Appreciate the work @ethlabs_org has put into this review.
The distinction between gas repricing and accounting changes is an important one. With an upgrade of this scale, understanding its impact on existing contracts and the network as a whole is essential before moving forward.
The distinction between gas repricing and accounting changes is an important one. With an upgrade of this scale, understanding its impact on existing contracts and the network as a whole is essential before moving forward.
Ethereum gets stronger when its people ask hard questions.
Glamsterdam, the next upgrade, can increase Ethereum’s capacity by over 3x, but developers have raised important concerns about some of the proposed changes.
We’ve spent the past week working with the EF, auditors, core developers and community members to investigate them.
Here’s where we believe things stand, and how we can move forward together.
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🗓 Ethereum Staking Weekly | Nov 9, 2026
• 44.21M ETH staked → staking rate 36.63%
• Ebunker APR: 2.69% | penetration 0.84%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~16 days, exit queue zero
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.50% (+0.70% vs avg 98.80%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
• evelopers delayed the Hoodi fork while investigating smart contract risks tied to EIP-8037 and EIP-8038.
• Justin Drake said Ethereum is targeting its post-quantum and post-AI transition by December 2028.
• Vitalik Buterin argued that ETH's value proposition should focus more on its role as a store of value than maximizing fee burn.
• ETH staking added 361K ETH to active stake in October, despite withdrawals exceeding deposits by 111K ETH.
• Lido launched built-in Swaps across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base.
• L2 infra: Base activated its Denim upgrade with 200ms blocks, while a Reth client bug prompted emergency fixes across several major L2 networks.
• 44.21M ETH staked → staking rate 36.63%
• Ebunker APR: 2.69% | penetration 0.84%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~16 days, exit queue zero
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.50% (+0.70% vs avg 98.80%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
• evelopers delayed the Hoodi fork while investigating smart contract risks tied to EIP-8037 and EIP-8038.
• Justin Drake said Ethereum is targeting its post-quantum and post-AI transition by December 2028.
• Vitalik Buterin argued that ETH's value proposition should focus more on its role as a store of value than maximizing fee burn.
• ETH staking added 361K ETH to active stake in October, despite withdrawals exceeding deposits by 111K ETH.
• Lido launched built-in Swaps across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base.
• L2 infra: Base activated its Denim upgrade with 200ms blocks, while a Reth client bug prompted emergency fixes across several major L2 networks.
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PSA: Please verify that your contracts are still working after Glamsterdam! We created a repository with Invariants that will be broken after the fork, so you can verify for yourself.
blog.ethereum.org/2026/11/06/gla…
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ethereum:native staking keeps growing.
More $ETH is now staked than at any month-end on record, per our data.
The total sat flat through the second half of 2025, then turned higher in January and has risen for most of the year since.
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🗓 Ethereum Staking Weekly | Nov 2, 2026
• 44.21M ETH staked → staking rate 36.63%
• Ebunker APR: 2.67% | penetration 0.81%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~20 days, exit queue zero
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.50% (+0.63% vs avg 98.87%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
• pers are preparing the first combined execution and consensus layer devnet for late November, with roughly 63 EIPs under consideration.
• BitMine added another 10.5K ETH, bringing its holdings to 4.95% of Ethereum’s supply.
• ETH staking reached a new all-time high, with over 44M ETH staked.
• Obol launched Validator Beat, a platform evaluating validator operators using Lido’s ValOS standard.
• Arbitrum launched its Stablecoin Growth Program, offering a 2M ARB prize pool to boost USDG adoption.
• Soneium announced its next phase on OP Enterprise, expanding its tokenized IP ecosystem across 250+ applications.
• 44.21M ETH staked → staking rate 36.63%
• Ebunker APR: 2.67% | penetration 0.81%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~20 days, exit queue zero
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.50% (+0.63% vs avg 98.87%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
• pers are preparing the first combined execution and consensus layer devnet for late November, with roughly 63 EIPs under consideration.
• BitMine added another 10.5K ETH, bringing its holdings to 4.95% of Ethereum’s supply.
• ETH staking reached a new all-time high, with over 44M ETH staked.
• Obol launched Validator Beat, a platform evaluating validator operators using Lido’s ValOS standard.
• Arbitrum launched its Stablecoin Growth Program, offering a 2M ARB prize pool to boost USDG adoption.
• Soneium announced its next phase on OP Enterprise, expanding its tokenized IP ecosystem across 250+ applications.
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Ethereum staking continues to reach new highs.
Over 44 million $ETH is now staked, representing more than 36% of the total supply.
Despite market fluctuations, the long-term trend remains clear: more ETH is being committed to securing the Ethereum network.
🔗 Data: ValidatorQueue
Over 44 million $ETH is now staked, representing more than 36% of the total supply.
Despite market fluctuations, the long-term trend remains clear: more ETH is being committed to securing the Ethereum network.
🔗 Data: ValidatorQueue
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Big congrats to the @get_optimum team on the mainnet launch, we’re excited to be part of this milestone! 🚀
Faster data propagation and more efficient bandwidth usage mean better validator performance and a stronger Ethereum network. Great to be working alongside the Optimum team to make this happen.
