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Optimism releases a guide to Season 7 governance.
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Discussion on increasing the gas limit.
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EF seeks to hire a Protocol Security Engineer.
Optimism released its guide to Season 7 Governance, the next phase of the Optimism Collective, starting on January 16, 2025. Season 7 focuses on advancing the Superchain Product Vision, with interoperability as the core intent. The goal is to achieve Stage 1 interoperable chains processing $250m in monthly cross-chain asset transfers. Key priorities for the season include governance enhancements to facilitate interoperability, protocol upgrades to enable cross-chain functionality, delegation of funding decisions through missions and councils, and continued progress toward technical decentralization. OP Delegates will soon vote on Missions and the ratification of the Interoperability Blockspace Charter.
Ethereum educator Anthony Sassano called for a community temperature check on raising the block gas limit on Ethereum. Sassano supports a phased increase in increments of 10 million, starting from the current 30 million gas limit to 60 million. Gnosis founder Martin Köppelmann also advocates for an increase to 40 million. A 10 million gas increment could potentially reduce Layer 1 transaction fees by an estimated 15-33%. Notably, implementing a gas limit increase does not require a hard fork; validators can adopt the change by adjusting their node configurations. Several solo stakers, including mariano.eth—who spearheads the pumpthegas.org initiative—have already set their gas limit to 40 million.
The Ethereum Foundation is looking to hire a Protocol Security Engineer to join its Protocol Security Research Team. The role focuses on enhancing the security of the Ethereum protocol through activities such as auditing the software stack (including execution and consensus layer clients), developing fuzzers for the protocol’s networking layer, conducting security research, and collaborating with client teams and researchers to mitigate security risks. The position is fully remote and open to candidates worldwide.
