Morning Edition · Monday, June 22, 2026
Ethereum Proposal Would Let Validators Divert Up to 10% of Staking Rewards to Fund the Network
A governance proposal aims to solve a free-rider problem in public-goods funding, in which everyone benefits but no one wants to pay. It raises a pointed question about who decides where validators' money goes.
A new Ethereum governance proposal would let validators redirect as much as 10% of their staking income toward funding ecosystem projects, an attempt to solve what its authors call a persistent coordination failure, CoinDesk reported. The u…
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Ethereum Reworks Transaction Ordering to Curb MEV and Censorship
Over the coming months, Ethereum's protocol roadmap and research agenda restructure transaction ordering — enshrined builder separation, encrypted mempools, and censorship-resistant auctions — to limit MEV, front-running, and proposer censorship, redefining who controls the block-building supply chain.
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