Faster data propagation and more efficient bandwidth usage mean better validator performance and a stronger Ethereum network. Great to be working alongside the Optimum team to make this happen.
The Optimum team is pleased to announce our first mainnet deployment, mump2p on Ethereum. With mump2p, data moves across all of Ethereum 2-3x faster, boosting validator performance and network health.
$3.4B of Ethereum stake is already being boosted by mump2p, and we’re now for all Ethereum node operators.
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The Optimum team is pleased to announce our first mainnet deployment, mump2p on Ethereum. With mump2p, data moves across all of Ethereum 2-3x faster, boosting validator performance and network health.
$3.4B of Ethereum stake is already being boosted by mump2p, and we’re now for all Ethereum node operators.
$3.4B of Ethereum stake is already being boosted by mump2p, and we’re now for all Ethereum node operators.
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🗓 Ethereum Staking Weekly | Oct 19, 2026
• 43.86M ETH staked → staking rate 36.33%
• Ebunker APR: 2.59% | penetration 0.80%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~21 days, exit queue ~14 days
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.40% (+0.80% vs avg 98.60%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
proval to activate its upgraded ENSv2 protocol on Ethereum mainnet.
• Hegota: EIP-8198 (Quick Slots) advanced to CFI status, proposing to reduce Ethereum block times from 12 to 10 seconds.
• Lido Lend introduced Fallback Exits, providing lenders with a more predictable liquidity exit path during market turbulence.
• Interactive Brokers introduced crypto staking for eligible clients, expanding beyond trading and transfers.
• Lido enabled direct ETH staking on Arbitrum, Base, Linea, and Optimism without manual bridging.
• L2 infra: Starknet is considering a transition to an independent L1 and introduced Shadow Accounts to enhance transaction privacy.
• 43.86M ETH staked → staking rate 36.33%
• Ebunker APR: 2.59% | penetration 0.80%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~21 days, exit queue ~14 days
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.40% (+0.80% vs avg 98.60%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
proval to activate its upgraded ENSv2 protocol on Ethereum mainnet.
• Hegota: EIP-8198 (Quick Slots) advanced to CFI status, proposing to reduce Ethereum block times from 12 to 10 seconds.
• Lido Lend introduced Fallback Exits, providing lenders with a more predictable liquidity exit path during market turbulence.
• Interactive Brokers introduced crypto staking for eligible clients, expanding beyond trading and transfers.
• Lido enabled direct ETH staking on Arbitrum, Base, Linea, and Optimism without manual bridging.
• L2 infra: Starknet is considering a transition to an independent L1 and introduced Shadow Accounts to enhance transaction privacy.
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Validator performance is more than uptime.
Timely and accurate attestations, successful block proposals, and sync committee participation all contribute to Ethereum staking rewards.
Even an online validator can miss rewards due to delayed or incorrect attestations.
That’s why validator effectiveness matters. 🎯
Timely and accurate attestations, successful block proposals, and sync committee participation all contribute to Ethereum staking rewards.
Even an online validator can miss rewards due to delayed or incorrect attestations.
That’s why validator effectiveness matters. 🎯
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🗓 Ethereum Staking Weekly | Oct 12, 2026
• 43.87M ETH staked → staking rate 36.34%
• Ebunker APR: 2.51% | penetration 0.77%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~23 days, exit queue ~15 days
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.30% (+0.63% vs avg 98.67%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
on the Sepolia testnet on Oct 6, marking a major step toward mainnet activation.
• Ethereum’s zkAPI launched on mainnet, enabling private, prepaid API access using zero-knowledge proofs.
• Justin Drake called for “bunker mode” planning, recommending migration to fresh addresses with hidden public keys amid private key recovery risks.
• BitMine set a 5% cap on its ETH accumulation strategy.
• Hegota: EIP-8363, a proposal to reform ETH staking issuance, was removed for further discussion outside the upgrade.
• Lido unveiled Lido Lend, a decentralized lending market built on a modified Morpho Blue fork.
• L2 infra: Ethereum Economic Zone tested atomic L1-to-L2 transactions, while Paxos USDG launched on Arbitrum.
• 43.87M ETH staked → staking rate 36.34%
• Ebunker APR: 2.51% | penetration 0.77%
• Queue dynamics: entry queue ~23 days, exit queue ~15 days
• Effectiveness: Ebunker 99.30% (+0.63% vs avg 98.67%)
📰 News of the Week (Highlights)
on the Sepolia testnet on Oct 6, marking a major step toward mainnet activation.
• Ethereum’s zkAPI launched on mainnet, enabling private, prepaid API access using zero-knowledge proofs.
• Justin Drake called for “bunker mode” planning, recommending migration to fresh addresses with hidden public keys amid private key recovery risks.
• BitMine set a 5% cap on its ETH accumulation strategy.
• Hegota: EIP-8363, a proposal to reform ETH staking issuance, was removed for further discussion outside the upgrade.
• Lido unveiled Lido Lend, a decentralized lending market built on a modified Morpho Blue fork.
• L2 infra: Ethereum Economic Zone tested atomic L1-to-L2 transactions, while Paxos USDG launched on Arbitrum.
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