Today, Consensys Software Inc. (CSI) is becoming two independent companies. CSI will continue as the same company and rebrand as MetaMask, operating the MetaMask platform and its consumer-facing products, with Joe Lubin as Chairman and CEO. CSI’s Protocols Group and institutional blockchain infrastructure business, including Linea and its broader portfolio of enterprise and Ethereum protocol infrastructure, will become a newly formed company, named Consensys, under Mike Kriak (CEO), David Cunningham (President), Declan Fox (CPO), with Joe Lubin as Executive Chairman. This evolution reflects a turning point in both markets CSI has built over the past decade: consumer self-custody has moved into mainstream financial behavior, while institutional demand has moved from pilots to production. Each now requires its own operating model, dedicated leadership and focused investment strategy to scale. Learn more: metamask.io/news/consensys-s…

First Decoupled Consensus networking benchmarks were just deployed 🔥🎢 Shoutout to @sukunrt and @_pk910_ for doing all the work! And thanks to @ethPandaOps and @parithosh_j for letting us tag onto their huge 1000 node Glamsterdam testbed

my view at @ProtocolGuild - here's the current ethereum core protocol political economy: 15 orgs and 32 teams deeply engaged in the upgrade process lots of institutional succession this year + more changes to come 👀 it's critical we fund independent teams where gaps emerge!

To understand how the Fast Confirmation Rule achieves these impressive results, why it is safe, and the assumptions under which its guarantees hold, take a look at the new version of our technical report published last week. arxiv.org/abs/2405.00549

1/ Protocol Guild’s new brand, logo, and website are live! Our mission remains the same: To secure Ethereum’s future by funding core developers. We will safely scale Ethereum to be long-term infrastructure for the world.

happy april fools' day ⚜️ ~ to counter the fake news on your feed, @malleshpai, @mkalinin2, and i are sharing "Adding flexibility to Ethereum's exit queue," an article outlining and motivating our recent EIP to improve the efficiency of validator withdrawals.

supporting in-protocol validator consolidation is a must-have feature in EIP-7251 (increasing the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE). @fradamt, @mkalinin2, and i wrote up a doc to answer some common questions and explain how it all fits together! 👤+👤 = 👥 ↯↯↯ notes.ethereum.org/@fradamt/…

Protocol Guild is participating in RPGF3! - 161 core Ethereum contributors - 523 years of cumulative effort - maintaining and evolving the Ethereum protocol + mainnet that L2s depend on for settlement Find our profile below: vote.optimism.io/retropgf/3/…

Happy Merge Anniversary! 🎉

new article about slashing in Ethereum! ⚔️🪙@barnabemonnot and i deep dive the scaling properties of the 4 penalties levied against slashed validators. we propose two modifications to help de-risk consolidation under EIP-7251 (increasing the MAXEB). 📖🛠️↓ ethresear.ch/t/slashing-pena…

happy to share an FAQ doc on EIP-7251, the proposal to increase the `MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE`, written with @fradamt @dapplion @mkalinin2! we try to clear up some of the confusion around the intent of the original proposal ↓ 📓🖊️ notes.ethereum.org/@mikeneud…

Successfully contributed to Ethereum KZG Ceremony 🎉 Many thanks to DKnopik and @vdWijden for the Proper Client implementation. github.com/dknopik/towers-of…

Some recent reflections on Ethereum github.com/djrtwo/writing/bl…

1/10 The Protocol Guild's 1-year pilot just passed the halfway mark! 🧵👇 here's an update on the last 6 months, and what's next:

To date, our 128 members have collectively contributed 375 years of effort towards maintaining & evolving the Ethereum protocol 🤯 Learn more: bit.ly/PGdocs

And here's to the developers, client teams, researchers, and educators for their dedication to this major milestone. 👏 @benjaminion_xyz @mkalinin2 @ajsutton for educating so many, researching the Merge spec, and building @Teku_ConsenSys

Epoch's are finalizing. Proof of Stake Ethereum is here! Congratulations to the entire community. 🐼

We did it

IT'S LIVE 🏠❤️ New Home of the Heart celebrates the Merge and the people behind it - proceeds go to artists & @ProtocolGuild core devs thanks to @______jpg______ @sofiagarcia_io and @ourZORA for the collab 🙏 ↓ Celebrate this historic week with us ↓ jpg.space/mint/new-home-of-t…

i'm stoked to have 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 Merge NFT exhibition live Monday! proceeds go to @ProtocolGuild & artists 119 Ethereum core devs 🫡 16 artists 👩‍🎨 8 auctions ⏲️ 6 editions ✨ 1 Merge exhibition 🐼 follow @StatefulWorks & @______jpg______ for updates!