Obol Proposes EIP-7716 For Hégota Hardfork
The proposal temporarily raises penalties for validator liveness failures during large-scale outages to discourage centralized setups.
Obol proposed EIP-7716 for inclusion in the Hégota hardfork. The proposal introduces a temporary increase in penalties for validator liveness failures during large-scale outages. The penalty aims to discourage centralized validator setups and reduce the risk of severe mass slashing events. The penalty increase is brief and adjustable, and validators affected by coordinated outages could lose a few weeks of rewards. Decentralized staking setups would see lower inactivity penalties, while larger operators would face slightly higher ones.
Originally authored by Dapplion, Toni Wahrstätter, and Vitalik Buterin, EIP-7716 scales attestation penalties based on in-slot correlation of missed attestations, creating "diseconomies of scale" for validators sharing the same node, cloud provider, ISP, or client. The change targets a long-standing imbalance where a solo staker who goes offline during a major outage incurs the same per-slot penalty as a large operator running thousands of validators from correlated infrastructure.
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World ID 4.0 Extends To AI Agents
World ID 4.0 expands proof-of-human credentials across consumer apps, enterprises, and AI agents.
World, the digital identity protocol co-founded by Sam Altman, released its World ID 4.0 upgrade, expanding its "proof of human" credentials across consumer apps, enterprises, and AI agents. The update introduces a new World ID app, currently in beta, allowing users to manage credentials and interact across platforms. World ID for AI agents links AI agents to a verified human.
The upgrade also adds enterprise-ready features like multi-key support, key rotation, recovery, and session management, along with "human continuity," which verifies that the same real person is present across interactions. World also launched Concert Kit, a tool designed to ensure concert tickets go to real verified fans. To date, World has issued over 18 million Orb-verified credentials.
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Mitsui Launches Commodity-Backed Tokens On OP Mainnet
Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities is launching tokenized Gold, Silver, and Platinum on OP Mainnet starting April 20, 2026.
Optimism announced that Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities is launching commodity-backed crypto assets on OP Mainnet. The tokens are part of the Zipangcoin series issued by Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities, consisting of Zipangcoin (ZPG) for gold, Zipangcoin Silver (ZPGAG), and Zipangcoin Platinum (ZPGPT), each designed to track the spot market price of its underlying metal. The tokens are set to begin listing on April 20, 2026. The tokens will be yield-bearing and backed by physical precious metals, operating within Japan's crypto-friendly regulatory framework.
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