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🧠 We’re hiring founding engineers at @ethglobal to bring our developer community onchain in 2024

We're looking for Fullstack Engineers to work directly with myself to ship products for 100,000+ developers building onchain apps & infra

See the role here: ethglob.al/fullstack

Quick Goerli update: while originally the network was expected to remain active for ~1 month post Dencun, nearly all validators have been shut down over the past few weeks. Consider this the final announcement to move to Sepolia or Holesky 📣

blog.ethereum.org/2023/11/30/goe…

Less than 24h before Dencun .oO!

Since the announcement, many client teams have shipped performance & stability improvements. The blog post has been updated to list both minimum & recommended versions — if you haven't done so yet, upgrade your node 🤖

blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/27/den…

Latest Week in Ethereum News

weekinethereumnews.com/week-in-ethere…

Want to hear stories about Ethereum? Check out Devconnect Scholars' journey here: blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/29/sch…

📣 The 4844 Data Challenge is now open!

Dive into blob data, write a blog post with your findings, and win up to $30,000!

Learn how to apply here! 👇

esp.ethereum.foundation/data-challenge…

Blobs are coming .oO

Dencun is scheduled for mainnet activation at epoch 29696, occurring March 13 at 13:55 UTC. See the announcement below for client release versions and other useful info about the upgrade 🤖

blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/27/den…

We're thrilled to announce that EntryPoint v0.7 has been deployed onchain: #Ethereum Optimism Arbitrum (💙,🧡) Polygon | Aggregated Base 🛡️ Avalanche 🔺 Gnosis Chain 🦉 BNB Chain

blockscan.com/address/0x0000…

The ZK Grants round is now open for developers to apply for and receive funding!

The combined $900K pool for support was funded by Aztec, Polygon | Aggregated, Scroll 📜, Taiko 🥁, zkSync (∎, ∆), and @Ethereum Foundation.

Read the blog here! 👇

📣 The first ZK Grants Round is now open!

The Ethereum Foundation, in collaboration with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync, contributed $150K each to the shared prize pool, totaling $900K.

Apply before March 18th! 👇

esp.ethereum.foundation/zk-grants

Curious about the latest projects that received funding support?

Check out our Allocation Update: Q4 2023 blog post to dive into the projects making waves last quarter! 🌊

blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/20/esp…

Excited to announce the launch of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Study Group (EPFsg)! A 10-week series designed to guide the next gen of
#ethereum core devs. Dive deep into the protocol's mechanics with us.

blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/07/epf…

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📣 The Ethereum Foundation's 2024 Academic Grants Round is now open!

Up to $1M is available for academic research advancing Ethereum.

🎓💼🔍

Apply before March 5th!👇
esp.ethereum.foundation/academic-grants

✨ A look back at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies ahead in 2024 ✨

Check it our newest article on the @Ethereum Foundation's blog and relive with us some highlights from this past year ⤵️

blog.ethereum.org/2024/01/31/202…

new post 'Wrapping up the KZG Ceremony!' Started nearly 2 yrs ago, big thanks to anyone who contributed:

🕯️designs🕯️audits🕯️
🕯️support🕯️entropy🕯️
🕯️stories🕯️

When the Dencun upgrade goes live, our collective effort becomes embedded within the chain ❤️

blog.ethereum.org/2024/01/23/kzg…

More testnet blobs on the way .oO

Dencun will activate on Sepolia Jan 30, and on Holesky Feb 7. If running a node on either network, now's the time to update it!

Assuming both of these go smoothly, mainnet is next ✅

blog.ethereum.org/2024/01/24/sep…

The goerli fork finalized! :D
dora.goerli.ethpandaops.io

After the fix was patched in, the validators came back online and the chain started finalizing again. The MEV circuitbreaker automatically disables and mev-blocks have started flowing through as well.

Yay client diversity!

⏰Pssst! Writing your EF Next Billion Fellowship application this weekend but need more time? 📢 The submission deadline has been extended by one week! Please submit your application ASAP but definitely before Jan 22, 2024

fellowship.ethereum.foundation

There is now a 2x multiplier for Dencun related vulnerabilities! 🎉

Read the Goerli Dencun Announcement at blog.ethereum.org/2024/01/10/goe… and send in your vulnerability reports to earn rewards and help keep the protocol secure! ♥️