Status Network Merges Into Linea
Status to consolidate its technical work, liquidity, and community into Linea instead of launching as a standalone L2.
Status Network has announced plans to consolidate its technical work, liquidity, and community into Linea rather than launching as a standalone L2. The merge will bring Status Network's core innovations, including ephemeral accounts, free cover traffic, untraceable agents, and decoupled execution, to the broader Linea ecosystem.
The move also allows Status to refocus on its flagship product, the Status App, originally launched in June 2017. Pre-deposit vaults for the Status L2 are now closed and will be migrated to Linea mainnet, where users will be able to withdraw their principal, accrued yield, and liquid rewards. A reward pool has also been approved for pre-depositors. No action is required before the claim.
Status Network's privacy-first design aligns with Vitalik's Ethereum privacy roadmap, which prioritizes private transactions as a default user experience.
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Base Introduces Multiproofs With Azul Upgrade
Base's first standalone upgrade since leaving the Superchain introduces multiproofs combining TEE and ZK, plus a new client stack built on OP Kona.
Base announced the Azul upgrade, its first standalone network upgrade since departing Optimism's Superchain. The upgrade introduces multiproofs, enhancing security, decentralization, performance, and the overall developer experience. By combining Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) with zero-knowledge (ZK) proving, multiproofs move Base closer to Stage 2 decentralization.
Azul also streamlines the network architecture by consolidating operations onto a single execution client, base-reth-node, alongside a new consensus client, base-consensus, built on OP Kona. The upgrade is already running on testnet, with mainnet activation set for May 13, 2026. Node operators will need to transition to the new client stack ahead of that date.
Base is currently hosting a $250,000 audit competition on Immunefi running through May 4. Looking ahead, the team plans to introduce an enshrined token standard and Flashblock access lists by the end of June, followed by native account abstraction by the end of August.
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Optimism Pilots Stake-Based Transaction Ordering
The mechanism allows users to stake OP tokens in a smart contract to give a chosen address priority in transaction ordering.
Optimism proposed piloting an experimental stake-based transaction ordering system on its network. The mechanism allows users to stake OP tokens in a smart contract to give a chosen address priority in transaction ordering. The pilot will test how the model affects user behavior, especially among bots and market makers.
The proposed ordering mechanism aims to create new utility, increase demand for OP tokens, and improve network efficiency. During the experiment, priority will depend on the amount and duration of OP staked. The system is currently live on the OP Sepolia testnet and will run for up to four weeks on mainnet. After the pilot, OP Mainnet will revert to the standard priority gas auction (PGA) system.
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