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Proposal Redirects Validator Rewards To Ecosystem Funding

Kleros founder Clément Lesaege proposes letting validators redirect up to 10% of their staking rewards to ecosystem funding, drawing early opposition.

Scaling Ethereum With A Native zkEVM

Mike Neuder argues the upgrade's real unlock is letting validators sample blocks inside blobs, scaling bandwidth alongside execution.

• Ethereum
• Zkevm
• Scaling

Taiko Bridges Compromised In Verification Exploit

Taiko warns the security assumptions of all bridges on the network can no longer be relied upon after an exploit drained its Ethereum ERC20 vault.

• Security
• Layer-2
• Bridges

Jared From Subway MEV Bot Drained In Honeypot

Blockaid flagged a honeypot that tricked the jaredsmev MEV bot into token approvals later used to drain its funds, per a forensic breakdown by banteg.

• Security
• Mev
• Defi

#972 - Ethereum Core Dev Funding Debate, Privacy Boost Preconfirmation, ZisK v1.0.0-alpha

Trent van Epps warns of a looming Ethereum core dev funding crisis, Privacy Boost adds preconfirmation for private transfers, and ZisK ships v1.0.0-alpha.

• News
• June2026
• 2026

Ethereum Funding Crisis Debate

A former EF contributor warned core devs face a funding crisis within 3 to 9 months. Debates ignited over who should fund Ethereum's developers.

• Ethereum-foundation
• Funding
• Governance

Privacy Boost Adds Preconfirmation For Private Transfers

Privacy Boost added preconfirmation support, letting private transfers be treated as usable within a second.

ZisK Ships v1.0.0-alpha, Enters Stabilization

The zkVM's codebase is now feature frozen as development shifts to security audits, formal verification, and hardening.

• Zk
• Zkvm
• Zisk

#971 - Hsiao-Wei Wang Steps Down, Base Beryl Upgrade, Aztec Exploit

Hsiao-Wei Wang steps down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, Base deploys its Beryl upgrade to testnet, and Aztec Labs investigates a second exploit on a deprecated rollup.

• News
• June2026
• 2026

Ethereum Foundation Leadership: The Complete Tracker

A running index of ETH Daily's coverage on the Ethereum Foundation's leadership turnover, restructuring, and narrowing mandate.

• Ethereum-foundation
• Leadership
• Governance

JP Morgan Buys $102m BMNR Shares

J.P. Morgan acquired 1,974,144 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (BMNR), the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.

• News
• 2025
• November2025

Succinct Announces $PROVE Airdrop

$PROVE is the native token of the Succinct Prover Network and will serve as payment for generating proofs, economic security through staking and slashing, and governance.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

EigenDA Launches On Holesky Testnet

Restakers, operators, rollup sequencers, and full nodes can now interact with EigenLayer on Holesky.

• News
• 2024

SharpLink Expands ETH Reserve

The company acquired 10,000 ETH in an over the counter transaction directly with the Ethereum Foundation.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

Introducing Ethereum Hoodi Testnet

A new long-lived Ethereum testnet featuring a similar configuration and validator count as Ethereum mainnet.

• News
• 2025
• March2025