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May 2026 — Week 2

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Weekly Ethereum Research Report (2026-05-04 ~ 2026-05-08)

TL;DR

  • Bottom line: Between 5/5 and 5/7, the Lido institutional due-diligence package, ACDE #236's 8 Glamsterdam SFI items, the two-way Hegota AA race, and new The Purge/The Verge tracks all surfaced in the same week.
  • Numbers: The A41 Exit case reduced losses 4.4x from Organic 78 ETH to Scheduled/Batched 17.64 ETH, while EIP-8252 proposed REORG_RETENTION_WINDOW 262,144 blocks ≈ 36 days ≈ 8,192 epochs.
  • Action: Operators and researchers should prioritize checking the official ACDE #236 notes, A41/Web3SOC/SSV Anchor materials, pagination or Trees API migration for scripts/fetch_forkcast.py, and patch status for Geth v1.17.2 and Lighthouse v8.1.3.

Top 3 Takeaways

  1. The Lido institutional due-diligence package completed a full-stack lifecycle in one week. On 5/5, the V3 stVaults Products Overview hub went live and four new vaults were disclosed at once (RockSolid AutoPlus / Northstake SVM / Ebunker / modular white-label track). On 5/6, the official Cantina Web3SOC certification announcement (4 axes: governance + financial resilience + security + legal/compliance / 6 axes: smart contracts + key management + validator operations + onchain governance + infrastructure resilience + incident response) completed a quadruple external certification package of StakingRewards A+ + Credora DeFi A+ + Bluechip A+ + Web3SOC. On 5/7, the A41 ~7,000 validator Exit case study entered external distribution through a Lido X 7-tweet campaign. It reduced losses 4.4x from Organic 78 ETH to Scheduled/Batched 17.64 ETH and presented an average ~3.53 ETH loss per batch plus three variables (exit timing + index distribution + batching). This flow signals that the Curated Operator exit SOP has been elevated into a standard operating procedure for the EIP-7002/EIP-7251 environment. On 5/4, the SSV Network Anchor client (Sigma Prime, Rust) recorded Hoodi uptime of 99.96% / attester effectiveness of 83.62%, then received a mainnet recommendation for the Curated Module + Simple DVT Module, so DVT track diversification moved in parallel. In the same week, the EarnETH First-Loss <1% Snapshot vote concluded on 5/6 and an unfreeze ETA was disclosed on 5/7, entering the closing phase of the incident response cycle for the 4/22 event.

  2. Glamsterdam specification alignment accelerated around ACDE #236 (5/7), and the Hegota AA headliner race was reorganized into a two-way contest. At ACDE #236, eight SFI (Scheduled for Inclusion) items -- EIP-7708 / EIP-7778 / EIP-7843 / EIP-7954 / EIP-7976 / EIP-7981 / EIP-8024 / EIP-8037 -- were moved en bloc, while new EIP-8254 (8192 deposits per block cap, 200M gas liveness safety net), EIP-8246 (Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn), and an Engine API v2 schema modification were placed on the agenda. The Hegota track expanded with the listing of EIP-7709 (BLOCKHASH storage read) + EIP-8253 (pre-Spurious Dragon account removal). With ERC-4337 entering Last Call on 5/5 and EIP-7701 being Withdrawn, the EOF-based Native AA track closed, reorganizing the AA headliner race into EIP-8141+EIP-8250 vs EIP-8130. In the same week, GitHub EIPs repo commits accumulated to 12+ (5/3 1 → 5/4 2 → 5/5 5 → 5/6 2 → 5/7 4 → 5/8 commit chain). EIP-8131 worst-case block size was quantified from 1.067 MB to 0.894 MB (-16%), and the EIP-7702/EIP-7976 4-fold alignment is a signal that The Surge specifications are being finalized.

