Protocols
Ethereum's validator set is consolidating — and researchers are worried
The number of independent operators has fallen for four straight quarters even as staked supply grows, network data shows.
By Sana Iqbal · · 7 min read
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Protocols
Rollup teams keep slipping their sequencer decentralisation dates
Six of the eight largest rollups still run a single sequencer, and four have moved their published target dates at least once.
By Sana Iqbal · · 6 min read
Protocols
Bridge post-mortem points to a signing key that was never rotated
The team's own report says the compromised key had been in continuous use since deployment, despite a documented rotation policy.
By Ravi Chandra · · 6 min read
Protocols
Proving costs fall again as zero-knowledge workloads move to dedicated hardware
Benchmarks published by three teams show order-of-magnitude improvements — with caveats about which circuits were measured.
By Sana Iqbal · · 7 min read
Protocols
Client diversity is improving, slowly, and mostly among professionals
Minority execution clients gained share this year, but hobbyist node operators remain concentrated on the default stack.
By André Mensah · · 5 min read