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10 Years of Ethereum

On July 30th at 3:26:13 PM +UTC, Ethereum will celebrate 10 years since the genesis block. _Ethereum has come a long way. It came to life, survived and thrived against all odds, and led to breakthroughs in tokenization, fundraising, DeFi and digital o...
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Checkpoint – March 2025

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for brief high-level updates with a target cadence of every 4-5 calls, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the initial update here...
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Holesky and Hoodi Testnet Updates

The Pectra testnet activation revealed issues in clients with deposit contract configurations changes on Ethereum testnets. While Sepolia's recovery was straightforward and the network has since fully recovered, Holesky experienced extensive inactivity...
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Mekong Deprecation Announcement

The Mekong devnet was meant to be a playground for wallet developers to experiment with UX changes and for stakers to gain confidence in the upcoming Pectra changes. The Pectra network upgrade has been activated on the Ethereum Sepolia and Holesky tes...
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Sepolia Pectra Incident Update

At 7:29 UTC today, on epoch 222464, the Pectra network upgrade went live on the Sepolia testnet. Unfortunately, an issue with Sepolia's permissioned deposit contract prevented many execution layer clients from including transactions in blocks. The roo...
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Welcoming a new EF leadership structure

The Ethereum Foundation is thrilled to announce a new leadership structure, welcoming Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak as co-Executive Directors effective March 17th. This marks an exciting new chapter in the Foundation's evolution as we continue to ...
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A new chapter in the infinite garden

My dear Ethereum community, Today, I’m excited to turn the page and share that I will be closing this chapter as Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation soon and stepping into a new role as its President. This new opportunity will allow me to co...
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Ethereum Protocol Studies 2025

tl;dr: Ethereum Protocol Studies is returning for 2025. Visit epf.wiki to fill out the survey and join the town hall on Wednesday, Feb 12. The Ethereum Protocol Studies program (EPS) is back for 2025! Designed to lower the barrier to understanding Eth...
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ethereum.org Year in Review

2024 was a great year for ethereum.org, and as we already have our hands full with projects and initiatives for 2025, it's important to take a moment to celebrate the achievements made possible by the community this past year. With that in mind, we've...
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Introducing the 2025 Academic Grants Round

The EF's Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 Academic Grants Round, a pioneering initiative aimed at empowering and expanding the frontiers of Ethereum-related academic research. With a dedicated fund of $2 mil...
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South Korea reconsiders crypto ETFs amid global market shift and demand

South Korea’s Exchange Chairman, Eun-Bo Jeong, has signaled interest in introducing crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year, aligning with global demands for such products. At the Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony on Jan. 2, Jeong reportedly emphasized the need for innovative financial products to revitalize the country’s capital markets. Jeong highlighted the economic hurdles […]
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