Ethereum Cat Herders Update #21

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4 min readMay 19, 2020

Ethereum Cat Herders community update is here with another issue to recap the latest in Ethereum developments and other exciting progress in the ecosystem. You can read the previous one here.

Berlin Upgrade

Ethereum 1.0 chain is preparing for the Berlin upgrade which is proposed to be on the mainnet in mid-July 2020. An ephemeral testnet YOLO is also proposed for this network upgrade.

Accepted EIPs

EIP-2315: Simple Subroutines for the EVM
EIP-2537: BLS12–381 curve operations

Proposed EIPs

EIP-2046: Reduced gas cost for static calls made to precompiles
EIP-2565: Repricing of the EIP-198 ModExp precompile

Meta EIP-2070

Client status tracker

Follow the Ethereum Cat Herders website for the latest on Ethereum upgrade.

Blockchain Conferences

Consensus 2020

We’re delighted to share that ECH facilitated the participation of Ethereum projects and protocols in Coindesk’s Consensus 2020 event to share the latest in the Ethereum ecosystem with the rest of the world. Thanks to ingenious speakers for their participation.

The State of Ethereum 1.x by Hudson Jameson & Tim Beiko from Ethereum Cat Herders
Research & Roadmap (Stateless Ethereum) by Alexey A.
Eth2, wtf by Danny R.
A hot take on what Ethereum is thinking by Auryn M. from Burn SIgnal
The Emerging Asset Management Sector on Ethereum by Anthony S.from Set Protocol
Developer experience as we move towards ethereum 2.0 by Greg M. from Chainsafe

1559 design bounty

As part of the first EIP-1559 implementers’ call (summary), one of the identified next steps is to organize a community bounty for what the “send a transaction” UI would look like under either EIP-1559 or the newly proposed alternative of “Escalator Fees”. The Ethereum Cat Herders are facilitating this bounty. You may find various resources on both proposals here.

If you can help with either with funding or advertising, please reach out to Pooja Ranjan (poojaranjan@etherworld.co) and Tim Beiko (tim.beiko@consensys.net).

(Correction: EIP 1559 wallet design bounty.)

ProgPOW

Greg Colvin, the current champion of EIP-1057 a.k.a ProgPOW joined the ECH bi-weekly call to explore the ways to educate the community on the proposed algorithm for Ethereum blockchain. Visit ECH website to find a curated list of resources from Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians, Ethereum Cat Herders, and other community blogs as well as a list of ongoing voting platforms available for ProgPOW.

Ethereum Community Updates

Ethereum.org

Development Update #3

Ecosystem Support Program

ESP awarded a total of $2,564,000 in financial support over the first quarter of 2020. Read Allocation Update, Q1 2020 here.
EF Ecosystem Support Info Session

All Core Developers meeting

ACD meeting 87: agenda, video, notes.
Friday 15 May 2020, 14:00 UTC

Ethereum 1.x research

Oil: adding a second fuel source to the EVM (pre-EIP v1.1) by Alexey A.
Counter-proposal to oil/karma: per-account gas limits by Vitalik B.
Stateless Ethereum May 15 Call digest
The 1.x Files: A Primer for the Witness Specification by Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss

Ethereum 2.0

Update #11 by Danny Ryan
Call#39: agenda, video, Ben’s notes
What’s New in Eth2 #42 by Ben Edgington
Testnet (Phase 0): There are currently two public Eth2 Phase 0 testnets out there. Topaz is the Prysm-only network by Prysmatic labs, and Schlesi is a multiclient testnet created by Afri Schoeden. Schlesi forked.
Schlesi testnet had multiple consensus issues and will no longer be maintained. It will be kept around for debugging purposes. New clients will be added to the Witti testnet.
Eth 2.0 Staking and More with Topaz and DAppnode for under $750 by Hudson Jameson.

EIPIP meeting

Cat Herders shared the Q1–2020 success stories of EIPIP meetings followed by the blog The Feedback that Improves Ethereum to share the primary results of the EIPIP survey. The survey is out, consider participating if you are interested in contributing to the governance of Ethereum blockchain.
EIPIP meeting 7: agenda, video, notes.
THE next EIPIP meeting is proposed on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 1500 UTC. Agenda.