Protocol Cluster Priorities Episode 2: Improve UX

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ZKPass is built on Ethereum. @zkPass is a privacy-preserving identity protocol letting users prove information about themselves without revealing the underlying data. It enables secure verification of credentials onchain while keeping personal information private by default.

The fast confirmation rule is incredible So many years in the making. Super excited to see it finally ship!

We brought together some of the most ambitious founders in crypto at Arbitrum's Founder House NYC. 🗽 Builders locked in and launched new primitives on the Arbitrum Platform. Here’s what they shipped. 👇

The latest @thedailygwei Refuel is ready for your consumption! ⛽ Today's topics: - The EF Mandate 🤔 - Staked ETH ETF live 👍 - $50mil swap MEV'd 👀 - and much more ➕ Watch 👇

The @ethereumfndn mandate and @VitalikButerin's note remind me of one of the most OG cyberpunk organizations: the Internet Society. They share a lot of ethos. The Internet Society was created to steward the development of the Internet and keep its basic layer with certain

I’m very excited about this I have infinitely more in common with the open source / privacy communities than with blockchains that dont care about user sovereignty Ethereum was always meant to be part of the broader freedom tech movement. & we have a lot to build together

Resilient vision from Ethereum Foundation.

“@ethereumfndn will, above all else, remain focused on an Ethereum that is censorship resistant, open source, private, and secure, in the service of user self-sovereignty, resistant to extraction and with seamless UX” this is very good, and quite timely

Ethereum must be CROPS: - Censorship-resistant - Robust / secure - Open source - Private - Secure

2 key takeaways: 1/ Strategic, 2/ What the EF is NOT. Strategically: - Ethereum’s mission is not maximum extraction; it is maximum credible sovereignty - EF’s role is not to dominate the ecosystem; it is to make itself progressively unnecessary - The roadmap should prefer

If you, like me, enjoy listening to deep thoughts in deep and wise Morgan Freeman-like voices, then for you here is the EF Mandate document as an audiobook:

you go deep, we'll go broad I respect and appreciate the EF clarifying its focus and mandate so that others know what gaps to fill and which alternative threads to follow so we make maximal impact as a collective At @Etherealize_io we'll stay the course and focus on

Today, the Foundation’s Board released the EF Mandate. This document, which was first intended for EF members, reaffirms the promise of Ethereum, and the role of EF within this ecosystem.

Protocol Cluster Priorities Episode 1: Harden the L1

Ethereum is the #1 chain in terms of application TVL, stablecoin supply, and tokenized RWA market cap. Now the network is catching up also in terms of performance. The cost to transact on Ethereum is at an all-time low, while the onchain activity is at an all-time high.

0/ Privacy in the Ethereum ecosystem is undergoing an evolution. A Renaissance, even, to sound a bit fancy. What exactly is behind these changes and how might neo-Cypherpunk be involved? A guest thread by @post_polar_ and @nicksvyaznoy.

An agentic Ethereum is coming. The Synthesis. Building starts March 13th.

Ethereum is for Agents ⬆️ Zyfai brings a trustless, rule-based yield stack to agentic DeFi on @ethereum, powered by @safe and verifiable through ZK proofs & ERC-8004. Now supporting ETH alongside USDC. 🧵

Ethereum is no longer a single execution environment. It is an ecosystem of chains. But chain identities today live in GitHub files, client-side mappings, and app-specific logic. There is no shared source of truth. on.eth introduces one. 🧵

~$547 billion worth of value is secured in the Ethereum ecosystem. (Source: Token Terminal)

Aztec is run by a global network of 3.9k+ sequencers and provers. As the first decentralized L2, this introduces some novel challenges in how security is addressed. Learn about the phased rollout plan, and what to expect for Aztec Alpha security:

Hinkal Pay is live on @ethereum Confidential settlement is now end-to-end. Sender, recipient, amounts - all private. With Hinkal Pay you can: - Send confidentially - Receive confidentially - Execute private & public payouts - Maintain compliance controls How it works When

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2026: The year @ethereum became near free to use. Transaction costs on Ethereum mainnet are down 99% from the November 2021 peak. A chart to follow 👇

EthereumSF's next week! Mon - Opening w @ethereumfndn dev/acc & use case lab Tues - Agentic Prototyping + OpenClaw wkshop Wed - Ecosystem Day, Arkhai Agent Market Launch Thu - Unblock Demos Fri - Community Day (Codex & OpenAI credits to build @synthesis_md only @ ETHSF26)

