Ethereum Research Daily

January 14, 2026

• Two resource metered gas equations for EIP-8037
• data driven analysis of EIP-7907
• EIP-8070 moved to CFI per ACDC #172
• a temporary contract storage EIP
• a zkEVM security overview

aelowsson proposed two resource metered gas equations for EIP-8037, answering the concern that pricier state creation crowds out regular gas and slows scaling. nixorokish moved EIP-8070 from PFI to CFI per the ACDC #172 decision, merged. weiihann submitted a temporary contract storage EIP.

January 13, 2026

• EIP-7932 pads the sigrecover return value to 32 bytes
• EIP-7928 BAL further clarifies access
• EIP-7773 handles EIP-8070 per ACDC #172
• serverless privacy first local notifications for dApps
• ERC-7888 generalized to multiple state commitment schemes

SirSpudlington padded the EIP-7932 sigrecover return value to 32 bytes, submitted and merged, a base precompile for accounts using several signature algorithms. nerolation submitted a further clarification of access in EIP-7928 BAL. nicosampler proposed a dApp notification architecture that runs fully client side with no central backend.

January 12, 2026

• ACDT #65 sets bal-devnet-2 for late January with EIP-8024
• EIP-7708 and EIP-7778
• BPO3 not urgent
• Vitalik's recursive STARK bandwidth efficient mempool
• explicit message lanes for AA and post-quantum

ACDT #65: bal-devnet-2 targets late January with EIP-8024, EIP-7708 ETH transfer logs and EIP-7778 block gas accounting without refunds, maybe EIP-7843; BPO3 is not urgent at current usage. VitalikButerin proposed aggregating mempool objects with recursive STARKs to save bandwidth in a post-quantum setting. VitalikButerin wrote that Ethereum itself must pass the walkaway test.

January 11, 2026

• EIP-8123
• a JSON-RPC method for the transaction gas limit cap
• a pre draft on making wallet connection mediation explicit
• missing relay blacklisting in mev-boost wasting slots
• FOCIL versus MCP on censorship resistance

PaulRBerg submitted EIP-8123, adding eth_txLimitGasCap to query the EIP-7825 per transaction gas cap. Madeindreams opened a pre draft discussion on making connector and SDK mediation between wallets and dApps explicit. 0x_WeakSheep noted mev-boost does not penalize relays that fail to deliver, so validators wait about 4 seconds before falling back.

January 10, 2026

• Comparable post-quantum signature benchmarks on the EVM
• ERC-8129 non-transferable token
• ERC-8122 minimal agent registry
• EIP-8051 links EIP-7932
• a DApp network configuration ERC merged

pipavlo82 said post-quantum signature work on the EVM lacks comparable benchmarks: gas comparisons of Falcon, ML-DSA and Dilithium often mix security levels and verification surfaces, so the post proposes a shared taxonomy and XOF test vector suite. Vantana1995 proposed ERC-8129, a non-transferable token that no longer builds soulbound tokens on ERC-721.

January 9, 2026

• ERC-8118 agent authorization
• a $26M exploit of a Truebit contract deployed in 2021
• TimBeiko shifts to frontier Ethereum use cases
• the FOCIL and censorship resistance debate
• Vitalik writes a support letter for Roman Storm

0xvimer proposed ERC-8118, a standard interface for authorizing autonomous agents to perform specific onchain actions for users. A Truebit contract deployed in 2021 was exploited for about $26M. TimBeiko said he will shift from L1 R&D to frontier Ethereum use cases. nero_eth and soispoke debated whether FOCIL equals censorship resistance.

January 8, 2026

• ERC-4337 moves to Review
• ACDC #172 sets the Hegotá headliner deadline at February 4
• EIP-7773 lists EIP-7997 as CFI per ACDE #227
• a Bound Signatures ERC merged
• ERC-7674 moves to Review

ERC-4337 moved to Review, ERC-7674 did too the same day, and a Bound Signatures ERC merged. ACDC #172 set the Hegotá headliner deadline at February 4, requiring a Magicians post and an ACD presentation. nixorokish updated EIP-7773 per ACDE #227: EIP-7997, the deterministic factory predeploy, is CFI, and EIP-8058, 7668 and 7745 are declined.