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2023-04-17, 01:50

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## Eth News and Links
### Shapella (Shanghai + Capella) upgrade
[Mainnet upgraded](https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1646264219019407360 "Mainnet upgraded") to Shapella:

Staking withdrawals are being processed (view on [beaconcha.in](https://beaconcha.in/validators/withdrawals "beaconcha.in"))

Christine Kim: [withdrawal misconceptions](https://twitter.com/christine_dkim/status/1646916343952703488 "withdrawal misconceptions")

[Prysm validators using MEV-Boost](https://arbitrum.notion.site/17-relayers-are-failing-with-the-prysm-client-post-Capella-Shanghai-2023-04-12-mainnet-0ef5ccd795e54ae4894fa695f1a3e70b "Prysm validators using MEV-Boost") failed to propose blocks

[~100 validators with double deposits](https://twitter.com/lefterisjp/status/1646274484817522689 "~100 validators with double deposits") can retrieve their extra ETH

first [transaction using new PUSH0 opcode](https://twitter.com/vex_0x/status/1646281317925920769 "transaction using new PUSH0 opcode")

Hot fixes:

Lighthouse [v4.0.2-rc.0](https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/tag/v4.0.2-rc.0 "v4.0.2-rc.0"): fix for high CPU when missed blocks & high volume of exits

Prysm [v4.0.2](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/releases/tag/v4.0.2 "v4.0.2"): fix for interacting with MEV-Boost

Latest all core devs – execution (ACDE) [call video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Nm8AGyCQM&t=142s "call video"). Summary by [Tim Beiko](https://twitter.com/timbeiko/status/1646550211580264452 "Tim Beiko").  Notes from [Christine Kim](https://www.galaxy.com/research/insights/ethereum-all-core-developers-execution-call-159/ "Christine Kim"):

Shapella went relatively smoothly: Prysm MEV-Boost bug caused missed blocks which triggered Lighthouse high CPU, Teku investigating slow block import

Dencun scope to be discussed at next ACDE call

Discussions on EIP4788 design, starting testnets with Capella genesis state, payload IDs and Execution API addition for MEV-Boost

Zhejiang testnet being taken down [April 19](https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1646851561224654848 "April 19")
### Dencun (Cancun + Deneb) upgrade
KZG ceremony special contributions:

Mr. Moloch's [Ephemeral album II](https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps/status/1645532615137693703 "Ephemeral album II") made & destroyed in one day

[Random dog walk](https://twitter.com/saint_rat/status/1645550341692194816 "Random dog walk") from eating dropped dog biscuits

[Improvised theater](https://twitter.com/thomasdenh/status/1645911736896110594 "Improvised theater") with music

[Nimbus](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/4803 "Nimbus") added Blobfish ASCII art for when Deneb activates

Proposal to [rename danksharding to dankscaling](https://twitter.com/adietrichs/status/1646402410708094976 "rename danksharding to dankscaling")
### Layer 1
[Mevboost.pics](https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1645056071889813504 "Mevboost.pics") added average MEV payment per relay/builder/validator in boxplots

[Bootnode diversity discussion](https://ethresear.ch/t/execution-consensus-client-bootnodes/14588/21 "Bootnode diversity discussion"): client teams could run geo diverse bootnodes on bare metal

Terence: [single slot PBS using attester committee notes](https://hackmd.io/vianq8jgSjC9fiZvnjcAvw/ryKYUjbf3 "single slot PBS using attester committee notes") & open questions
### For Stakers
[Staking pool](https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1646903790111522817 "Staking pool") execution client diversity

Somer’s [configuring withdrawal credentials guide](https://someresat.medium.com/guide-to-configuring-withdrawal-credentials-on-ethereum-812dce3193a "configuring withdrawal credentials guide") & updated [staking guides](https://github.com/SomerEsat/ethereum-staking-guides "staking guides")
### Research
Barnabé Monnot: [protocol credibility = introspection + agency + community defense of last resort](https://barnabe.substack.com/p/seeing-like-a-protocol "protocol credibility = introspection + agency + community defense of last resort")

[Sync committee slashing](https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/issues/3321 "Sync committee slashing") to deter against signing non-canonical beacon block roots
### Layer 2
Intro to [MEV on Layer 2 sequencers](https://twitter.com/francescoglt/status/1646875996925333504 "MEV on Layer 2 sequencers")
### EIPs/Standards
EIPs:

[EIP6873](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/6873/files "EIP6873"): Preimage retention

ERCs:

[ERC6864](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/6864/files "ERC6864"): Upgradable fungible token

[ERC6865](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/6865/files "ERC6865"): Onchain EIP712 visualization
### Stuff for developers
Hardhat [v2.13.1](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%402.13.1 "v2.13.1"): added Shanghai support

