# Ethereal news weekly #0

> Gas limit increased to 60M, Fusaka upgrade December 3, FOCIL not in Glamsterdam upgrade

Date: 2025-11-28
Source: https://ethereal.news/ethereal-news-weekly-0/
Editor: Andrew B Coathup

Gas limit increased to 60M, Fusaka upgrade December 3, FOCIL not in Glamsterdam upgrade 

### Ecosystem

* [Gas limit](https://x.com/nero_eth/status/1993659827969458296) increased to 60M \[thanks to [gas benchmarking framework](https://www.nethermind.io/blog/measuring-ethereums-execution-limits-the-gas-benchmarking-framework), ModExp repricing & optimizations\]  
* [Fusaka upgrade](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/11/06/fusaka-mainnet-announcement):  
  * mainnet December 3 at 21:49 UTC (slot [13,164,544](https://www.beaconcha.in/slot/13164544)); watch the [livestream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upns65rH7mQ)  
* [Mastering Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook#readme) second edition, buy the book or read online/GitHub  
* PSE [privacy experience survey](https://x.com/PrivacyEthereum/status/1991527118627295357) (via CryptPad), takes 10-15 minutes, claimable POAP  
* EF Devcon:  
  * [Devconnect Argentina](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaM7G4Llrb7wViZDimf6uFLCJaDEkpe0k) videos  
  * [Devcon 8](https://devcon.org/en/) will be in Mumbai, India, Q4 2026  
* Hackathons:  
  * [ETHGlobal Buenos Aires](https://x.com/ETHGlobal/status/1992678906978259449?s=20) hackathon finalists  
  * [ETHGlobal 2026 in-person hackathons](https://x.com/ETHGlobal/status/1992919708589576215): Cannes, New York, Lisbon, Tokyo & Mumbai  
* [ETHval](https://ethval.com/) (dashboard): Ether’s intrinsic value using TradFi & crypto metrics  
* ETH metrics:  
  * [Gas](https://ultrasound.money/#gas) (gwei): 0.2 average, 0.0 \- 9.6 (14.4 for zero net issuance)  
  * [ETH supply change](https://ultrasound.money/): 18k net issuance  
  * [ETHUSD](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum): $2,685 - $3,060 (all time high $4,946, August 24, 2025\)  
  * [ETH ETFs](https://dune.com/hildobby/eth-etfs): 5% of ETH supply  
  * [ETHBTC](https://ratiogang.com/): 0.033 (0.165 for the Flippening)

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### Enterprise

* [Amundi](https://int.media.amundi.com/news/amundi-launches-the-first-tokenized-share-of-one-of-its-money-market-funds-in-collaboration-with-caceis-434ab-b6afb.html) (Europe’s largest asset manager) tokenized share of its first fund  
* Wyoming [Frontier stablecoin testnet faucet](https://stabletoken.wyo.gov/pages/faucet): available on Sepolia & L2 testnets

### Applications

* 0xbow [Privacy Pools](https://x.com/0xbowio/status/1993005990007259637): minimum deposit lowered to 0.01 ETH & approval time reduced to under an hour for 75% of users  
* [Aave mobile app](https://aave.com/app): up to 6.5% savings rate, iOS only, via waitlist  
* [DeFi Capital Standards Association](https://dcsa.dev/) (DCSA): initiative to establish framework for risk measurement & capital standards by H2 2026  
* [GnosisDAO](https://snapshot.org/#/s:gnosis.eth/proposal/0xfca8ac754b03f918218d11f405073c690814701b551536956f47a4080360ad9b) voted to terminate kpk (formerly karpatkey) treasury management services  
* [Majeur](https://x.com/z0r0zzz/status/1991909635591409765): onchain governance framework  
* Bordel hackerspace (Prague) [crowdloaning](https://loan.bordel.wtf/): community funded DeFi mortgage

### Developers

* Foundry (framework):  
  * Foundry [v1.5.0-rc1](https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/v1.5.0-rc1): improved fuzzing (AST seeded dictionary using Solar), cast browser wallet support & ERC20 interaction and npm packages for anvil, cast & chisel  
  * Forge-std [v1.12.0](https://github.com/foundry-rs/forge-std/releases/tag/v1.12.0): adds cheatcodes to get/set EVM version, sign with nonce & get storage slots  
* Hardhat (framework) [v3.0.16](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%403.0.16) & [v2.27.1](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%402.27.1): supports Fusaka & OP Stack Isthmus upgrades  
* [CREATE4](https://github.com/0xsequence/CREATE4#readme) (Solidity): deploy to same address across networks with different bytecode  
* Viem [2.40](https://github.com/wevm/viem/releases/tag/viem%402.40.0) (TypeScript): adds eth\_fillTransaction support to reduce RPC calls to prepare a local transaction  
* Herd [visualizer](https://x.com/andrewhong5297/status/1993686578137297098): view contract relationships on mainnet & Base, beta  
* [Sourcify dataset](https://x.com/SourcifyEth/status/1991908836467409241) (verified contracts) live on Google BigQuery  
* Etherscan [free API tier](https://info.etherscan.com/whats-changing-in-the-free-api-tier-coverage-and-why/) no longer includes Base & Optimism, verified contracts & ABI end points unaffected  
* Electric Capital [open dev data](https://electriccapital.substack.com/p/announcing-open-dev-data): datasets of developer activity, parquet format  
* ERCs:  
  * [ERC8086](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1359/files): Privacy token  
  * [ERC8087](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1361/files): Encrypted hashed arguments and calls  
  * [ERC8088](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1362/files): Cross-chain tracking  
  * [ERC8089](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1363/files): Smart contract development lifecycle registry  
  * [ERC8090](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1371/files): Relayer-protected gasless swaps  
  * [ERC8091](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1373/files): Privacy address format  
  * [ERC8092](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1377/files): Associated accounts  
  * [ERC8093](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1379/files): Private ERC20

