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ACDC #191 made post-quantum and post-AI hardening the top agenda item, debating whether to raise the urgency from DEFCON 4 to DEFCON 2 or 3, and EIP-8483 (post-quantum material registration) was accepted as PFI for Hegotá. Whether FOCIL and quick slots stay, and whether to pursue post-quantum Gasper or decoupled consensus, is still open. On accounts, EIP-8430 (the AA transaction type) changes how sponsored transactions are charged, and a new draft, EIP-8500, makes Frame transactions work with FOCIL.

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ACDC #191: post-quantum moves to the top, Hegotá scope still open

ACDC #191 meeting notes

Were posted 2026-11-13 00:04 (the call ran 2026-11-12 21:00, with Ben Edgington chairing for the first time). The notes say the call debated raising the urgency of post-quantum and post-AI hardening from DEFCON 4 to DEFCON 2 or 3, because AI math capabilities are moving faster than expected. Including FOCIL and quick slots in Hegotá was contested. Post-quantum Gasper was seen as complex and needs to be weighed against post-quantum decoupled consensus (PQDC). EIP-8483, post-quantum material registration, was accepted as PFI for Hegotá. The next ACDC is set for November 26.

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/all-core-devs-consensus-acdc-191-november-12-2026/30139

Draft EIP: run leanVM aggregation in shadow mode alongside BLS

Posted 2026-11-12 22:38 by sauliusgrigaitis. Validators would produce both a BLS signature and a post-quantum hash-based signature, consensus would rely on BLS alone, and leanVM aggregates and proofs would only be measured and compared. Once BLS is no longer safe, an emergency hard fork would switch over to leanVM. This matches the staged rollout write-up assigned to saulius in the notes.

https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-draft-run-leanvm-aggregation-in-shadow-mode-alongside-bls-until-pq-ai-day/30367

Account abstraction and transactions: EIP-8430 reprices sponsorship, EIP-8500 connects to FOCIL

Other updates

ethresear.ch: More Meters or More Prices? One- vs. multi-dimensional fee mechanisms on Ethereum

Posted 2026-11-12 22:28 by Fei Wu (work done during an EF internship). It compares EIP-7999's multidimensional fee market with the post-Glamsterdam one-dimensional design. The post says the strongest one-dimensional benchmark delivers 151.9M to 177.9M execution gas per block under block-level demand variation, with 86.0 to 88.1 GiB/year of state growth against a 120 GiB target. Useful background on gas limits and state gas pricing.

https://ethresear.ch/t/more-meters-or-more-prices-one-vs-multi-dimensional-fee-mechanisms-on-ethereum/26244

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