BNB Chain’s Lorentz upgrade slashes block times to 0.5s—dApps better keep up or get left in the mempool. Gas-free stablecoin trades extended through June; CEXes sweating as volume migrates to decentralized rails.

I wrote up some preliminary results on Prysm and Geth using the "get-blobs" optimization: https://t.co/9b9BBfUSFT Summary: - Good hit rate on retrieving blobs from the EL mempool - Good reduction in block import time - Observed fewer p2p msgs over the wire - Reduced download bandwidth, but upload increased. Results still inconclusive due to network asymmetric as few nodes are running. See report for more details.

Episode 3 of Core Notes from Core Devs is now out! Catch the Ethereum core developers at @offchainlabs discuss the latest happenings in @ethereum development. This week we talk with @terencechain and @jameshe_eth about the final preparations for the Pectra upgrade and how you could win $2M USD! Hosted by @ohyeahdavid 0:33 One thing every Ethereum user should know 1:35 Significant and exciting changes in the next Prysm release 2:36 Breaking down blob scalability and mempool bottlenecks 4:04 The importance of the 30-day buffer between testnet and mainnet upgrades 4:45 $2M Pectra bug bounty program 6:14 Chaotic times as a core dev