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ACDT2026-03-30_076

AllCoreDevs — Testing #076

2026-03-30 5 decisions 346 transcript lines

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Targets
  • April 1 - Ball DevNet 3 launch (optimistic) — 00:14:46
  • March 31 - EPBS DevNet 1 launch — 00:18:07
  • April 15 - Glamsterdam DevNet 0 (fallback: April 22) — 00:24:03
  • April 13 - Next ACD Testing call — 00:43:34
Decisions
  • ETH/70 optional for Ball DevNet 3; not required without gas limit EIP — 00:09:50
  • EPBS DevNet 1 launches tomorrow with Alpha 4 consensus spec — 00:18:07
  • Glamsterdam DevNet 0 will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge — 00:24:50
  • External builder API must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge — 00:27:33
  • Next week's ACD Testing call (April 6) cancelled for Easter Monday — 00:42:48
Highlights
  • Epbs Updates:
    • ·EPBS DevNet 1 launching tomorrow with Alpha 4 spec — 00:18:07
    • ·Lighthouse: Alpha 4 spec merging tomorrow; Checkpoint Sync by end of week — 00:20:21
    • ·Nimbus: Alpha 4 upgrade ready by Thursday/Friday with Checkpoint Sync — 00:22:49
    • ·External builder API testing required before merging EPBS with Ball — 00:26:40
  • Infrastructure:
    • ·Proposal preference SSE event needed for external builder implementation — 00:32:22
    • ·New beacon API for envelope creation from beacon block/payload/requests — 00:33:19
    • ·Validator registration deprecated; moving to proposal preferences in same epoch — 00:36:40
  • Testing Progress:
    • ·Ball DevNet 3: EIP-8037 (2D gas) causing orphaned blocks across clients — 00:11:01
    • ·Geth/Nimbus: blocks can exceed gas limits in 2D accounting — 00:12:06
    • ·New Amsterdam test coverage released covering all EIPs — 00:13:12
    • ·Ball DevNet 3 launch target: April 1st (optimistic) — 00:14:46
  • Glamsterdam Planning:
    • ·Glamsterdam DevNet 0: merge Ball DevNet 3 + EPBS DevNet 1 — 00:24:03
    • ·No new EIPs for Glamsterdam DevNet 0; focus on stability — 00:24:50
    • ·ELs need one change: forced reorg on FCU for non-tip canonical blocks — 00:29:24
  • Fork Status And Schedule:
    • ·Blob DevNet Zero: Prysm and Lighthouse trunk-ready by end of April — 00:06:06
    • ·300K validators to run Prysm/Lighthouse with partial cells implementation — 00:06:26
    • ·EIP-8136 (partial cells) proposed for inclusion in Glamsterdam — 00:07:15
    • ·ETH/70 required for Glamsterdam if gas limit exceeds 80M — 00:08:00
    • ·Glamsterdam DevNet 0 target: April 15 (fallback April 22) — 00:24:03
Action Items
  • All EL teams — Assign one person per client team to coordinate on EIP-8037 — 00:13:50
  • CL teams (Lodestar, Teku, Grandine) — Push EPBS DevNet 1 branches and ping Barnabas when ready — 00:19:32
  • All CL teams — Review proposal preference SSE event PR (beacon-APIs #593) — 00:32:22
  • All CL teams — Review envelope creation API PR (beacon-APIs #584) — 00:33:19

Meeting chat49

  • jochem-brouwer

    gm gm, lets take a look if ethcc delegation is joining 😜

  • Barnabas

    Replying to "gm gm, lets take a l..." big doubt

  • jochem-brouwer

    Heeft gereageerd op "big doubt" met ➕

  • jochem-brouwer

    not on ethcc but let me ask

  • Barnabas

    https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1988

  • Barnabas

    https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11452

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    Nethermind has eth/70

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    eth/71 is close but still in progress

  • Karim T. (matkt)

    Besu should has eth70 and 71

  • FLCL

    let's activate eth/70 eth/71 if possible but support eth/69

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    8037 is brutal

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    Reacted to "let's activate eth/7..." with 👍

  • Barnabas

    can we aim to hit 1st of April for devnet 3?

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    I told you I hated this EIP :P

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." April fools?

  • spencer-tb

    https://hive.ethpandaops.io/#/group/bal

  • Barnabas

    @Łukasz Rozmej is happy to work more on this I heard 😂

  • Karim T. (matkt)

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." Restart only devnet 2 maybe just for the joke

  • Potuz

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." Is terence there?

  • Potuz

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." The current spec does not need a hard fork

  • Potuz

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." I briefly looked I think it’s easy on our side

  • Bharath

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." You mean the builder-api right?

  • Potuz

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." No, BALs

  • Bharath

    Replying to "can we aim to hit 1s..." Yeah I assume BALs should just be encapsulated fully in the bid and the envelope.

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    This should work in current Nethermind master

  • Barnabas

    For this devnet we are going to use: engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3 engine_newPayloadV5 engine_getPayloadV5

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    Reacted to "For this devnet we a..." with 👍

  • Łukasz Rozmej

    Replying to "This should work in ..." and soon released 1.37 (aiming for this week)

  • Bharath

    https://github.com/ethereum/beacon-APIs/pull/593

  • Bharath

    https://github.com/ethereum/beacon-APIs/pull/584

  • Barnabas

    stay optimistic potuz

  • Barnabas

    https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ethereum-security-reviewer

  • danceratopz

    https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ethereum-security-reviewer

  • Jen

    Reacted to "https://github.com/m..." with 👍

  • Mario Vega

    Next weeks call?

  • jochem-brouwer

    Heeft gereageerd op "Next weeks call?" met 👍

  • danceratopz

    Reacted to Next weeks call? with "👍"

  • Stefan Starflinger

    Reacted to "Next weeks call?" with 👍

  • Marius Van Der Wijden (M)

    Reacted to Next weeks call? with "👍"

  • Marius Van Der Wijden (M)

    Skip

  • jochem-brouwer

    skip

  • Jen

    Reacted to "Skip" with 👍

  • jochem-brouwer

    Heeft gereageerd op "Skip" met 👍

  • danceratopz

    Reacted to Skip with "👍"

  • Marius Van Der Wijden (M)

    Can we do async update thread in discord

  • jochem-brouwer

    Heeft gereageerd op "Can we do async up..." met 👍

  • Barnabas

    Reacted to "Can we do async upda..." with 👍

  • Potuz

    Go devnet 1!

  • danceratopz

    Reacted to Can we do async upda... with "👍"

Key decisions

  • ETH/70 optional for Ball DevNet 3; not required without gas limit EIP

  • EPBS DevNet 1 launches tomorrow with Alpha 4 consensus spec

    EPBS DevNet 1launching with Alpha 4 consensus spec
  • Glamsterdam DevNet 0 will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge

    Glamsterdam DevNet 0will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge
  • External builder API must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge

    must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge
  • Next week's ACD Testing call (April 6) cancelled for Easter Monday

    cancelled for Easter Monday

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