[Foundry-devops](https://github.com/ChainAccelOrg/foundry-devops#readme "Foundry-devops"): get most recent deployment, requires ffi

[Difftastic](https://community.thecreed.xyz/c/tools/difftastic-a-next-level-diff-tool "Difftastic") (diff tool) supports Solidity using tree-sitter parser

[Rolling dutch auction](https://github.com/deomaius/rolling-dutch-auction#readme "Rolling dutch auction") in Solidity: perpetual auction with composite decay

[Property-based testing](https://medium.com/jat9292/building-a-smart-contracts-fuzzer-for-fun-and-profit-1f73323c2b4d "Property-based testing") using Hypothesis Python library

[Dedaub contract library](https://twitter.com/dedaub/status/1645930929729273857 "Dedaub contract library") (mainnet) added decompile to Yul

[Titanoboa (Vyper interpreter) cheats](https://twitter.com/big_tech_sux/status/1646148954709544964 "Titanoboa (Vyper interpreter) cheats") can be written as Python functions

[HuffBoa](https://github.com/z80dev/HuffBoa#readme "HuffBoa"): example repo for using Huff contracts with titanoboa

Alchemy [Spearmint](https://twitter.com/alchemyplatform/status/1646605943965368320 "Spearmint"): allowlist platform, low-code

[Create T3 App](https://codingwithmanny.medium.com/combine-sign-in-with-ethereum-with-create-t3-app-8f54604caeeb "Create T3 App") (NextJS, NextAuth, Prisma, tRPC, Tailwind & Type_script_) with Sign-In With <a href="/price/ethereum-eth" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Ethereum</a>

Create a [Council Voting Vault](https://twitter.com/delv_tech/status/1645487258617643008 "Council Voting Vault")

[Indexed.xyz](https://goldsky.com/blog/introducing-indexed-xyz "Indexed.xyz"): raw blocks, transactions & event logs and decoded event logs for mainnet
### Security
iEarn [$10 million exploit](https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1646644624314757120 "$10 million exploit"), yUSDT misconfigured, multiple pools drained

SushiSwap [~$3.3 million exploit](https://rekt.news/sushi-yoink-rekt/ "~$3.3 million exploit"), didn’t check for a genuine <a href="/price/uniswap-uni" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Uniswap</a> v3 pool, attempted whitehat copied by MEV bots

Paribus [~$100k exploit](https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1645742296904929280 "~$100k exploit") on Arbitrum, reentrancy of <a href="/price/compound-comp" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Compound</a> v2 fork

[Pretend hack](https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1646937025210195968 "Pretend hack") to trick users into using fake revoke sites
### Ecosystem
Etherscan:

[Zero-value token transfers hidden](https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1645406189692526593 "Zero-value token transfers hidden") by default

[EthValidate](https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1646485065520775168 "EthValidate"): verify explorer data on using data from other nodes
### Notable at app layer
[Ondo OMMF](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ondo-finance-announces-new-token-ommf-providing-tokenized-exposure-to-us-money-market-funds-targeting-100-billion-stablecoin-market-301796332.html "Ondo OMMF") (money market funds token): KYC & 100k USDC minimum

[Gandalf](https://alpha.gandalf.page/ "Gandalf"): tokengate Typeform, Notion, Substack, Medium, Gitbook & Google Docs, alpha

Metropolis [podarchy explorer](https://pod.xyz/ "podarchy explorer"): visualize account relationships, permissions & multisig signers
## Job Listings
EF Ecosystem Support Program seek a [Grant Analyst & Liaison](https://jobs.lever.co/ethereumfoundation/92306cf4-1a7d-4e32-bc23-9762383522b1 "Grant Analyst & Liaison")
### Regulation/business/tokens
[Commissioner Peirce calls out Chairman Gensler's clandestine power grab](https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-rendering-inovation-2023-04-12 "Commissioner Peirce calls out Chairman Gensler's clandestine power grab") to expand the SEC's reach and push all DeFi out of the US

<a href="/price/tether-usdt" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Tether</a> [blacklisted 3 million USDT](https://twitter.com/peckshieldalert/status/1645702939498135552 "blacklisted 3 million USDT") from MEV bot exploiter

NYTimes reports on [debanking of the current disfavored](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/your-money/bank-account-suspicious-activity.html "debanking of the current disfavored")

[Wallets should be invisible](https://mirror.xyz/sylve.eth/A8VnNvBVbc0aXmW2FlG58ysI8oZUnH0HGwwjIsQGHUk "Wallets should be invisible"), using WebAuthn
### General/crypto
Summer of Protocols [researchers](https://paragraph.xyz/protocolized/introducing-the-summer-of-protocols-cohort "researchers")
[PLONKish ZK-SNARK](https://taiko.mirror.xyz/9kGUby8h_dyu-t8jcPkDADfbWUMJw3mlGxvZAZk9sV0 "PLONKish ZK-SNARK") explainer

