“Maybe tomorrow we’ll all wear 42, that way they won’t tell us apart.” Today, MLB celebrates the legacy of Jackie Robinson, who helped spark the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in America by breaking baseball’s color barrier. Tonight at 10 PM ET, ESPN will broadcast a game between the Mets and Dodgers, the only team Jackie ever played for in his MLB career.

I updated my 2023 roadmap diagram to overlay where the items that were there sit in the current Strawmap ( ). In general, a lot of overlap, but: * Some things got reshuffled in order (eg. quantum safety up-prioritized) * Some things deprioritized (eg. VDFs; many EVM improvements) * Some things replaced with superior constructions (eg. Verkle -> unified BT -> PBT; state expiry -> new state types) What's most striking, however, is that some completely new things are in the strawmap that are NOT in this diagram, because they were not in the 2023 roadmap at all. These reflect changing priorities. Notably: * First-class attention to strong privacy. This covers: keyed nonces and recent roots, aspects of FOCIL, lean privacy pool & wormholes * Aggressive scaling in the context of post-quantum. This covers: leanSPHINCS signatures and aggregation, zkzk frames (see ) * Lean-ification of the spec, to assist in formal verification (full FV of everything is only possible because of modern AI) * Blob and gas futures (this idea just didn't exist back in 2023) * Native rollups (SNARKs were nowhere near mature enough to even consider this back in 2023) * A more open design space for the "future of the EVM". zkzk frames already implies that the protocol will expose to users some ISA that's not the EVM - current leading candidates are leanISA and RISC-V. These ISAs are more simple, modern and efficient than the EVM. Once they're there, why not expose them to developers everywhere? (And then, why not turn the EVM into being an IR on top of that ISA, instead of an enshrined feature massively complicating the base protocol?) Though much of the deeper exploration here is too early even for the strawmap. * New state types are not just a replacement for expiry, they're a fundamentally different paradigm to how Ethereum does scaling A common theme in scaling, found in both state types and zkzk frames (both new ideas), is that instead of trying to maximally scale ALL ethereum activity, we try to create specialized mechanisms that have more restrictive properties that make them more scaling-friendly, while supporting the heaviest loads incurred by users and applications today (eg. token transfers, swaps) and tomorrow (eg. privacy protocols). The other common theme is treating STARKs and AI-accelerated FV as first-class objects, that we are okay betting the technical future of Ethereum on. There are recursive STARKs in many layers of the protocol, one particular primitive (the "aggregate to union verified dependencies" primitive) is expected to be used in *three* places in the protocol: EL, CL and DL. This can only be safe with formal verification, which is itself only feasible with modern AI tools. In general, many steps forward in maturity. And a huge amount of hard work by many dozens of Ethereum researchers and developers on all of these features. Ethereum will be quantum-safe. Ethereum will put users' privacy first. Ethereum will be secure. Ethereum will be censorship-resistant. Ethereum will be highly performant and scalable while satisfying the above. And Ethereum will be Lean.

2026 China-Canada Friendship Stories | Ep. 57: One World, Infinite Sparks This year marks the 40th anniversary of the prestigious L'International des Feux Loto-Québec in Montreal, Canada. Professional fireworks teams from China, Hungary, Italy, Canada, the United States, and Australia are competing in this milestone edition of the festival. The festival runs from July 2 to August 6. At the 40th edition of the Montreal International Fireworks Competition, the Chinese team's theme is "One World, Infinite Sparks." China's featured performance will take place on Thursday, July 16, at 10:00 p.m. at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, promising a spectacular display. As written in the introduction of the Chinese team, when the fireworks bloom in the twilight light, they shine beside you, silent and eternal witnesses of this remarkable era. At this moment, the world comes together in one emotion, sharing a common joy, while a multitude of sparks illuminate the promise of a brighter future for all. Let us look forward to the spectacular performance by the Chinese team, and may cooperation between China and Canada continue to ignite infinite sparks in this very one world!

【Too Hot to Resist】 After a long time apart, we finally reunited with J&B again! Since our Phuket couples trip, it’s been ages since we last saw them. This time, we arranged for J&B to join us together with David & Elaine — bringing new lovers and old flames together under one roof. It felt both exciting and nostalgic. J&B were once intimately close with us, almost like real lovers. Everyone truly cared for each other. Later, they stepped away from the scene due to busy work schedules. Meanwhile, we’ve grown much closer and more in sync with David & Elaine recently. We were all thrilled to finally gather all six of us together and curious about what kind of sparks would fly 💥 We booked a beautiful two-story house for the night. Everyone chilled, drank, and chatted. Elaine sat on the far left, followed by Sam, B, David, me, and then J. The conversation flowed freely and got increasingly flirty, but the real fun began with deeper connections… This game wasn’t just about warming up — it was about discovering who desired who the most. When three couples start swapping, that special, electric tension appears. The women tended to be more selective and passive at first, subtly showing their level of interest and affection toward each person before choosing who they wanted to connect with first. Who will develop strong feelings for whom tonight? And who will be the first to lose control and give in to their desires? —————————— 【热情难挡】 暌违已久，终于再次见到 J&B 这对情侣！ 自从Phuket那次情侣之旅后，我们已经很久没见了。这次特别安排了 J&B 与 David、Elaine 一起聚会，新欢与旧爱同聚一堂，感觉既刺激又充满期待。 J&B 曾经和我们亲密如恋人，大家都深爱着彼此。后来因为工作太忙，他们暂时离开了这个圈子。而最近我们和 David & Elaine 越来越合拍，关系也日渐亲密。这次能四人再加上 J&B 六人齐聚，真的非常开心，也十分期待会碰撞出什么样的火花💥 我们包下了一间两层楼的房子，晚上大家一起喝酒聊天。Elaine 坐在最左边，接着是 Sam、B、David、我，然后是 J，氛围轻松又暧昧。我们聊了很多，但最精彩的部分，当然还是之后更深层次的连接…… 这次的游戏不只是热身，更重要的是让大家感受「谁更喜欢自己」。当三对同时交换时，那种奇妙又紧张的感觉特别强烈。女生们相对被动，会先选择自己最想连接的对象，在过程中也自然流露出对对方的喜爱程度，慢慢找到今晚心动的性爱对象。 究竟谁会对谁产生强烈的爱意？ 谁又会最先忍不住呢？