Ethereum News of the Day (2026-02-05) 💰 ETH: $2,133 | 📊 ETH.D: 10.2% | 🔒 Staking: 30.6% ⚙️ Protocol Update - Hegota Fork Proposal Closed: The submission window for major features of Hegota, the next upgrade after Glamsterdam, has closed. - Glamsterdam Testnet Underway: The ACDT meeting reviewed the status of testnets such as bal-devnet-2 and epbs-devnet-0. - 2D PeerDAS Proposal: A 2D PeerDAS structure was proposed as a key task for Hegota to improve data availability sampling efficiency. - Gas Limit and Price Adjustment Discussion: Gas limit benchmarking and price readjustment are in progress with the eth/70 update. 📋 EIP Trends - EIP-7607 Status Change: The proposal has been moved to Final, the final approval stage. - EIP-7918 Status Change: The proposal has been moved to Final, the final approval stage. - ERC-8004 AI Agent Standard: A new standard supporting discovery, evaluation, and settlement between AI agents has been proposed as an ecosystem trust layer. Emerging - EIP-8055 Guardian Shield: A security-focused new proposal, including the ability to burn stolen tokens, was discussed. - EIP-8037 Gas Metering Analysis: Analysis of various aggregate functions to address resource bottlenecks in a multidimensional gas metering system was conducted. 🔬 Research Highlights - LUCID Encrypted Mempool: A design for an encrypted waiting space was presented to increase censorship resistance and protect transactions from MEV extraction. - Multidimensional Gas Metering Research: A mathematical model was studied to optimize the interaction between state gas and burst gas under EIP-8037. - Post-Quantum Security: A signature and security suite demo was conducted to address quantum computer attacks, exploring ways to enhance security. 🐦 Community Discussion - Vitalik Buterin: Pointed out that simple EVM chain replication and one-week delay bridge-style L2 are now outdated infrastructure. - tkstanczak: Highlighted the potential for AI agent finance integration leveraging Ethereum's liquidity and DeFi ecosystem. - Ethereum: Fidelity's Sharing examples of real-world financial integration, including the launch of the new stablecoin FIDD and attracting USDC investment on the Base chain. - ethereumfndn: Call for applications for the 2026 PhD Fellowship Program for the long-term evolution of Ethereum. 💡 Today's Key Points - Advanced technical proposals, such as the cryptographic mempool and 2D PeerDAS for the next upgrade, Hegota, were intensively discussed. - Standardization efforts for building an AI agent economy on Ethereum, starting with ERC-8004, are in full swing. 📌 Sources - X: ethereum, ethereumfndn, VitalikButerin, drakefjustin (no content), TimBeiko, tkstanczak - ethresearch - Ethereum Magicians - Ethereum Blog (no content) - Vitalik Blog (no content) - GitHub EIPs