7 years ago today, March 6th 2019. EthCC[2] was a not-so-large conference. A rogue fire bell emptied the rooms and so we took the opportunity to snap a group photo. Back when the whole conference fit in one frame. Who do you spot? 👀🔔

Today, Bitwise is donating $100,000 to support Ethereum open-source developers, who work tirelessly to secure and maintain the network. When the Bitwise Ethereum ETF $ETHW launched in July 2024, we committed to giving 10% of ETHW’s gross profits back to the Ethereum ecosystem

Ethereal news weekly #14 🧪 @ethPandaOps ePBS first devnet live ✅ @aave Labs temp check passed 🤖 @synthesis_md AI + human hackathon

🎉 Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub (“ETH HK Hub”) successfully concluded two meetups in Jan & Feb 2026, opening new frontier to Ethereum’s global ecosystem and attracting over 1,300 registrations in total from community builders, academic researchers, financial institutions and

Agents can now create email inboxes with USDC on @base AgentMail supports @CoinbaseDev’s x402 protocol to give agents access to email without accounts or API keys See how it works 👇

1/ Starknet spent 2025 proving it can deliver high-quality blockspace: provable, high-capacity, low-cost, high-throughput. A serious scaling engine for blockchains and businesses. So, job done? Not even close 🧵

From private payments to tokenized funds and AI standards, Ethereum builders kept shipping. Here are 25 things the ecosystem delivered this month. 0/ @payy_link announced Payy Network, a privacy-first Ethereum enabled EVM L2. It features default private token transfers and a cheaper way to build privacy-preserving applications, strengthening Ethereum’s privacy ecosystem. 1/ @RobinhoodApp launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum L2 powered by @arbitrum. Institutional settlement on Ethereum rollups continues to bridge traditional finance and public infrastructure. 2/ The @ethereumfndn Protocol Cluster published its 2026 priorities: Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. Ethereum continues coordinating long-term technical upgrades in public to help steward the protocol forward. 3/ @l2beat launched L2BEAT Interop, a dashboard tracking cross-chain connectivity,value, and highlighting interoperability risks, helping the ecosystem stay connected to interoperability progress. 4/ @drakefjustin introduced Strawmap, a roadmap of proposed L1 protocol upgrades. It acts as a technical resource for researchers, developers, and participants in Ethereum governance. 5/ @Starknet integrated Nightfall, bringing confidential institutional DeFi to the Starknet stack. ZK privacy continues advancing Ethereum’s institutional use cases. 6/ @hinkal_protocol enabled private ETH and stablecoin payments on @arbitrum, demonstrating how private transactions are expanding across Ethereum L2s. 7/ @StartaleGroup introduced JPYSC, the first trust bank–backed JPY stablecoin. 8/ The One Trillion Dollar Security Dashboard was released by the @ethereumfndn. It is a comprehensive view of Ethereum’s security across the ecosystem. 9/ @builders_garden introduced Sign In With Agent (SIWA), a trustless identity standard for AI agents. 10/ @blockscout launched a Tor-native onion service: a privacy-first way to observe and verify Ethereum state. Blockscout’s .onion domain for Ethereum provides a way to view blocks, transactions and accounts. 11/ @MetaLeX_Labs launched cyberSign, letting users sign any legal agreement with @ethereum / @base. 12/ @Rocket_Pool activated Saturn One, introducing 4 ETH megapool validators. Improved capital efficiency strengthens Ethereum’s decentralized staking layer. 13/ @BNPParibas launched a euro-denominated money market fund on Ethereum. Tokenized funds on public blockchain infrastructure signal growing institutional confidence in Ethereum. 14/ Tokenized RWAs on Ethereum mainnet surpassed $15B in market cap. 15/ @aave crossed $1 trillion in all-time loans. 16/ @OndoFinance tokenized stocks (SPYon, QQQon) went live as DeFi collateral on @Morpho. Tokenized equities are now usable inside onchain credit markets. 17/ @eulerfinance enabled tokenized equities as collateral, built with @OndoFinance, @SentoraHQ, and @chainlink. Traditional financial exposure is now composable inside Ethereum-native lending markets. 18/ @Uniswap integrated with @Securitize to make @BlackRock’s BUIDL fund tradable via UniswapX. 19/ @LineaBuild sustained 100+ mGas/s throughput, peaking at 218 mGas/s, showing how rollups are scaling Ethereum in practice. 20/ @Starknet released Starkzap, an open-source SDK that turns apps into onchain consumer apps. 21/ @base announced @YCombinator startups can now get funded in USDC on Base. 22/ @Optimism shipped Upgrade 18 setting the foundation for a more performant, customizable, and operationally efficient OP Stack. 23/ @ether_fi released its Android app. Native mobile access lowers the barrier to staking and DeFi participation. 24/ The next Ethereum Community Hub is launching in Rome, hosted by @urbeEth. Local builder ecosystems continue expanding globally.