## Upcoming Dates of Note
(new/changes in **bold**)
Apr 21-25  – [EthTaipei](https://eth-taipei.notion.site/ETHTaipei-2023-7aba2e9b4d264385ad26cb926639ed3a "EthTaipei") conference
Apr 25 - May 9 – [Gitcoin Program Beta Round](https://gitcoin.notion.site/Gitcoin-Grantee-Portal-6adfc92627474bd48a5dfcd1e8438d20 "Gitcoin Program Beta Round")
Apr 27-30  – [Istanbul ETH Privacy](https://www.leadingprivacy.com/istanbul "Istanbul ETH Privacy") conference & hackathon
Apr 28 – deadline for EF’s [Next Billion fellowship cohort 3](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/03/16/fellowship-cohort-3-applications "Next Billion fellowship cohort 3")
May 5-10 – [ETHTallinn](https://ethtallinn.org/ "ETHTallinn") hackathon & [NFT Tallinn](https://nfttallinn.com/ "NFT Tallinn") conference
May 9-12 – [EY blockchain summit](https://web.cvent.com/event/c066d44d-4e50-4d7e-b6fb-3cc0abdae7ff/websitePage:34e89f81-7647-4dff-b5f8-cd05d75a1ea7 "EY blockchain summit")
May 12-14 – [ETHGlobal Lisbon](https://ethglobal.com/events/lisbon "ETHGlobal Lisbon")
May 19-23 – [Edcon](https://edcon.io/ "Edcon") Montenegro (changed from Vienna)
May 20-21 – [ETHDam](https://www.ethdam.com/ "ETHDam") (Amsterdam) conference & hackathon
May 24-26 – [Spaghett ETH](https://naples.spaghett-eth.com/ "Spaghett ETH") (Naples) conference
May 26-28 – [ETHDublin](https://www.ethdublin.io/ "ETHDublin") hackathon
Jun 2-4 – [ETH Seoul](https://2023.ethseoul.org/ "ETH Seoul")
Jun 2-6 – [ETH Belgrade](https://ethbelgrade.rs/ "ETH Belgrade") conference & hackathon
Jun 9-11 – [ETHPrague](https://ethprague.com/ "ETHPrague") conference & hackathon
Jun 23–25 – [ETHGlobal Waterloo](https://ethglobal.com/events/waterloo2023 "ETHGlobal Waterloo") (changed from Toronto)
Jul 5-7 – [ETHBarcelona](https://ethbarcelona.com/ "ETHBarcelona")
Jul 15-16 – [DeFi Security Summit](https://defisecuritysummit.org/ "DeFi Security Summit") (Paris)
Jul 17-20 – [EthCC](https://ethcc.io/ "EthCC") (Paris)
Jul 21–23 – [ETHGlobal Paris](https://ethglobal.com/events/paris2023 "ETHGlobal Paris")
Aug 13-16 – [ETHToronto](https://www.ethtoronto.ca/ "ETHToronto") & [ETHWomen](https://www.ethwomen.com/ "ETHWomen")
Aug 16-19 – [Ethereum Argentina](https://twitter.com/EtherArgentina/status/1625857633260552200 "Ethereum Argentina") (Buenos Aires)
Aug 28-30 – [Science of Blockchain Conference](https://cbr.stanford.edu/sbc23/ "Science of Blockchain Conference") (Stanford University)
Aug 30 - Sep 3 – [ETHWarsaw](https://www.ethwarsaw.dev/ "ETHWarsaw") conference & hackathon
Sep 1-3 – [Ethcon Korea](https://ethcon.kr/ "Ethcon Korea") hackathon
Sep 10-12 – [Ethereum Singapore](https://www.ethereumsingapore.com/ "Ethereum Singapore") hackathon & conference
Sep 11-13 – [DappCon](https://www.dappcon.io/ "DappCon") (Berlin)
Sep 15 – [Protocol Berg](https://protocol.berlin/ "Protocol Berg") (Berlin)
Sep 18-21 – [ETH Montréal](https://ethmontreal.xyz/ "ETH Montréal") hackathon & conference
Sep 22–24 – [ETHGlobal New York](https://ethglobal.com/events/newyork2023 "ETHGlobal New York")
Oct 6–27 – [ETHOnline](https://ethglobal.com/events/ethonline2023 "ETHOnline") (ETHGlobal) virtual
Oct 27–29 – [ETH Miami](https://ethmiami.net/ "ETH Miami") festival + hackathon
Oct 28–30 – [ETH Lisbon](https://www.ethlisbon.org/ "ETH Lisbon") hackathon
November – Devconnect

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