The short-term path to native privacy

Vitalik: short-term things being done to shift Ethereum toward native privacy: AA plus FOCIL (making privacy protocol txs, among others, first class with strong inclusion guarantees), keyed nonces, and access layer work (Kohaku, private reads)

13:55.

https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2056992175318073477 2026-05-20

soispoke: Hegota is for hardness, with censorship resistance from FOCIL and native, trustless privacy from frame transactions and keyed nonces

16:07.

https://x.com/soispoke/status/2057025495003250859 2026-05-20

EIP-8266: Expiring Nonces for Frame Transactions discussion thread

12:56.

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-8266-expiring-nonces-for-frame-transactions/28575 2026-05-20

Transactions and gas

EIP-8037: calldata floor accounting alignment and call-frame refill clarification

(misilva73), submitted: the EIP-7623 calldata floor is applied at the transaction level to align block and transaction gas accounting, the floor and refund interaction and receipt accounting are clarified, and an "Integration with EIP-7778" subsection is added.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11706 2026-05-20

nero_eth: Glamsterdam ships EIP-7928 block-level access lists, bringing parallelization to the EVM

16:16.

https://x.com/nero_eth/status/2057027628788269457 2026-05-20

growthepie: yesterday more addresses on Ethereum L1 triggered smart wallet upgrades than some chains have active

19:39.

https://x.com/growthepie_eth/status/2057078639020101792 2026-05-20

Post-quantum

ethresear.ch: RANDAO Breaks at L*, a post-quantum VRF for Ethereum

13:02 (arianaraghi): once BLS keys are retired at the L* milestone the current `randao_reveal` mechanism fails entirely; the post proposes a hash-based PRF-commitment VRF derived from the leanSig seed, proved with a standalone WHIR proof in the block and activated at I*.

https://ethresear.ch/t/randao-breaks-at-l-a-post-quantum-vrf-for-ethereum/24906 2026-05-20

zeamETH: devnet5 spec merged, a block with just a single aggregated signature proof, bringing leanEthereum full circle on the consensus PQ stack

15:57.

https://x.com/zeamETH/status/2057022915938545744 2026-05-20

StarkWare: Starknet's quantum moat has layers, STARK proofs at the base and smart contract accounts at the edge

21:02.

https://x.com/StarkWareLtd/status/2057099578235605184 2026-05-20

Other updates

Devcon 8 Mumbai tickets open

23:35.

https://x.com/ethereum/status/2057138142558445629 2026-05-20

ERC-8263: Onchain Proof Layer for AI Agents

21:02.

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/erc-8263-onchain-proof-layer-for-ai-agents/28577 2026-05-20

EIP-8070: update

Merged; ERC-8255: updates for legacy compatibility, merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11444 2026-05-20

ERC-8255: updates for legacy compatibility

EIP-8070: update, merged; ERC-8255: updates for legacy compatibility, merged.

https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1758 2026-05-20

PQ Interop #40 agenda

19:08.

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/post-quantum-pq-interop-40-may-20-2026/28576 2026-05-20

Community

Eli Ben-Sasson: why StarkWare didn't start with ZK for privacy

21:49.

https://x.com/EliBenSasson/status/2057111527241490781 2026-05-20