Ethereum's second-tier expansion solution Optimism is expected to be launched in July this year

Ethereum's second-tier expansion solution Optimism is expected to be launched in July this year

On March 26, according to official news, the second-tier expansion plan of Ethereum, Optimism, will delay the mainnet launch time. It is expected to be launched in July this year to ensure that the entire community can coordinate the launch to allow basic projects, infrastructure providers, and block producers. , Wallet, token bridge, etc. have time to integrate.

The Ethereum 2.0 client Lighthouse generates its first Eth1 and Eth2 merger transaction

On March 25, official news, the Ethereum 2.0 client Lighthouse development team Sigma Prime stated that Lighthouse generated the client’s first Eth1 and Eth2 merger transaction, and this ETH transaction only used the PoS verification node. A step toward a 99.98% reduction in energy consumption. Sigma Prime added that this does not mean that we are ready for production. This is a prototype, there are still many questions to be answered and a lot of work to be done. But this is a signal that Eth1 and Eth2 developers are actively collaborating to merge.

Ethereum expansion network Arbitrum releases mainnet candidate version, adding BLS signatures to reduce L1 transaction costs

On March 25, it was officially announced that Arbitrum, the expansion network of Ethereum launched by OffchainLabs, released the fourth testnet version, which will also be a candidate version of the mainnet. OffchainLabs stated that their open and permission-free Arbitrum testnet has been running for 5 months. The latest version of the testnet will include a simplified Rollup protocol, improved node software performance and new features, such as BLS aggregated signatures. Reduce Gas cost on Layer1.

The Ethereum Foundation plans to donate at least US$11 million to the application layer and consensus layer clients this year

According to news on March 24, the Ethereum Foundation plans to donate at least US$4 million to the application layer client (ETH1) in 2021. The first grant has been distributed to Besu, Geth (Go Ethereum), Nethermind, Open Ethereum and Turbo Geth In addition, at least US$7 million will be donated to the consensus layer client (ETH2). Donations include Lighthouse, Teku, Prysm, Nimbus and Lodestar.

In 2020, the Ethereum Foundation donated approximately US$4.5 million to the consensus layer client. The Ethereum Foundation divides Ethereum clients into two categories, namely application layer clients (ETH1) and consensus layer clients.