The descriptor BIPs are reclassified from Standard to Specification
A merge into the BIPs repository moves BIP 379 through BIP 390 to the Specification type introduced by the revised BIP process.
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Simulations put one-dimensional Ethereum fees against EIP-7999
An Ethereum Research post benchmarks post-Glamsterdam single-base-fee configurations against multi-dimensional pricing, reporting execution gas and annual state growth for each.
CFTC warns that contracts on what someone will say invite manipulation
A Division of Market Oversight advisory sets out the limited circumstances in which mention market contracts can be listed, and reminds exchanges of Core Principle 3.
Four chains shipped governance changes today, and none shipped a feature
Robonomics retiring Sudo, Solana debating who sets block limits, an XRPL cosigner draft, a Bitcoin BIP for backup format. The week's substance is about who decides, not what the software does.
An onchain cosigner draft joins the XRPL standards repository
The XRPL-Standards repository merged an Onchain Cosigner draft on 16 September, 1,203 lines in a single file, carrying a transaction_proposal RPC designed around per-account signing status.
Whitehats move 52 BTC from the Coldcard seed flaw into a recovery trust
Galaxy Digital research says 52.37 BTC tied to July's Coldcard exploit went to an address carrying an OP_RETURN pointer to a newly formed recovery trust.
A new BIP lands for encrypting the wallet data that is not the seed
BIP-138, merged into the BIPs repository, specifies a compact encryption scheme for non-seed wallet data such as descriptors.
EIP-7906 gains two opcodes' worth of per-topic event views
An update merged into the EIPs repository extends the proposal with per-topic-value event views under TXDIFF parameters 0x0B and 0x0C.
Solana changelog: Transaction V1 on mainnet, cheaper rent, 250ms slots
The 18 September changelog records Transaction V1, a rent cut to 5,080 lamports per byte and a slot-time reduction to 250ms as notable mainnet feature gates, with SIMD debate on removing block compute limits.
Robonomics proposes retiring its Sudo key in favour of a two-track OpenGov
The Polkadot parachain would replace a developer multisig with pallet-referenda and conviction voting on just two tracks, then remove Sudo through the first real referendum.