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DogeOS Chikyū Testnet Lifts Dogecoin (DOGE) Throughput Target to 300 TPS
Dogecoin (DOGE) price watchers picked up a fundamental catalyst on Wednesday as the DogeOS Chikyū public testnet went live. The official Dogecoin community account confirmed the rollout in a post on X, announcing an EVM-compatible Layer 2 built on zero-knowledge rollup technology.
DOGEStellar (XLM) Mainnet Activates Protocol 28 “Adapter” With Contract Data Migration
Stellar (XLM) mainnet activated Protocol 28, the Adapter upgrade, adding contract data migration and fleet-wide upgrades via CAP-83, CAP-85 and CAP-86.
XLMSolana (SOL) Alpenglow Targets 150ms Finality, Down From 12.8 Seconds
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade targets 150ms finality versus 12.8 seconds today, while USD.AI expands USDai and sUSDai to Solana DeFi with 8-week incentives.
SOLChainlink (LINK) Launches CCIP 2.0 With Cross-Chain Verifier and 16-Operator Committee Sign-Off
Chainlink, the network whose blockchain oracle infrastructure secures much of DeFi's data plumbing, launched CCIP 2.0 on Monday, September 28 — the most significant overhaul of its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol to date.
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LINKSolana (SOL) Developers Deny September 28 Alpenglow Mainnet Launch Date
Solana (SOL) developers denied a Sept 28 Alpenglow mainnet launch. Agave v4.3/v4.4 schedules list no Alpenglow; the next activation window is Nov 9.
SOLAnza Activates Solana (SOL) Alpenglow on Devnet With 150ms Finality Target
Solana’s developer network has completed its migration to the Alpenglow consensus protocol, and co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko marked the milestone with a pointed message on X: “You’re not ready for this.”
SOLVitalik Buterin's Ethereum (ETH) Node Now Fits in 461 GiB as AI Hardware Boom Cuts Home Costs
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin confirmed that the local AI hardware boom has quietly solved one of the network's longest-running accessibility problems: the cost of running a full node at home.
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HOMENik Bougalis Returns to XRP (XRP) Ledger Core With 8-Commit PR #8300
Nik Bougalis, the cryptographer who steered core XRP Ledger protocol development for close to a decade, is officially back in the project’s source code — and the welcome came from the very top.
XRPXRP (XRP) Ledger Batch Upgrade Slips to Oct. 9 After Validator Support Reset
The XRP Ledger's flagship Batch upgrade has lost at least ten days on its activation schedule.
XRPAnza Moves Solana (SOL) Alpenglow Upgrade to Public Testnet Aiming for 150ms Finality
Solana (SOL) has pushed its most significant protocol overhaul of the year a decisive step forward: Alpenglow, the upgrade that dismantles the network’s TowerBFT consensus engine, is now staged on the public testnet.
SOLShiba Inu (SHIB) Developer Kaal Dhairya Confirms Shibarium Reorg Solved
Shiba Inu (SHIB) developer Kaal Dhairya confirms the Shibarium reorg is solved; dRPC must finish its transition as node peer lists and RPC records are…
SHIBEthereum Foundation Targets Quantum-Resistant Ethereum (ETH) L1 by December 2029
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol team has set December 2029 as its working deadline for a quantum-resistant Ethereum (ETH) layer 1 — a scope that reaches well beyond swapping out a single signature scheme.
ETHXRP (XRP) Ledger's Batch V1.1 Nears Sept. 29 Activation With 30 of 35 Validators
The XRP Ledger’s next payments upgrade, Batch V1.1, has entered its formal activation countdown after winning the backing of 30 of the network’s 35 tracked validators.
XRPEthereum (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.
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