<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ethereum Protocol Reader</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/</link><description>Ethereum protocol updates</description><language>en</language><item><title>Sepolia timing lands as tests shed false failures</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w38/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w38/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Glamsterdam’s Sepolia timing enters the merged record while FOCIL and fork-choice test fixes sharpen the evidence for client readiness.</description></item><item><title>Frames takes priority as Hegotá narrows</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w37/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w37/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Frames becomes a Hegotá headliner as EVM proposals face tighter prioritization, while Glamsterdam testing closes access-list validation gaps.</description></item><item><title>Glamsterdam Buys One More Devnet</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w36/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w36/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A failed clean-transition test pushed Sepolia to October 6, while core developers merged late Gloas and state-gas fixes and FOCIL’s first interop failures hardened its specifications.</description></item><item><title>Hegotá Commits, Frames Stay Fluid</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w35/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w35/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Core developers scheduled account abstraction for Hegotá without freezing its transaction design, revived history expiry as near-term client work, and turned FOCIL edge cases into executable tests ahead of its first dedicated devnet.</description></item><item><title>Platåberget Found the Weak Spot</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w34/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w34/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Platåberget’s first Glamsterdam fork was messy in the useful way: client bugs appeared under a real builder-deposit queue, finality recovered, one EIP left the upgrade, and the dates for Sepolia and Hoodi stayed provisional while teams prepared a harder round of testing.</description></item><item><title>The Price of More</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w33/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w33/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Glamsterdam’s gas model became stable enough to support final testing this week, while Hegotá’s long candidate list met a practical constraint: higher throughput and a broader upgrade both depend on proving that their combined implementation cost remains manageable.</description></item><item><title>Opening the Window</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w32/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w32/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Glamsterdam’s next devnet began taking shape as a public test environment just as Hegotá closed its first proposal window, connecting consensus design, infrastructure readiness, and upgrade governance in a single week of protocol coordination.</description></item><item><title>Two Forks, One Foundation</title><link>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w31/</link><guid>https://wie.ercref.org/en/2026-w31/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Ethereum entered the week with Glamsterdam’s features largely decided but its public proving ground still gated by benchmarks and compatibility, while Hegotá’s emerging execution agenda made clear how tightly the assumptions of consecutive forks now depend on one another.</description></item></channel></rss>