Morning Edition · Friday, July 3, 2026
Ethereum Researchers Target Network Anonymity and Client Blind Spots
New proposals would let Ethereum's message-relay layer hide who sent a message and give the protocol an accurate count of which client software runs the network.
Two proposals on the Ethereum research forum address weaknesses in how the network moves and measures information. The first, called SPREAD, extends the GossipSub messaging protocol so validators can distribute messages without revealing wh…
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Ethereum Maps Its Next L2 Scaling Round
Over the coming months Ethereum researchers advance a post-Glamsterdam scaling roadmap that raises layer-2 throughput while preserving censorship resistance, tying execution and bandwidth costs to base-layer ether transfers.
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