Ethereum Research Daily

April 29, 2026

• EIP-8141 lets the payer approve before the sender
• default account drops RLP call batches
• EIP-8130 adds an opaque_input field
• upgrade any wallet to post-quantum in one transaction with ZK proofs and a hidden public key
• Starknet native privacy infrastructure

lightclient made two EIP-8141 changes: letting the payer approve before the sender, a simpler alternative to the guarantor role, and removing RLP call batches from the default account now that frame batching exists. The first was merged by accident, reverted and resubmitted. ethresear.ch proposed using EIP-7702 and ZK proofs under a hidden public key to upgrade any EOA to post-quantum security in one transaction.

April 28, 2026

• EIP-8037 switches to a fixed cost per state byte and adds frame accounting
• EIP-7773 lists EIP-7979 and EIP-8163 as PFI
• Tempo access keys go live
• ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 move to Review
• explaining the aave/kelp/layerzero situation

misilva73 submitted an EIP-8037 change that replaces the dynamic cost per state byte with a fixed constant CPSB = 1174 and adds frame accounting rules. nixorokish submitted and merged an EIP-7773 update proposing EIP-7979 and EIP-8163 for inclusion. gakonst announced access keys, replacing escrow contracts with protocol limited key delegation.

April 27, 2026

• Starknet relies on native AA to go quantum resistant
• Fallback Proposers EIP
• Independent CL/EL Sync EIP merged
• should CL protocol presets be exposed to the EVM
• privacy joins Ethereum's 2026 roadmap as an endgame goal

EliBenSasson said moving Starknet users to full quantum resistance will be easy, and native AA is the key. ProtocolGuild stressed that privacy is now an explicit endgame goal on Ethereum's 2026 roadmap. The EIPs repo merged potuz's Independent CL/EL Sync proposal. Magicians discussed adding a preset commitment to BeaconState so contracts can verify presets without a trusted party.

April 26, 2026

• EIP-7932 separates the precompile and adds autonomous and detached signatures
• ACDE #236 agenda
• modular and composable stablecoins
• Starknet privacy with composability
• onchain payroll needs privacy

A Sunday. SirSpudlington submitted an EIP-7932 refactor to suit EIP-8141 and EIP-8164 better, formalizing autonomous and detached signatures and separating the precompile. The ACDE #236 agenda was posted for May 7. EliBenSasson used onchain payroll to argue crypto cannot reach mass adoption without privacy.

April 25, 2026

• native AA makes Tempo's move to post-quantum signatures easier
• STEEL proposes an EIP-8037 revision
• does every USDC transfer on Canton need a Circle signature
• post-quantum signature aggregation experiments
• ERC-8241 Protocol Control Disclosure

A Saturday. gakonst said native AA makes it easier to migrate Tempo users to post-quantum signatures: add a new key to the existing account without moving assets, then disable the non post-quantum keys. The STEEL team submitted a draft revision of EIP-8037 addressing issues found in implementation and testing. bkiepuszewski questioned whether every USDC transfer on Canton requires a Circle signature.

April 24, 2026

• EIP-8141 relaxes mempool rules to drop the specific factory requirement
• EIP-8163 proposed for Hegotá and moved to Review
• coercion resistant vault ERC
• ERC-8239 Agent Skill Registry
• Ethereal news #20

derekchiang submitted an EIP-8141 change relaxing mempool rules so accounts no longer need a specific factory. pdobacz proposed EIP-8163 (reserve the EXTENSION opcode) for Hegotá and moved it to Review. Ethereal news #20 came out, covering the rsETH recovery effort and Arbitrum freezing the exploiter's ETH.

April 23, 2026

• ACDE #235
• scheme-agile transactions let EOAs choose a signature algorithm
• EIP-8237 independent CL/EL sync
• Hegotá headlined by FOCIL
• L2BEAT ZK catalog adds a quantum resistance badge

At ACDE #235, Nixo was named co-lead of ACD, bal-devnet-3 was running well at a 100M gas limit, complexity concerns were raised about EIP-8037, and non-headliners such as EIP-8237 were proposed for Hegotá. Giulio2002's Scheme-Agile Transactions EIP was merged, adding a `0x05` type that lets EOAs choose secp256k1, P256 or Falcon-512 signatures via `scheme_id`. ProtocolGuild explained that Hegotá will be headlined by FOCIL.