### Security

* Velodrome & Aerodrome [centralized domains compromised](https://x.com/AerodromeFi/status/1992693026523881754), \~$700k lost, decentralized domains unaffected  
* [Shai-Hulud 2](https://www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hulud-strikes-again-hitting-zapier-ensdomains) npm supply-chain attack, [ENS](https://go.ens.xyz/npm-attack) removed compromised package versions with no apparent downloads of those versions

### All core devs (main protocol calls)

#### All core devs \- consensus (ACDC) [\#170](https://forkcast.org/calls/acdc/170)

* [Fusaka](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/fusaka) upgrade (December 3 at 21:49 UTC):  
  * [mainnet upgrade & incident response](https://github.com/ethereum/pm/blob/master/Fusaka/fusaka-mainnet-plan.md) plan  
  * mainnet shadow fork 1: successfully upgraded to Fusaka, BPO1 & BPO2, close to 100% participation, Nimbus working on release to fix supernode bug  
* [Glamsterdam](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam) upgrade (targeting June 2026):  
  * Headliners:   
    * [EIP7732](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam#eip-7732) ePBS: devnet in late December/January, ePBS breakout on December 5 will discuss trustless payments  
    * [EIP7928](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam#eip-7928) Block-level Access Lists: 3 clients passing most tests, testing in Kurtosis this week with a devnet soon  
  * Considered for Inclusion:   
    * [EIP8045](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam#eip-8045) exclude slashed validators from proposing  
  * Consensus layer non-headliners still to be decided at next ACDC:  
    * Review complexity of [EIP7688](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam#eip-7688) forward compatible consensus data structures (SSZ ProgressiveContainer)  
    * Choose either [EIP8080](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam/#eip-8080) exits use consolidation queue or [EIP8061](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam/#eip-8061) increase churn limits  
  * Declined for Inclusion:   
    * [EIP7805](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam/#eip-7805) FOCIL, [EIP8071](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam/#eip-8071) prevent using consolidations as withdrawals & [EIP8062](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam/#eip-8062) sweep withdrawal fee for 0x01 validators  
* [Heka \+ Bogotá](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/10772/files) upgrade  
  * [EIP7805](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7805) FOCIL moved from Glamsterdam & set to Considered for Inclusion, discussion on whether it should be Scheduled for Inclusion, which could impact other potential headliners (such as 6 second slots)  
* [I-star name needed](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/i-star-name-for-consensus-layer-upgrade-after-heka/26717) for Consensus Layer upgrade after Heka

### Layer 1

* [Client-side proving](https://ethproofs.org/csp-benchmarks) dashboard  
* [Soundcalc](https://github.com/ethereum/soundcalc#readme): proof system security measure of zkEVMs, supports RISC0, Miden & ZisK  
* Offchain Labs: [WASM better suited for smart contract delivery than RISC-V](https://ethresear.ch/t/why-risc-v-is-not-a-good-choice-for-an-l1-delivery-isa-and-why-wasm-is-a-better-one/23491), contract delivery instruction set can be different to what is used for proving

### Research

* Vitalik: [distributed history & state storage using blobs](https://ethresear.ch/t/integrated-in-protocol-distributed-history-and-state-storage/23522)

### Staking

* [Client diversity](https://clientdiversity.org/#distribution):  
  * Consensus layer: Lighthouse 48%  
  * Execution layer: Geth \~41%, Nethermind \~38% (estimated from self reports)  
* [Staking marketshare](https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking): Lido 24% \[Note: [dual governance](https://dg.lido.fi/)\]  
* Client releases:  
  * Consensus layer:  
    * Lighthouse [v8.0.1](https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/tag/v8.0.1) (medium priority hotfix): fixes checkpoint sync & performance improvements  
    * Teku [25.11.1](https://github.com/Consensys/teku/releases/tag/25.11.1) (optional priority): improved metrics (beacon peer count connection direction & outgoing LibP2P requests) & fixes  
  * Execution layer  
    * Erigon [v3.3.0](https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/releases/tag/v3.3.0): historical eth\_getProof support; new [docs](https://docs.erigon.tech/)  
    * Nethermind [1.35.3](https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/releases/tag/1.35.3) (OP Stack operators): OP Stack Jovian upgrade

### Layer 2

* OP Mainnet [backup sequencing](https://www.sunnyside.io/blogs/backup-sequencing): operated by OP Labs & Sunnyside Labs  
* MegaETH [refunding bridge pre-deposits](https://x.com/megaeth/status/1994165259171397882) after [technical issues](https://x.com/megaeth/status/1993395774164488361)

### Regulation

* S\&P Global: [USDT (Tether) stability assessment](https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/regulatory/delegate/getPDF?articleId=3486415) downgraded to weak (from constrained)

### General

* X (Twitter) [about this account](https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1992335925322613127) displays either users country or region  
* [Session & SimpleX](https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1993803663026860125) receive 128 ETH donations each from Vitalik, messaging apps need permissionless account creation & metadata privacy  
* Tutorials:  
  * Vitalik: [Plinko](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/11/25/plinko.html) & private information retrieval protocols  
  * zkSecurity [Sumcheck, Multilinear Extensions (MLE) & HyperPlonk](https://sumcheck.zksecurity.xyz/), implemented using SafeMath  
* Jarrad Hope & Peter Ludlow: [Farewell to Westphalia](https://logos.co/farewell-to-westphalia) book (print & open source), crypto sovereignty & post-nation-state governance

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