos Aires and the evolving state of conversations and development since then. Which makes me excited for @EFDevcon later this year, excited to bring learnings and continue the work in Mumbai.
- Lastly, the @PlasticOdyssey was really cool, thank you for showing me and the other opening night winners around the vessel and the good work you're doing to improve and empower communities. Your storytelling ability as a nonprofit about a technical mission-driven community effort also hit home for me!
And here are the recorded videos of the Staking Stage day for anyone to rewatch / catch up:
Leo Bautista Gomez from @miga_labs The first 100 days of Fusaka and the future of PeerDAS
https://t.co/Sjja21AmwG
Carlos Perez @CPerezz19 VOPS / Partial Stateless nodes
https://t.co/8UlsESkguc
Ladislaus von Daniels @ladislaus0x Validating with a zkAttester client
https://t.co/AFXPVbvqOt
Terence Tsao @terencechain ePBS: What EthStakers Need to Know
https://t.co/aj8IvIeMd4
Jihoon Song @jih2nn FOCIL: Past, Present and Future
https://t.co/s5LHghhKBr
Yorick Downe @yorickdowne Home staking behind CGNAT, LATAM, Asia-Pacific, and everywhere
https://t.co/llpoM9IezQ
Jerome de Tychey @jdetychey Issuance: The Cost of Inaction
https://t.co/6E3wsDLW6d
Justin Drake @drakefjustin Staking Strawmap
https://t.co/AjKXKbX5s0
A fun Staking Trivia game from @L_Nakaghini
and myself
https://t.co/bDVDODGuPF
Luca Winter from @SerenitaIO When Clients Disagree: Picking a Side Safely
https://t.co/Mf84135ZgK
Marius van der Wijden @vdWijden L1/L2 Scaling Roadmap
https://t.co/xoZpiDSMpS
Dima Gusakov @d_gusakov 0x02 for home stakers and Lido CSM
https://t.co/fNBEJS0NEJ
Shane Moore @Block_Shane of Sigma Prime - SSV: Ethereum Lite?
https://t.co/bWhqQe50a9
Ken Smith @nextblock_eth The State of Staking in 2026
https://t.co/nEhTXtzoyv