3. The Purge decision pressure and The Verge state retention track converged on a single date, 5/7, while data integrity LEVEL 3 + a 39-day client release gap emerged as accumulated infrastructure risk. On 5/7, four RFCs were registered within a 7-hour window: (a) new EIP-8252 Execution-Layer Reorg State Retention Window (REORG_RETENTION_WINDOW 262,144 blocks ≈ 36 days ≈ 8,192 epochs / Q=2^24 calibration / coverage for a ~79% offline stake scenario) + (b) ODLR (Orphaned DELEGATECALL Library Restoration) RFC, requiring a decision before state expiry activation for the 2017 Parity WalletLibrary 587 multisig / 500,000+ ETH permanent freeze under the EIP-156 (2016, Vitalik) framework + (c) chfast SELFDESTRUCT removal dataset (post-Cancun blocks 20M~25M / 472,641 events / 413,508 unique addresses / 12.51% hard-fail rate / E_DepositForwarder pattern concentrated 80.8% of hard-fails) + (d) EIP-8197 CATX (Cryptographically Agile Transactions, new on 5/5). This is an integrated signal of accelerating The Purge decision timing pressure (before state expiry activation) + the emergence of a new The Verge track. At the same time, EIP upgrade status (forkcast) data quantitatively confirmed the LEVEL 3 hypothesis with a 5-day streak of a fixed 246-item capacity and daily 1~3 EIP fluctuations (rotating snapshot drift). Code review for scripts/fetch_forkcast.py pagination or Trees API migration is urgent. The EL/CL client release gap is on day 39, with Geth v1.17.2 CVE-26313/26314/26315 + Lighthouse v8.1.3 state root 10x regression CRITICAL advisories still unresolved.

1. Roadmap / Upgrade Change Highlights

Glamsterdam (8 SFI items moved en bloc at ACDE #236)

Item 5/4 (Mon) 5/8 (Fri) Change This Week
8 EIPs moved to SFI -- Put on ACDE #236 (5/7) agenda EIP-7708 / EIP-7778 / EIP-7843 / EIP-7954 / EIP-7976 / EIP-7981 / EIP-8024 / EIP-8037 -- en bloc move aligned with Svalbard devnet progress (official notes not published)
EIP-8254 (Cap Deposit Requests per Block) -- New registration (5/6) + ACDE #236 agenda MAX_DEPOSIT_REQUESTS_PER_BLOCK = 8192 / prevents reachable liveness failure in a 193~200M gas limit environment / reinforces EIP-6110 (Pectra Included)
EIP-8246 (Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn) -- New registration (5/6) + ACDE #236 agenda Paweł Bylica (Ethereum Foundation) / removal of the remaining SELFDESTRUCT burn mechanism / follow-up cleanup to EIP-6780
EIP-8037 (CPSB + frame accounting) 5/4 commit 5/6 SELFDESTRUCT charges clarified + ACDE #236 SFI move candidate per-byte storage bond + SELFDESTRUCT alignment / EIP-7976/EIP-7981/EIP-8131 4-fold bundle alignment
EIP-8131 (worst-case block size) -- 5/7 commit + quantification floor 10→16 gas/token + auth flat cost 4,040→6,464 gas → worst-case 1.067 MB → 0.894 MB (-16%) / EIP-7702/EIP-7976 require
EIP-8070 -- ACDE #236 changes under review Contents undisclosed (waiting for call notes)
Engine API v2 schema modification -- ACDE #236 agenda Possible linkage to zkEVM Engine API performance optimization

Hegota (AA headliner two-way race + Hegota candidates listed)

