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Ethereum (ETH) Developers Lock Glamsterdam Sepolia Testnet Fork for Oct 6
Core developers confirmed on the September 17 coordination call that Glamsterdam, the next major upgrade in the Ethereum upgrade pipeline, will activate on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, 2026, at 13:53:36 UTC.
ETHSolana (SOL) Cuts Slot Time to 250ms in Third Stage of SIMD-0525
Solana (SOL) cut slot time to 250ms on Sept. 18, its third SIMD-0525 stage, targeting four blocks per second; the 200ms final stage has no mainnet date.
SOLZcash (ZEC) Developers Confirm NU7 Upgrade for Nov. 5 With 25-Second Blocks
Zcash developers locked NU7 mainnet activation for Nov. 5 with 25-second blocks, a whale short bleeds $30M, and the Dev Fund debate heats up.
ZECCircle Launches Arc Mainnet With USDC (USDC) as Gas and 11 Wall Street Validators
Circle's Arc Layer 1 mainnet is live with USDC as gas, sub-second settlement, 20+ stablecoins and 11 institutional validators including BlackRock and Visa.
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ARCSolana (SOL) Triples Transaction Size to 4,096 Bytes With V1 Upgrade
Solana's Transaction V1 format raises the per-transaction data limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, enabling larger multisig and zero-knowledge operations.
SOLDogecoin Core Developer Recruits Japanese and macOS Testers for Next Upgrade
Dogecoin Core developer Junior Developer seeks Japanese speakers and macOS developers to test proposed docs and code changes before future releases.
DOGEEthereum (ETH) Developers Target Oct. 6, 13:53 UTC for Glamsterdam on Sepolia
Ethereum developers tentatively scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade for Sepolia on Oct. 6 at 13:53 UTC, pending a stable Devnet-11 run planned for Sept. 14.
ETHXRP (XRP) Ledger Eyes 2028 Quantum-Ready Mainnet Under Vet's Plan
An XRPL contributor proposes a quantum-resistant mainnet by 2028, with hybrid signatures in 2027 — but no formal roadmap or validator vote confirms it yet.
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VETEthereum (ETH) Developers Schedule EIP-8141 Frame Transactions for 2027 Hegotá Upgrade
Ethereum core developers scheduled EIP-8141 Frame Transactions for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, enabling stablecoin gas payments while ETH still settles fees.
ETHSolana (SOL) Triples Transaction Capacity to 4,096 Bytes With September 9 Upgrade
Solana lifts its transaction cap from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes on September 9 via Transaction v1, removing a long-standing limit as ecosystem tooling updates.
SOLEthereum Developers Lock EIP-8141 Frame Transactions Into 2027 Hegotá Upgrade
Ethereum (ETH) core developers have formally committed EIP-8141, better known as Frame Transactions, to the network's 2027 Hegotá upgrade, moving native account abstraction onto the path of the protocol's standard transaction system.
ETHSolana (SOL) Transaction v1 Lifts Single-Transaction Size to 4,096 Bytes on Wednesday
Solana (SOL) will more than triple the amount of data a single transaction can carry when Transaction v1 activates on mainnet this Wednesday, Sept. 9, raising the ceiling from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes.
SOLXRP Ledger (XRPL) fixCleanup3_3_0 Nears Sept. 11 Activation at 82.86% Validator Support
XRPL's fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment holds 82.86% validator support and activates on mainnet September 11, bundling 11 fixes across vaults, lending and the DEX.
XRPMeta's Muse Spark 1.3 Debuts No. 6 of 636 on AI Intelligence Index: Spark (SPK) in Focus
Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 ranks 6th of 636 AI models with 1M token context, unchanged API pricing and a 10-20x cheaper contributor tier. Spark (SPK) in focus.
SPKSolana (SOL) Expands Transaction Capacity to 4,096 Bytes as Compatibility Risks Emerge
Solana (SOL) is preparing to more than triple the maximum size of a single on-chain transaction, and the final stretch before mainnet activation is exposing compatibility gaps across the Solana network and its surrounding infrastructure.
SOLSolana (SOL) V1 Transactions Go Live on Testnet as Size Jumps to 4,096 Bytes
Solana's V1 transaction format activated on testnet Sept. 1, lifting max size to 4,096 bytes, with mainnet activation set for Sept. 9.
SOLRipple's Four-Stage Quantum Plan Targets XRP Ledger Mainnet Amendment by 2028
Ripple's four-stage quantum roadmap for the XRP Ledger runs from Q-Day recovery planning to ML-DSA testing on AlphaNet and a mainnet amendment targeted by 2028.
XRPHyperliquid (HYPE) Rolls Out HIP-4 Prediction Markets With $300M Pre-Launch Volume
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 prediction markets are live as third-party deployers stake 500,000 HYPE bonds; protocol buybacks hit $370M of a record $638M YTD.
HYPEZakura's Zakura Common Cuts Zcash (ZEC) Shielded Transaction Build Time to 200 ms
Zakura Common lets Zcash (ZEC) wallets build shielded transactions in under 200 ms — 14x faster mobile proofs, no network upgrade needed.
ZECPolygon Discloses Security Flaws Fixed in POL Network's Austin and Kyoto Hard Forks
Polygon Labs has publicly disclosed several previously private security vulnerabilities that could have disrupted its proof-of-stake network, confirming that fixes were already deployed through two recent hard forks.
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