Governance: the EF Mandate debate

dankrad: last year the EF said it would listen to users, now it says it will go back to building only cypherpunk stuff, returning to its old ways

01:59.

https://x.com/dankrad/status/2032532067527856216 2026-03-14

decentrek: after engaging deeply in ACD for EIP-8141, he feels the client developers who hold decision power are somewhat detached from real world usage

10:32.

https://x.com/decentrek/status/2032661242255736913 2026-03-14

barnabemonnot: "Ethereum is or is not a product" is a strawman; what matters is making development more user and product centric

15:54; protolambda: the Mandate seems to forget Ethereum's sandboxing power, 05:43.

https://x.com/barnabemonnot/status/2032742046570631494 2026-03-14

protolambda: the Mandate seems to forget Ethereum's sandboxing power

Barnabemonnot: "Ethereum is or is not a product" is a strawman; what matters is making development more user and product centric, 15:54; protolambda: the Mandate seems to forget Ethereum's sandboxing power, 05:43.

https://x.com/protolambda/status/2032588495051493806 2026-03-14

Native AA: EIP-8141 and the signature registry

EIP-8141: migrate EOA default code to the EIP-7932 registry

(SirSpudlington), submitted: one reason is that EIP-8141's P256 support overlooks that EIP-7951 does not handle signature malleability.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11408 2026-03-14

EIP-8141: add derekchiang as a coauthor

(derekchiang), submitted and merged; EIP-7906: rationale (forshtat), submitted and merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11406 2026-03-14

EIP-7906: rationale

EIP-8141: add derekchiang as a coauthor (derekchiang), submitted and merged; EIP-7906: rationale (forshtat), submitted and merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11405 2026-03-14

Other updates

Add ERC: Payment-Gated Transaction Relay (PGTR)

(beauwilliams), submitted; Add ERC: Task Market Protocol (beauwilliams), submitted; ERC-8126: Move to Review (Cybercentry), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1603 2026-03-14

Add ERC: Task Market Protocol

Add ERC: Payment-Gated Transaction Relay (PGTR) (beauwilliams), submitted; Add ERC: Task Market Protocol (beauwilliams), submitted; ERC-8126: Move to Review (Cybercentry), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1604 2026-03-14

ERC-8126: Move to Review

Add ERC: Payment-Gated Transaction Relay (PGTR) (beauwilliams), submitted; Add ERC: Task Market Protocol (beauwilliams), submitted; ERC-8126: Move to Review (Cybercentry), submitted.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1605 2026-03-14

ERC-8183: add reference implementation links

(ai-virtual-b), merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1601 2026-03-14

Community

binji_x: what a legitimate financial institution entering blockchain most wants is minimized counterparty risk and privacy

04:52.

https://x.com/binji_x/status/2032575459926618426 2026-03-14