Item 5/4 (Mon) 5/8 (Fri) Change This Week
EIP-7701 (Native AA with EOF) -- Withdrawn (5/5) EOF package (EIP-3540/EIP-3670/EIP-4200/EIP-4750/EIP-5450) lost momentum after being fully declined from Pectra/Fusaka → track officially closed
ERC-4337 (AA Using Alt Mempool) Active Entered Last Call (5/5, PR #1640) Final possible after 5/19 / strengthens wallet/account abstraction toolchain interoperability guarantees / complementary standards traffic continues
EIP-8141 (Frame Transaction) CFI 5/5 EIP-3607 check disabling commit separates frame tx and EOA code verification alignment / progress on ERC-4337 + EIP-7702 combination
EIP-8250 (Keyed Nonces for Frame Tx) -- New registration (5/5) + direct Vitalik advocacy "potential first foray into a new state scaling strategy" / 192-bit key + 64-bit seq 2D nonce / reinforces the EIP-8141 camp
EIP-8130 (cross-sender payer replay) Active 5/4 commit replay-prevention spec update / competes with EIP-8141+EIP-8250 camp
EIP-7709 (BLOCKHASH storage read) -- ACDE #236 Hegota agenda cost update + storage read model
EIP-8253 (pre-Spurious Dragon account removal) -- New + ACDE #236 Hegota agenda The Purge track alignment

The Purge (decision pressure peak -- single-date trio on 5/7 + SELFDESTRUCT cleanup)

Item 5/4 (Mon) 5/8 (Fri) Change This Week
ODLR (Orphaned DELEGATECALL Library Restoration) RFC -- New RFC (5/7 13:07 UTC) Automatic bytecode restoration for the 2017 Parity WalletLibrary 587 multisig / 500K+ ETH permanent freeze under the EIP-156 (2016, Vitalik) framework / requires a decision before state expiry activation (technical complexity increases once Verkle chunked code storage begins)
Full SELFDESTRUCT removal dataset -- chfast disclosure (5/7 10:26 UTC) post-Cancun blocks 20M~25M / 472,641 events / 413,508 unique addresses / 12.51% hard-fail rate / 6 usage pattern classifications / E_DepositForwarder concentrates 80.8% of hard-fails. Suggests compatibility prescriptions may be limited to a single pattern
EIP-8246 Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn -- New (5/6) + ACDE #236 agenda EIP-6780 (Pectra) → EIP-8037 charges clarified → EIP-8246 burn removal. One-point focus on SELFDESTRUCT phased deprecation spec cleanup
EIP-8253 (pre-Spurious Dragon account removal) -- New + Hegota candidate dust account cleanup

The Verge (new state retention track)

Item 5/4 (Mon) 5/8 (Fri) Change This Week
EIP-8252 (Execution-Layer Reorg State Retention Window) -- New initial draft (5/7 06:29 UTC, Nerolation) REORG_RETENTION_WINDOW 262,144 blocks ≈ 36 days ≈ 8,192 epochs / INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT_BELLATRIX Q=2^24 calibration / coverage for ~79% offline stake scenario / 5 Outstanding Issues (CL fork quotient / EL storage overhead / EIP-4444 alignment / EIP-7251 balance / 8,192 epochs optimization)

PQ Track (CATX + multifork spec architecture + Devnet-5 design)

Item 5/4 (Mon) 5/8 (Fri) Change This Week
EIP-8197 CATX (Cryptographically Agile Transactions) -- New registration (5/5 17:02 UTC, Danno Ferrin/Ron Kahat) PQ migration envelope without transaction semantic changes / prevents multisig key substitution attacks through chained signature hashes / ZK signature aggregation potential
PQ Interop #38 (5/6 14:00 UTC) Scheduled Held (5/6) -- official notes not published Devnet-5 HackMD proposal + Multifork spec architecture (leanEthereum/leanSpec Issue #686) / follow-up to Devnet-4 slot 110 finality loss / single-block proof design based on a binary aggregation tree
EIP-8182 (Private ETH/ERC-20 Transfers) -- 5/5 large 29+/29- revision + 2 additional commits on 5/7 split-proof architecture spec cleanup

