Gas and upgrade scope

EIP-8037 update

(misilva73), merged after submission on January 3; EIP-7773: update EIP statuses for Glamsterdam (ralexstokes), merged after submission on December 20, 2025; EIP-7916: Merkleize to the right (etan-status), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11002 2026-01-06

EIP-7773: update EIP statuses for Glamsterdam

EIP-8037 update (misilva73), merged after submission on January 3; EIP-7773: update EIP statuses for Glamsterdam (ralexstokes), merged after submission on December 20, 2025; EIP-7916: Merkleize to the right (etan-status), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/10958 2026-01-06

EIP-7916: Merkleize to the right

EIP-8037 update (misilva73), merged after submission on January 3; EIP-7773: update EIP statuses for Glamsterdam (ralexstokes), merged after submission on December 20, 2025; EIP-7916: Merkleize to the right (etan-status), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11032 2026-01-06

Transactions and accounts

soispoke: FOCIL readiness for Hegotá

23:06; Add ERC: Agent Authorization (0xvimer), submitted; ERC-7246: fix docs and emit Release in _spendEncumbrance (arr00), submitted and merged.

https://x.com/soispoke/status/2008570835960033570 2026-01-06

Add ERC: Agent Authorization

Soispoke: FOCIL readiness for Hegotá, 23:06; Add ERC: Agent Authorization (0xvimer), submitted; ERC-7246: fix docs and emit Release in _spendEncumbrance (arr00), submitted and merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1450 2026-01-06

ERC-7246: fix docs and emit Release in _spendEncumbrance

Soispoke: FOCIL readiness for Hegotá, 23:06; Add ERC: Agent Authorization (0xvimer), submitted; ERC-7246: fix docs and emit Release in _spendEncumbrance (arr00), submitted and merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1452 2026-01-06

Other updates

donnoh_eth: MegaETH added to L2BEAT, node code not public so no one can challenge yet

19:26; donnoh_eth: reproduced Boojum ZK verifiers for all zkSync elastic chains, 00:07; ERC-7866: move to Review (anistark), merged after submission on November 1, 20258, 2025.

https://x.com/donnoh_eth/status/2008515528009413042 2026-01-06

donnoh_eth: reproduced Boojum ZK verifiers for all zkSync elastic chains

Donnoh_eth: MegaETH added to L2BEAT, node code not public so no one can challenge yet, 19:26; donnoh_eth: reproduced Boojum ZK verifiers for all zkSync elastic chains, 00:07; ERC-7866: move to Review (anistark), merged after submission on November 1, 20258, 2025.

https://x.com/donnoh_eth/status/2008223741084577906 2026-01-06

ERC-7866: move to Review

Donnoh_eth: MegaETH added to L2BEAT, node code not public so no one can challenge yet, 19:26; donnoh_eth: reproduced Boojum ZK verifiers for all zkSync elastic chains, 00:07; ERC-7866: move to Review (anistark), merged after submission on November 1, 20258, 2025.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1358 2026-01-06

Community

ethereum: in 2025 Ethereum cemented itself as the secure foundation for digital civilization

20:51; poojaranjan19 quoting Vitalik: stick hard to principles and accept the costs, 06:22; AndyGuzmanEth: 2026 prediction, Ethereum will win privacy, 21:14.

https://x.com/ethereum/status/2008536971430248831 2026-01-06

poojaranjan19 quoting Vitalik: stick hard to principles and accept the costs

Ethereum: in 2025 Ethereum cemented itself as the secure foundation for digital civilization, 20:51; poojaranjan19 quoting Vitalik: stick hard to principles and accept the costs, 06:22; AndyGuzmanEth: 2026 prediction, Ethereum will win privacy, 21:14.

https://x.com/poojaranjan19/status/2008318164241969266 2026-01-06

AndyGuzmanEth: 2026 prediction, Ethereum will win privacy

Ethereum: in 2025 Ethereum cemented itself as the secure foundation for digital civilization, 20:51; poojaranjan19 quoting Vitalik: stick hard to principles and accept the costs, 06:22; AndyGuzmanEth: 2026 prediction, Ethereum will win privacy, 21:14.

https://x.com/AndyGuzmanEth/status/2008542570872287660 2026-01-06