Ethereum Research Daily

November 19, 2025

• ERC-8086 privacy token
• dynamic penalties for ePBS
• state growth scenarios and repricing impact
• three problems in public goods funding
• compliant shielded pools coming

0xRowan proposed ERC-8086, a minimal interface for privacy tokens on Ethereum. misilva73 analyzed state growth under higher gas limits and the impact of repricing. jcschlegel proposed dynamic penalties for ePBS. ameensol said they can keep funding privacy developers, with compliant shielded pools coming.

November 18, 2025

• BAL changes Ethereum's scaling path
• SEAL issues an operational security maturity RFC
• ERC-7780 module types submitted
• ERC-7730 supports interoperable addresses
• the Anoma protocol adapter goes live

protolambda said EIP-7928 BAL will change Ethereum's scaling path and make simpler verifier infrastructure viable again. SEAL issued an RFC giving protocols a standard way to show operational security maturity. leekt submitted new ERC-7780 module types. The Anoma protocol adapter deployed to Ethereum mainnet.

November 17, 2025

• ERC-8085 dual-mode fungible tokens that switch between public and private
• the Devcon Buenos Aires privacy district
• FOCIL coming soon
• ERC-7573 decryption oracle contract update
• EIP-7979 historical and technical updates

0xRowan proposed ERC-8085, fungible tokens that switch between public and private modes. Devcon ran in Buenos Aires, with Aztec in the privacy district. cfries updated ERC-7573 decryption oracle contracts, submitted and merged.

November 16, 2025

• ERC-7730 combined changes merged
• EIP-8082 contract event subscription
• a privacy EIP by Iranian exchange developers sparks debate
• quantum risk
• EIP-5593 iframe blocking rule fix

Ledger's combined ERC-7730 changes merged, improving clear display of transactions and signatures in wallets. bitcoinbrisbane proposed EIP-8082, letting contracts subscribe to and react to other contracts' events with gas-bounded execution. ameensol noted a privacy EIP was written by developers from Iran's largest exchange.

November 15, 2025

• Devcon opens
• Fusaka goes live Dec 3
• Glamsterdam minor features being picked
• OMaps plus coSNARKs for a fully private chain
• ERC-7730 combined changes submitted

nixorokish's governance update: Devcon opened, Fusaka goes live Dec 3 (UTC), and minor Glamsterdam features are being chosen. recmo said OMaps plus coSNARKs can build a fully private chain in the account model without nullifiers or notes.

November 14, 2025

• Shielded pool privacy adoption and how to improve it
• client views on FOCIL for Glamsterdam
• PeerDAS stops presigned EIP-4844 txs from propagating
• native rollups EIP-8079
• ERC-7730 visibility conditions

DamianStraszak summarized why shielded pools have been slow to catch on in the EVM and proposed fixes. soispoke reported the last ACD: the community wants FOCIL in Glamsterdam, and 3 of 5 consensus clients back SFI. pcaversaccio noted that with PeerDAS cell KZG proofs, presigned old style EIP-4844 txs stop propagating after Osaka.

November 13, 2025

• The AA team and Vitalik publish the Trustless Manifesto onchain
• EIL trust minimized cross-L2 interop
• 2026 as the golden year of Ethereum privacy
• privacy pools on EBSI
• compression based state expiry

The EF Account Abstraction team and Vitalik published the Trustless Manifesto onchain, and Vitalik signed it. yoavw published EIL, trust minimized cross-L2 interop built on ERC-4337 accounts. The Ethereum account shared pbrody's view that 2026 will be the golden year of Ethereum privacy, especially for enterprises. EugeRe studied privacy pools on EBSI. ACDC #169 discussed FOCIL for Glamsterdam.