EarnETH / Other New RFCs

  • EIP-8255 Expiring Token Approvals new (5/6 21:34 UTC, moodysalem) -- ERC-20 approve expiry timestamp / complementary standard for the Last Call window
  • ERC-Draft Agent Tool Registry (5/6 21:38 UTC, ryanio, PR #1723) -- AI agent permissionless onchain registry / borrows the ERC-4337 paymaster pattern
  • ERC-8248 Keyed Transfer With Authorization (5/4) / ERC-8249 Generic Relayer Architecture (5/4) / ERC-7905 Minimal Sovereign Bridged Token (5/4) / App-Scoped Nonce Lanes for ERC-4337 (5/4) -- 5 new ERCs registered on the same day, 5/4 (AA/relayer/nonce/bridge standardization)
  • Native Proof Verification (EIP-8025 generalize, 5/5 ethresearch) -- L2 bridge derisk + ZK proof L1 primitive / estimated ~39% reduction in verification code
  • EIP-XXXX Fixed Storage Bonds (5/3 ethresearch) -- 0.001 ETH bond + State Thermostat 300GB / EIP-1559 gas market separation / next-generation state growth track

2. EIP Status Changes (Monday vs Friday)

Data Integrity LEVEL 3 (quantitatively confirmed for 5 consecutive days): From 5/4 → 5/8, forkcast snapshots showed 246 fixed slots for 5 consecutive days plus a daily 1~3 EIP rise/fall pattern (rotating snapshot drift). Hypothesis: the forkcast repo src/data/eips directory contains more than 246 files, and a single GitHub /contents API call truncates the response to the first ≈246 entries, returning different EIP sets each day as ordering changes. Urgent code review for scripts/fetch_forkcast.py pagination or Trees API (/git/trees/{sha}?recursive=1) migration. Until data consistency is restored, forkcast-only citations are prohibited, with mandatory 4-way cross-checking against ACD call notes + GitHub commits + ethereum-magicians discussions. Mainnet Final facts are unchanged (the fact of Dencun EIP-4844 activation itself is unaffected).

5/4 → 5/8 forkcast Snapshot Toggle Matrix

Date Toggle Pattern Affected EIPs
5/4 EIP-5450 Pectra declined re-included + EIP-6466 Glamsterdam declined re-exited 5450 / 6466
5/5 EIP-5920 entry itself absent (escalated to LEVEL 2) 5920
5/6 EIP-4844 entry absent + Dencun summary itself missing + EIP-663 Pectra/Fusaka declined newly appears 4844 / 663
5/7 EIP-4844 / EIP-5920 / Dencun returns + EIP-663 disappears 4844 / 5920 / 663 / 6404
5/8 EIP-6110 / EIP-663 returns + EIP-5450 / EIP-6206 / EIP-6404 disappears 6110 / 663 / 5450 / 6206 / 6404

Reliable Changes (call/commit/RFC-based cross-verification)

Glamsterdam SFI move candidates (ACDE #236, 5/7, official notes not published)

  • EIP-7708 (ETH transfer logs) -- follow-up to the 5/3 interop breakout decision (SYSTEM_ADDRESS = 0xfff...ffe / fee logs excluded / withdrawals excluded)
  • EIP-7778 / EIP-7843 / EIP-7954 / EIP-7976 / EIP-7981 / EIP-8024 / EIP-8037

Newly Registered EIPs

  • EIP-8197 CATX (5/5, Considered/Glamsterdam candidate stage unassigned)
  • EIP-8246 Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn (5/6, ACDE #236 agenda)
  • EIP-8250 Keyed Nonces (5/5, Hegota candidate / Vitalik state scaling signal)
  • EIP-8252 Reorg State Retention Window (5/7, Verge track)
  • EIP-8254 Cap Deposit Requests per Block 8192 (5/6, ACDE #236 agenda)
  • EIP-8255 Expiring Token Approvals (5/6, ERC-4337 complement)

Status Moves

  • ERC-4337 -- entered Last Call (5/5) → Final possible after 5/19
  • EIP-7701 -- Withdrawn (5/5)
  • ERC-7943 (asset tokenization) -- Final
  • ERC-7813 / ERC-7796 / ERC-8152 / EIP-8163 -- simultaneous Review/Last Call moves