From private payments to tokenized funds and AI standards, Ethereum builders kept shipping. Here are 25 things the ecosystem delivered this month. 0/ @payy_link announced Payy Network, a privacy-first Ethereum enabled EVM L2. It features default private token transfers and a cheaper way to build privacy-preserving applications, strengthening Ethereum’s privacy ecosystem. 1/ @RobinhoodApp launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum L2 powered by @arbitrum. Institutional settlement on Ethereum rollups continues to bridge traditional finance and public infrastructure. 2/ The @ethereumfndn Protocol Cluster published its 2026 priorities: Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. Ethereum continues coordinating long-term technical upgrades in public to help steward the protocol forward. 3/ @l2beat launched L2BEAT Interop, a dashboard tracking cross-chain connectivity,value, and highlighting interoperability risks, helping the ecosystem stay connected to interoperability progress. 4/ @drakefjustin introduced Strawmap, a roadmap of proposed L1 protocol upgrades. It acts as a technical resource for researchers, developers, and participants in Ethereum governance. 5/ @Starknet integrated Nightfall, bringing confidential institutional DeFi to the Starknet stack. ZK privacy continues advancing Ethereum’s institutional use cases. 6/ @hinkal_protocol enabled private ETH and stablecoin payments on @arbitrum, demonstrating how private transactions are expanding across Ethereum L2s. 7/ @StartaleGroup introduced JPYSC, the first trust bank–backed JPY stablecoin. 8/ The One Trillion Dollar Security Dashboard was released by the @ethereumfndn. It is a comprehensive view of Ethereum’s security across the ecosystem. 9/ @builders_garden introduced Sign In With Agent (SIWA), a trustless identity standard for AI agents. 10/ @blockscout launched a Tor-native onion service: a privacy-first way to observe and verify Ethereum state. Blockscout’s .onion domain for Ethereum provides a way to view blocks, transactions and accounts. 11/ @MetaLeX_Labs launched cyberSign, letting users sign any legal agreement with @ethereum / @base. 12/ @Rocket_Pool activated Saturn One, introducing 4 ETH megapool validators. Improved capital efficiency strengthens Ethereum’s decentralized staking layer. 13/ @BNPParibas launched a euro-denominated money market fund on Ethereum. Tokenized funds on public blockchain infrastructure signal growing institutional confidence in Ethereum. 14/ Tokenized RWAs on Ethereum mainnet surpassed $15B in market cap. 15/ @aave crossed $1 trillion in all-time loans. 16/ @OndoFinance tokenized stocks (SPYon, QQQon) went live as DeFi collateral on @Morpho. Tokenized equities are now usable inside onchain credit markets. 17/ @eulerfinance enabled tokenized equities as collateral, built with @OndoFinance, @SentoraHQ, and @chainlink. Traditional financial exposure is now composable inside Ethereum-native lending markets. 18/ @Uniswap integrated with @Securitize to make @BlackRock’s BUIDL fund tradable via UniswapX. 19/ @LineaBuild sustained 100+ mGas/s throughput, peaking at 218 mGas/s, showing how rollups are scaling Ethereum in practice. 20/ @Starknet released Starkzap, an open-source SDK that turns apps into onchain consumer apps. 21/ @base announced @YCombinator startups can now get funded in USDC on Base. 22/ @Optimism shipped Upgrade 18 setting the foundation for a more performant, customizable, and operationally efficient OP Stack. 23/ @ether_fi released its iOS app. Native mobile access lowers the barrier to staking and DeFi participation. 24/ The next Ethereum Community Hub is launching in Rome, hosted by @urbeEth. Local builder ecosystems continue expanding globally.