Quick Take

• Debate over removing EOF.

• Gitcoin winds down Grants Stack.

• Pectra mainnet client releases.

• Solidity developer survey results.

Debate Over Removing EOF

Ethereum community members are pushing back against including EVM Object Format (EOF) in the Fusaka upgrade due to concerns such as added complexity. EOF is a set of 12 EIPs aimed at improving EVM bytecode validation through an opt-in container. Major libraries like Solady, OpenZeppelin, and Uniswap would need to be rewritten to support EOF. Opponents include Paradigm CTO Georgios Konstantopoulos, who, despite earlier support, now advocates for EIP-7912 instead, a proposal that introduces deeper stack operations. Curve founder Michael Egorov also argued that the positive impact of EOF is smaller than the cost of getting it production-ready from the current state. Ethereum developers are expected to make a final decision on Monday’s interop call, where they will revise the scope or fully remove EOF from the Fusaka upgrade.

Gitcoin Winds Down Grants Stack

Gitcoin is winding down its Grants Stack technology and the related Grants Labs business unit by the end of May 2025. Gitcoin cited financial reasons, with Grants Labs generating approximately $1M per year in revenue while incurring around $3M per year in expenses. Gitcoin will provide transition support to partners currently relying on Grants Stack technology. Looking ahead, Gitcoin will refocus on evolving the Gitcoin Grants Program, enhancing GTC governance, and deepening its commitment to the Ethereum ecosystem and community. According to Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki, the quarterly grants rounds are expected to continue being funded potentially through 2029.

Pectra Mainnet Client Releases

Client teams have released production-ready software versions with support for the Pectra upgrade, scheduled to go live on May 7th at 10:05 UTC during epoch 364032. Node operators must update both their Execution and Consensus Layer clients to the latest versions before activation. Pectra introduces 11 core EIPs with major improvements to account abstraction, validator UX, and blob scaling. A watch party is scheduled on the Ethereum YouTube channel 45 minutes before the fork.

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• Solidity Developer Survey results

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• Succinct introduces vAps

• Ethproofs Call #1 recording

• Superlend introduces Superfund

• Lens Spring hackathon

• Morpho liquidation bot

• Coinbase partners with PayPal

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