3. Major Validator / Infrastructure Issues

Lido institutional due-diligence package reaches a full-stack lifecycle

  • 5/5 V3 stVaults Products Overview live + 4 new vaults: RockSolid AutoPlus (Public, looped ETH automation / rocksolidHQ builder + tulipacapital curator) + Northstake SVM (Institutional, integrated tooling across node operators + reporting + compliance + liquidity) + Ebunker stVaults (Institutional, non-custodial / addresses institutional custody requirements) + modular staking infrastructure message + official entry into the white-label staking products track. The 4/16 Lido Day Roadmap stVaults V3 Institutional track reached full-stack status 21 days later. In the Public Vault category, the separated governance model of "Built by + Curated by" was standardized, signaling new roles distinct from Curated Operator (Builder + Curator).

  • 5/6 Cantina Web3SOC certification officially announced: 4-axis evaluation (governance + financial resilience + security + legal/compliance) + 6-axis evaluation (smart contracts + key management + validator operations + onchain governance + infrastructure resilience + incident response). With Web3SOC added to the existing StakingRewards A+ + CredoraNetwork DeFi A+ + Bluechip A+, the quadruple external certification package was completed. Detailed report availability was specified as "available on request to institutional evaluators and counterparties". The explicit mention of "validator operations" + "key management" + "infrastructure resilience" is a signal that Curated Operator operating standards are directly exposed to the institutional evaluation framework.

  • 5/7 A41 ~7,000 validator Exit case study X 7-tweet official external distribution: case released after A41 ended participation as a Curated Node Operator in December 2025. It reduced losses 4.4x from Organic 78 ETH to Scheduled/Batched 17.64 ETH and outperformed modeling. It also presented an average ~3.53 ETH loss per batch and three operational variables (exit timing + index distribution + batching). This is a standardization signal for batching SOPs in an environment of EIP-7002 (validator-initiated exits, Pectra Included) + EIP-7251 (MaxEB 2,048 ETH consolidation, Pectra Included) + EIP-8254 (8192 cap per block, Considered), meaning the Curated Operator exit SOP has been elevated to a standard operating procedure.

  • EarnETH incident response cycle closing phase: 5/6 First-Loss <1% Snapshot vote concluded → 5/7 13:47 UTC unfreeze ETA disclosed ("in the near future") + both EarnETH/EarnUSD vault rewards continue accruing during freeze period + short waiting period after unfreeze → first-loss mechanism activation imminent. The cycle from the 4/22 event to explicit operating transition on 5/8 is quantified at about 2.5 weeks.

DVT / Operator Infrastructure Diversification

  • 5/4 SSV Network Anchor client (Sigma Prime, Rust) passed Hoodi evaluation: fully-Anchor cluster uptime 99.96% / attester effectiveness 83.62% (network average 73.75% +9.87%p outperformance) / block proposal 100%. Mainnet recommendation for Lido Curated Module + Simple DVT Module (snk999, Lido Research 11537). Because 18%+ of the current Ethereum validator set is SSV-based, Anchor adoption means stronger SSV network resilience + entry into Curated Module multi-DVT client support (existing Go + new Rust).

  • 5/4 LOL (Liquidity Observation Lab) Easy Track renewal (Lido Research 11535): stETH limit 6K → 8K stETH per 6 months (+33%) + new dedicated stablecoin Easy Track track ($8M / 6 months) + EGG (Ecosystem Growth Grant) alignment. 5/4 @CredoraNetwork Lido Poolside Call: top security rating for stETH DeFi (90+ audits + bug bounty + verifiable transparency).

Client / Infrastructure Risk Continues

  • EL/CL client release gap day 39: Geth v1.17.2 (CVE-26313/26314/26315 RPC + debug_executionWitness state corruption) + Lighthouse v8.1.3 (state root verification 10x regression + P2P security) CRITICAL advisories remain unresolved on day 39. With Glamsterdam devnet preparation internally underway and 12+ new EIP drafts accumulated from 5/3~5/8 (EIP-8252 / EIP-8254 / EIP-8246 / EIP-8131 and others with direct EL impact), client implementation requirements have accumulated. Glamsterdam devnet client releases may appear after ACDT #79 (5/11).

