Blockchains

Existing active contracts and renewals would remain permissionless, while the DAO could revoke the Foundation’s signing authority.

Transactions fell 8.7% and dollar-denominated user fees dropped 20% on Oct. 22 as a GMGN trading competition continued.

The proposed upgrade speeds Ethereum-to-Aztec messaging and funds 30 days of V5 operation during migration; the dashboard lists October 26 for execution.

Node operators are being told to use software without the scheduled fork, while mainnet activation remains undecided.

The non-binding vote does not approve a network transition. StarkWare hopes to release a draft whitepaper in November.

Hourly activity cooled into Oct. 22 after daily active addresses reached 571,767; transaction counts rose much less sharply.

Transactions and user-paid fees also rose as the Ethereum Layer 2 recorded 629,142 active addresses on Oct. 21.

HSP-029 would lower issuance over 24 months after a 90-day grace period, but validators must separately adopt a network upgrade.

Ethereum's gross annualized staking yield fell to 2.63% from 2.81%, while Solana also saw more stake and lower returns.

The Chrome-only wallet combines private balances, Ledger signing and multisig accounts, with a recovery phrase for backup.