# May 2026 — Week 2

*2026-05-04 ~ 2026-05-08*

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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.
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## 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

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## 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

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## 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).

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## 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**.

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## 5. This Week's Recommended Topic Status + Priority Writing Targets

### 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.

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## 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)

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## Reference Sources

### Daily Briefings

- [2026-05-04 Daily Briefing](../daily/2026-05-04-briefing.md) -- EIP-7708 interop breakout / EIP-XXXX Storage Bonds / EIP upgrade drift day 10
- [2026-05-05 Daily Briefing](../daily/2026-05-05-briefing.md) -- SSV Anchor Curated Module recommendation / 5 ERCs + AA standardization / EIP-5920 entry absent LEVEL 2
- [2026-05-06 Daily Briefing](../daily/2026-05-06-briefing.md) -- 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](../daily/2026-05-07-briefing.md) -- Lido Web3SOC certification + quadruple external certification package / EIP-8254 Cap Deposit Requests / EIP-8246 Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn
- [2026-05-08 Daily Briefing](../daily/2026-05-08-briefing.md) -- A41 ~7,000 validator Exit case study / EarnETH unfreeze ETA / EIP-8252 Reorg Retention / ODLR RFC / SELFDESTRUCT 472K events dataset

### Protocol Calls / Recommendations

- [2026-05-08 Protocol Call Weekly Summary](../protocol-calls/2026-05-08-weekly-call-summary.md) -- PQI #038 + ACDE #236 + ACDC #178 postponed to 5/14
- [2026-05-08 Daily Recommendation](../../recommendations/2026-05-08.md) -- A41 SOP X distribution (0.90) + The Purge data trio (0.87)
- [2026-05-07 Daily Recommendation](../../recommendations/2026-05-07.md) -- Lido Web3SOC quadruple certification + 200M gas specification alignment trio

### Previous Weekly Report

- [2026-05-01 Weekly Report](2026-05-01-weekly-report.md) -- Kelp/rsETH incident closing track + Hegota EIP-8081 meta refresh + PQ 4-track concurrent progress

### Related Entities

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

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