  • Triple operator infrastructure burden signal in the 200M gas limit era: the combination of the 5/4 200M gas limit floor + 5/6 EIP-8254 8192 cap + 5/7 EIP-8252 36-day retention creates a three-axis burden on Glamsterdam-era EL client storage / liveness / serialization safety. Storage delta for the five EL clients (Geth/Reth/Nethermind/Besu/Erigon) is still unquantified (as noted by the author). With EIP-8131 applied, worst-case falls from 1.067 → 0.894 MB (-16%), but compared with the current 36M environment it is still a ~5.5x increase (0.894 MB / ~0.16 MB).

4. Key Protocol Call Decisions

Source: output/notes/protocol-calls/2026-05-08-weekly-call-summary.md (2 total calls, official notes not published for both, agenda-based summary)

This Week's Call List

Date Call Number Key Topic Status
5/6 (Wed) 14:00 UTC PQI (Post-Quantum Interop) #038 Official Devnet-5 HackMD proposal + Multifork spec architecture (leanEthereum/leanSpec Issue #686) Notes not published
5/7 (Thu) 14:00 UTC ACDE (All Core Devs Execution) #236 Svalbard devnet update + 8 SFI-moving EIPs (7708/7778/7843/7954/7976/7981/8024/8037) + EIP-8254/EIP-8246 + Hegota EIPs (EIP-7709/EIP-8253) + AA update + Engine API v2 schema modification Notes not published

ACDC #178 postponed to 5/14 (post-interop week follow-up coordination). No-call days: 5/4 (Mon) / 5/5 (Tue) / 5/8 (Fri).

Key Decision Summary

  1. ACDE #236 is the first full Execution-layer call after interop week (4/24~30) -- the en bloc move of 8 SFIs aligned with Svalbard (Glamsterdam internal stage) devnet progress + formal agenda inclusion of new EIP-8254/8246 + full discussion of Hegota candidate EIPs proceeded at the same time. Final adoption remains unconfirmed because official notes are not published, but a CL-layer response may be decided at next week's ACDC #178 (5/14).

  2. PQI #038 is the first official review of Devnet-5 design -- follow-up to Devnet-4 slot 110 finality loss + two ream instance crashes from #037 (4/29). Roadmap discussion covered single-block proof architecture based on a binary aggregation tree + Multifork spec architecture (leanEthereum/leanSpec Issue #686). Core technical problems (one-way aggregation / inability to verify A and B individually when folding A+B) remain unresolved.

  3. 7 official-note non-publication cases have accumulated: ACDC #176 (50 days delayed) / ACDE #233 (43 days delayed) / ACDE #234 (29 days delayed) / ACDC #177 (22 days delayed) / ACDE #235 (15 days delayed) / PQI #038 (2 days delayed) / ACDE #236 (1 day delayed). The timing of bulk resolution of publication delays is the key monitoring point in the 5/14 ACDC #178 + ACDT #79 (5/11) + FCR #7 (5/12) window.

Daily Recommendations (Topic Recommender)

Date Recommendation 1 Recommendation 2 Priority Score
5/4 EIP-7708 interop breakout decision → differentiated Lido withdrawal analysis EIP-XXXX Storage Bonds + 300GB state thermostat --
5/5 SSV Network Anchor client Lido mainnet recommendation → Curated Module DVT diversification 5 new ERCs registered at once + AA standardization traffic surge --
5/6 (separate output unconfirmed -- 5/5 recommendation was written just before the 5/6 Lido stVaults disclosure D-Day) -- --
5/7 Lido Web3SOC quadruple external certification package → Curated Operator due-diligence coordinates EIP-8131 / EIP-7976 / EIP-7981 200M gas specification alignment trio --
5/8 A41 Exit case study enters X distribution + EarnETH first-loss activation + EIP-7002/EIP-7251 SOP elevation The Purge data trio (EIP-8252 + ODLR / EIP-156 + SELFDESTRUCT 472K events) 0.90 / 0.87

Priority Writing Targets (Top 3)

  1. [5/8 Recommendation 1, score 0.90] A41 Exit case study enters X distribution + EarnETH simultaneity + EIP-7002/EIP-7251 SOP elevation -- Category: issue, length 2,800~3,500 characters.

