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Web3 builder news
The stories Web3 builders found most useful this week, ranked by votes from ranked and verified builders.
Security
- Ontology Restarts Mainnet After Nearly 43-Hour Security Halt
The Defiant
- Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis
Decrypt
- CZ Alleges Hackers Bought CryptoBilis as Ledger Probes Wallet Drains
The Defiant
- How Zcash Plans to Hide Your Keys From AI and Quantum Attacks
Decrypt
- Ostium Proposes Equity Stakes For Hacked Liquidity Providers
The Defiant
- Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift to Pursue Quantum Security by 2027
The Defiant
Built by Thomas Coratger, orizi, qperrot and 64 more ranked builders · Starknet
Releases
- Nethermind v2.0.0
Nethermind releases
Built by Tomasz Kajetan Stańczak, Lukasz Rozmej, Ben {chmark} Adams and 22 more ranked builders · nethermind
- U.S. inflation, Ethereum upgrade talks: Crypto Week Ahead
CoinDesk
- Solana is about to halve its block times as final 200-millisecond upgrade nears
CoinDesk
- Teku v26.10.0
Teku releases
- Geth v1.17.8: Protein Sludge Pack
Geth releases
Built by Ethan Buchman, Jeffrey Wilcke, Péter Szilágyi and 36 more ranked builders · go-ethereum
Research
- The key to getting more institutions onchain: Rethinking KYC
a16z crypto
- All Core Devs - Testing (ACDT) #101, October 19, 2026
Ethereum Magicians
- L1-zkEVM breakout #09, October 14, 2026
Ethereum Magicians
- 8415Wallet: an ERC-8415-based wallet, now available for beta testing
Ethereum Magicians
- ERC-8403: an account as one hash, and post-quantum keys
Ethereum Research
- All Core Devs - Execution (ACDE) #248, October 22, 2026
Ethereum Magicians
- [BIP Draft] Co-signer Spending Policies
Delving Bitcoin
- $3.55 Million in Unclaimed Bridge Funds Moved via EIP-7702
The Defiant
- EIP-8437: Proof Object Transport over devp2p
Ethereum Magicians
- EIP-8440: Execution Chain Proofs
Ethereum Magicians
- Private Stablecoin on Ethereum
Ethereum Research
Built by Patricio Palladino, Ethan Buchman, Jeffrey Wilcke and 142 more ranked builders · Ethereum
- EIP-8247: Ancestor-Indexed BALs
Ethereum Magicians
- ERC-8441: Hybrid post-quantum stealth address scheme
Ethereum Magicians
- BRO-AMM: A Bonded Reconciliation Oracle AMM as a Low-Risk DeFi Primitive
Ethereum Research
- Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426
Bitcoin Optech
- Coinbase Cryptographer Calls Drake's 'Bunker Mode' Warning 'The Very Definition of FUD'
The Defiant
- Cassis, a new simple scheme for generic multi-layer multi-hop HTLC routing
Delving Bitcoin
- Exposing an ISA for post-quantum proofs on Ethereum
Ethereum Research
Built by Patricio Palladino, Ethan Buchman, Jeffrey Wilcke and 142 more ranked builders · Ethereum
- EIP-8301: MATMUL Opcode - Sharded Tensor State Transition Engine
Ethereum Magicians
Ecosystem
- Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
Decrypt
- Papertrade Faces Oracle-Manipulation Allegation as House Pool Shows $3.14 Million
The Defiant
- LiquidAcre Selects Uphold to Power Digital Asset Infrastructure and Future Tokenized Real Estate Offerings
The Defiant
- Payments on Solana: September 2026 in Five Stories
Solana
Built by Steven Luscher, Richard Patel, Loris Leiva and 13 more ranked builders · Solana
- Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after ‘bunker mode’ scare
CoinDesk
- Breakpoint 2026: Booked Breakpoint? Let's Get You Prepped (Part 2)
Solana
Built by michael, Ludo Galabru, Steven Luscher and 45 more ranked builders · Solana
- Gnosis Bridges Adopt Fast Confirmation for Ethereum Deposits
The Defiant
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