Ethereum Update: Glamsterdam ePBS Retains Trust-Minimized Payments, FOCIL Removal; Fusaka Mainnet Launch and Blob Fork Activated; EIPs 7688, 8061, 8080 Discussed; Heka Upgrade Planned for January

COINOTAG News, December 12th, provides a concise briefing of Christine Kim’s summary from the 171st Ethereum Consensus Layer Core Developer Meeting (ACDC). The discussion prioritized retaining trust-minimized payments as part of the Glamsterdam upgrade‘s embedded Proposal-Builder Separation (ePBS) and formally removing the Fork Option Chain Inclusion List (FOCIL).

The Fusaka upgrade was successfully launched on mainnet on December 3, followed by the blob parameter hard fork activation on December 9, with the network operating smoothly.

Additionally, discussions covered EIP 7688, EIP 8061, and EIP 8080, with plans to begin formalizing the Heka upgrade in January and a consideration to rename it to a star-name compliant with the International Astronomical Union standard.