# Ethereum Blob Scaling Updates *The EF's L2 and blob scaling team published an update on the latest blob scaling efforts.* By [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io) · 2025-08-23 news, 2025, august2025 --- Quick Take ---------- * ETH hits a new all-time high. * Ethereum blob scaling efforts. * The case against FOCIL. * Progress on native rollups. * * * [ Ethereum Blob Scaling Updates ----------------------------- Listen to this episode from ETH Daily - Ethereum News on Spotify. The price of ETH hits a new all time high. Ethereum developers release an update on blob scaling efforts. Ameen Soleimani outlines the case against EIP-7805. And L2Beat releases an information site for Native Rollups. https://spotify.com ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1ac2a3dc6426752d47208b4148824c34.jpg) ](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RuIQN5mT7xMwOX8pLNFEC) * * * The price of ETH is up 15% in the last 24 hours, reaching a new all time high of just under $4,900. The last time ETH reached an all-time high was nearly 4 years ago on November 10, 2021. Ethereum Blob Scaling Update ---------------------------- The Ethereum Foundation’s L2 and blob scaling team [published](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/08/22/protocol-update-002) an update on the latest blob scaling efforts. Blobs are a type of data on Ethereum L1 used to provide data availability for rollups. They have a fee market independent of Ethereum gas fees, which enables lower transaction costs and reduced storage requirements, allowing L2s to process more transactions. Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) is scheduled for Ethereum’s next upgrade, Fusaka, expected in late 2025. PeerDAS allows nodes to verify blob data availability by sampling subsets of the data rather than downloading entire blobs, enabling capacity to scale from 6 up to 48 blobs per block. After Fusaka, Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks will automatically increase blob capacity. In parallel, interfork bandwidth optimizations such as cell-level messaging will reduce redundant data transfers. PeerDAS v2 is planned for the Glamsterdam upgrade, building on DAS with pipelining EIP-7732. The blob scaling efforts are led by Alex Stokes, Raúl Kripalani, and Francesco D’Amato. FOCIL Legal Risk On Validators ------------------------------ Ameen Soleimani [shared](https://x.com/ameensol/status/1958781727767412816) the case against Fork-choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) EIP-7805. He outlined the legal implications FOCIL could have for validators in the U.S. FOCIL is a proposal aimed at improving censorship resistance by allowing validators to enforce the inclusion of any transaction valid under protocol rules, ensuring that no single block builder can exclude them. Soleimani argues that U.S. validators could face criminal liability if they are compelled to include sanctioned address transactions, adding that the “attester vs proposer” distinction may not matter to regulators. He also argued that core devs designing the system could be accused of conspiracy to violate sanctions. FOCIL is considered for inclusion in the Glamsterdam upgrade. Progress On Native Rollups -------------------------- L2Beat researcher donnoh.eth [shared](https://x.com/donnoh_eth/status/1958885289050427643) updates on native rollups, a new type of L2 that leverages Ethereum L1 for execution by directly calling its state transition function. The native design reduces governance and bug risks by eliminating complex proof systems and custom governance. L2Beat launched a new website to share a spec draft, design motivations, comparisons to existing L2s, and references. The site also explores open design questions such as anchoring, arbitrary L1 → L2 messaging, and gas token deposits. Current dependencies for fully native rollups include statelessness and the Ethereum L1 ZK-EVM upgrade**.** SharpLink Approves SBET Buyback ------------------------------- SharpLink Gaming’s Board [approved](https://investors.sharplink.com/sharplink-authorizes-1-5-billion-stock-buyback-program/) a $1.5 billion stock repurchase program. The move gives the company flexibility to act when SBET trades at or below NAV of its ETH holdings, helping prevent dilution on its ETH per share basis and enhancing long-term value for shareholders. 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