    • Reason: (i) The 5/1 Lido blog → 5/7 X 7-tweet campaign creates a 24~48-hour window before Korean-language territory becomes dependent on English influencer interpretations. (ii) On the same day, EarnETH unfreeze ETA disclosure + imminent first-loss mechanism activation reached the market as one bundle, forming the integration point for the Curated Operator entry track due-diligence package. (iii) batching SOP standardization in the EIP-7002/EIP-7251 environment aligns with ACDE #236 EIP-8254 listing.
    • Differentiation: the 5/1 note centers on "number organization (78→17.64 ETH)", while the 5/8 piece focuses on the structural meaning of "X distribution + EarnETH simultaneity + EIP-7002/7251 SOP elevation".

  2. [5/8 Recommendation 2, score 0.87] The Purge data trio (EIP-8252 + ODLR + SELFDESTRUCT 472K events) -- Category: article, length 3,000~3,800 characters.

    • Reason: A convergence point for The Purge / The Verge decision pressure appeared within a 7-hour window (06:29 / 10:26 / 13:07 UTC) on the single date 5/7. The convergence point itself should be the unit of analysis. There is a Korean-language materials gap (ODLR / EIP-156 / Parity WalletLibrary incident context + State Expiry decision timing).

  3. [5/7 Recommendation 1] Lido Web3SOC quadruple external certification package → Curated Operator due-diligence coordinates -- Category: issue.

    • Reason: It has strong timeliness on the day after the 5/6 announcement, and Web3SOC's 6-axis evaluation of "validator operations" / "key management" / "infrastructure resilience" directly includes the operator layer in external evaluation. It has analytical value as the first case where Curated Operator operating standards are exposed to an institutional evaluation framework.

Angle differentiation principle: Recommendations 1 / 3 are both Curated Operator due-diligence tracks, but the 5/7 piece (Web3SOC) covers entry into an external evaluation framework, while the 5/8 piece (A41 SOP) covers exit SOP standardization. This angle separation can keep similarity at 70% or lower.

6. Key Schedule Next Week (2026-05-11 ~ 2026-05-15)

Protocol Calls

Date Call Number Key Observation Point
5/11 (Mon) 14:00 UTC ACDT (All Core Devs Testing) #79 (a) interop event summary, (b) Glamsterdam devnet updates, (c) spec Glamsterdam next devnet = devnet-3 or follow-up spec decision, (d) debug RPC update
5/12 (Tue) 12:00 UTC FCR (Fast Confirmation Rule) #7 4 agenda axes: Client / Spec / Research / Testing. About 4 weeks after FCR-6 (4/14)
5/13 (Wed) PQI (Post-Quantum Interop) #039 Devnet-5 design progress + Devnet-4 stabilization status + Multifork spec architecture follow-up
5/14 (Thu) ACDC (All Core Devs Consensus) #178 CL response to Glamsterdam SFI EIPs + ACDE #236 follow-up + Hegota CL items + EIP-8252 / EIP-7251 alignment -- ACDC 22-day unregistered critical path

Devnet / Specification Milestones

  • Glamsterdam devnet next-stage decision (ACDT #79, 5/11) -- devnet-2 → devnet-3 track + spec stabilization
  • PQ Devnet-5 progress (PQI #039, 5/13) -- whether implementation phase begins after the official HackMD proposal
  • ACDC #178 CL-layer response (5/14) -- CL-impacting items among the 8 Glamsterdam SFIs (EIP-7732 ePBS / EIP-7928 BAL etc.) + EIP-8252 reorg retention CL alignment + EIP-7251 balance impact

