Ethereum Research Daily

November 26, 2025

• The gas limit doubles to 60M in a year
• Ethereum fees cheap all of 2025
• an EIP letting exits use the consolidation queue merged
• EIP-7904 aligns WarmStorageReadCost
• a Plinko PIR tutorial

nero_eth said Ethereum now runs a 60M block gas limit, doubled in a year. evan_van_ness noted fees stayed cheap all of 2025. fradamt's EIP letting exits use the consolidation queue merged. VitalikButerin shared a Plinko PIR tutorial; private information retrieval lets wallets query chain data without revealing addresses.

November 25, 2025

• ERC-8087 encrypted argument calls
• whether trustless payments bring more trust
• 40% of validators signal 60M gas
• ERC-8090 gasless minting swaps on Uniswap v4
• hardware keys do not yet support ML-DSA

cfries proposed ERC-8087, executing calls with encrypted arguments through a stateless decryption oracle for uses like private order books. trent_vanepps said 40% of validators signal a 60M gas limit, effective above 50%. alextes argued ePBS trustless payments may make Ethereum rely more on trust disclosure.

November 24, 2025

• ERC-8091 privacy address format
• integrated in-protocol distributed history and state storage
• Full Send an RPC with MEV protection
• the Kohaku wallet initiative
• an EIP-7975 update

0xRowan submitted ERC-8091, a standard client side privacy address format for privacy tokens. mteamisloading launched Full Send, a user facing RPC with MEV protection. kassandraETH presented the Kohaku wallet initiative. rjl493456442 updated EIP-7975, merged.

November 23, 2025

• Client default gas limit set to 60M
• privacy tools not working with smart accounts like Safe
• several EOF related EIPs moved to Stagnant
• relayer protected gasless swap ERCs
• ERC-8088 cross chain tracking

nixorokish said client default gas limits are now 60M. koeppelmann noted privacy tools do not work with smart accounts like Safe, missing multisig and recovery, which bermudabayzk aims to fix. eth-bot moved several EOF related EIPs such as EIP-663 and EIP-7069 to Stagnant.

November 22, 2025

• A Confidential Fungible Token ERC merged
• a Minimal Avatar Smart Wallet ERC merged
• BAL ends Ethereum's single lane execution
• ZK staking
• ethrex production ready

arr00's Confidential Fungible Token ERC merged, with encrypted balances and amounts. MostafaS's Minimal Avatar Smart Wallet (MASW) ERC merged. nero_eth explained that EIP-7928 BAL gives each block a precise access map, enabling parallel execution. ethStaker showed a ZK staking node receiving 3/3 execution proofs.

November 21, 2025

• Two 5090s prove every L1 block
• Offchain Labs argues WASM beats RISC-V
• state locks as proposer commitments
• ZKPassport is not KYC
• Ethereum says privacy is normal

drakefjustin said the zkSync Airbender team proves every L1 EVM block on two RTX 5090s at about 1kW. Offchain Labs argued RISC-V is a poor L1 delivery ISA and WASM is better. OnticNexus proposed state locks as proposer commitments for stronger preconfirmation guarantees.

November 20, 2025

• The Falcon precompile EIP merged
• the native rollups EIP merged
• an operator contract ERC for non-delegated EOAs merged
• an open question on EIP-7932 scope
• a simplified payment verification gateway ERC

simonmasson's Falcon verification precompile EIP merged; lucadonnoh's native rollups EIP merged. SirSpudlington asked core devs whether, if EIP-6404 interoperates with EIP-7932, EIP-7932 should shrink to a registry plus precompile so AA can verify any algorithm efficiently. marcelomorgado's operator contract ERC for non-delegated EOAs merged.