Author: Sophia Brown

As previously announced, the Ropsten network has been deprecated and will be shut down in the coming weeks. Over the past few months, infrastructure providers have gradually stopped supporting the network and validator participation rates have been steadily declining. The vast majority of remaining validator nodes will be shut down during the December 15-31, 2022 period. After this, Ropsten will no longer be supported by client, testing or infrastructure teams. As a reminder, the next testnet to be sunset is Rinkeby. The network will be live until mid-2023 to give users and application developers the chance to migrate to either…

The Ethereum Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the Merge Data Challenge . The challenge ran for ~9 weeks surrounding the Merge, allowing for data analysts to gather and review information both before and after the big event. Participants submitted a treasure trove of data and analysis in 45(!) different blog posts. Enjoy combing through the many insights and, as everything is open source, feel free to open things up and extend/modify the analysis! Prizes Prizes are divided into three tiers, based on the overall quality, scope, extensibility, and usefulness to the community. Gold ($30k prize) Silver…

Cryptocurrencies remain subject to heightened market volatility as the hype surrounding President Trump’s return to office eases. Even so, greed remains the main emotion controlling the market as investors remain optimistic of a crypto-friendly environment under Trump’s administration. As the bullish sentiment offers support to most cryptos, Ethereum is under pressure from the criticism and leadership issues rocking the Ethereum Foundation. On the other hand, iDEGEN is thriving as it widens its horizon through the video content embedded in its latest V3 upgrade. Beyond its popularity, savvy investors are buying into its potential as a leader in the AI meme…

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The Protocol Support team is organizing a grant round to support the upcoming Ethereum KZG Ceremony. The KZG Ceremony is a coordinated public ritual that will provide a cryptographic foundation for Ethereum scaling initiatives like EIP-4844. Learn more about the Ceremony and participate in the test version at ceremony.ethereum.org. If you’d like funding support to contribute at a deeper level, there are two ways to qualify: writing your own implementationsubmitting entropy generated by non-traditional sources or through a unique process → APPLY BY JAN 31 or learn more below Writing your own implementation The best way to avoid a bug…

Friends, As the year of the Merge ends, we wanted to share updates from many of the Ethereum gardeners and EF-supported teams that achieved long sought accomplishments, both big and small, alongside the rest of the ecosystem in 2022. We all have a lot to be thankful for, from the new communities we’ve come to know, to having each other through it all! As always, this roundup series focuses on EF-supported teams whose members are working to grow and improve Ethereum as a whole. Included in this edition are updates from many teams highlighted in the previous report, and other…

From the explosion of the scaling and layer 2 ecosystems to the first Devcon in three years and The Merge, it has been an exciting year for Ethereum and ethereum.org. We’ve shipped many impactful features and content, with thousands of incredible contributors helping us along the way. Let’s dive into our highlights of 2022: Translation program Bringing educational Ethereum content to as many languages as possible is critical to our team’s vision for ethereum.org. Our incredible community of contributors has come a long way since we became a multilingual website in 2019, and in 2022 we were thrilled to…

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we check in on projects that are well underway or already at the finish line. You may have noticed something different—instead of monthly posts, we’ll be highlighting grantees who… Source link

The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Marcus AM. Hola , my name is Marcus and I’m a researcher and builder from Guatemala, and an EF Fellow. An optimist at heart, I’m driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innovation to build better societies – a conviction I’ve held from a young age. Guatemala: A Country of Challenging Opportunities As a child, I would spend my weekends accompanying my father to visit many of Guatemala’s most desolate townships. At the time, he ran a non-profit whose mission was to deliver last-mile healthcare and establish educational programs. The community…

With The Merge now firmly behind us, protocol developers have been making progress across a (record?) number of areas over the past few months. Withdrawals, danksharding, EOF, verkle tries, history expiry, SSZ and more have all seen significant progress recently! In order to help move each of these threads forward, and to run through one more series of Shapella stress tests, client team members gathered in person for a week-long interop event in Austria: Edelweiss Unlike Amphora, which had a singular focus on The Merge, this event had two major tracks, focused on the Shapella and ProtoDanksharding network upgrades…