Governance / Operations

  • 5/19 ERC-4337 possible Final timing -- Last Call 14-day window ends (5/5 → 5/19). Monitor PR #1640 merge timing
  • EarnETH Vault unfreeze ETA -- "in the near future" + short waiting period → first-loss mechanism activation (exact ETA undisclosed)
  • VEBO on-chain vote slot possibility -- 75→45 epochs reduction + EIP-8061 churn synergy agenda (exact schedule undisclosed)
  • Lido Curated Operator entry evaluation material refresh window -- timely to write integrated materials covering A41 SOP + Web3SOC quadruple certification + SSV Anchor DVT diversification

Monitoring Bulk Resolution of Official Note Publication Delays

ACDC #176 (50 days delayed) / ACDE #233 (43 days delayed) / ACDE #234 (29 days delayed) / ACDC #177 (22 days delayed) / ACDE #235 (15 days delayed) / PQI #038 (2 days delayed) / ACDE #236 (1 day delayed) -- possibility of bulk publication right after the 5/11~5/14 call window. When ACDE #236 call notes are published, immediately read the decisions on SFI 8 + EIP-8254 + EIP-8246 + Engine API v2.

Technical Risk Monitoring

  • Client release gap day 39 → entering the 40-day range -- nodes with unresolved Geth v1.17.2 + Lighthouse v8.1.3 CRITICAL advisories need immediate patching or external RPC disabling. After ACDT #79 (5/11), monitor GitHub Releases for Glamsterdam devnet-supporting EL/CL releases (EIP-8037/EIP-7928 BAL/EIP-7708 implementation tags)
  • EIP upgrade status (forkcast) data integrity LEVEL 3 code review -- immediately apply scripts/fetch_forkcast.py GitHub /contents API pagination or Trees API migration + directly count the actual file count in the forkcast repo src/data/eips directory (hypothesis: estimated 300~500)

Reference Sources

Daily Briefings

  • 2026-05-04 Daily Briefing -- EIP-7708 interop breakout / EIP-XXXX Storage Bonds / EIP upgrade drift day 10
  • 2026-05-05 Daily Briefing -- SSV Anchor Curated Module recommendation / 5 ERCs + AA standardization / EIP-5920 entry absent LEVEL 2
  • 2026-05-06 Daily Briefing -- Lido V3 stVaults Products Overview live / ERC-4337 Last Call + EIP-7701 Withdrawn / EIP-8197 CATX / EIP-8250 Vitalik state scaling signal
  • 2026-05-07 Daily Briefing -- Lido Web3SOC certification + quadruple external certification package / EIP-8254 Cap Deposit Requests / EIP-8246 Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn
  • 2026-05-08 Daily Briefing -- A41 ~7,000 validator Exit case study / EarnETH unfreeze ETA / EIP-8252 Reorg Retention / ODLR RFC / SELFDESTRUCT 472K events dataset

Protocol Calls / Recommendations

Previous Weekly Report

  • 2026-05-01 Weekly Report -- Kelp/rsETH incident closing track + Hegota EIP-8081 meta refresh + PQ 4-track concurrent progress

EIP-156, EIP-663, ERC-4337, EIP-4444, EIP-6110, EIP-7002, EIP-7251, EIP-7688, EIP-7701, EIP-7702, EIP-7708, EIP-7778, EIP-7843, EIP-7928, EIP-7954, EIP-7976, EIP-7981, EIP-8024, EIP-8025, EIP-8037, EIP-8045, EIP-8061, EIP-8130, EIP-8131, EIP-8141, EIP-8182, EIP-8197, EIP-8246, EIP-8250, EIP-8252, EIP-8253, EIP-8254, EIP-8255

Authored by @r2jamong | 2026-05-08 (Friday, the day after ACDE #236 · weekly comprehensive report)