TechFlow reports, Christine Kim, Head of Research at Galaxy, summarized the 139th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) meeting focused on Ethereum's Pectra upgrade. Key highlights include:
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Pectra Devnet 2 has reached 85% network participation; developers plan to launch Devnet 3 and will hold weekly testing update meetings.
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Developers discussed the potential inclusion of EIP-7688 but decided to wait until existing Pectra EIPs are stabilized.
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Ongoing discussions on PeerDAS implementation, including a proposal to remove sampling activities to reduce upgrade complexity.
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Research updates covered edge cases related to validator ETH balance consolidation and changes to the network layer’s QUIC ENR entries.
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ProbeLab shared Ethereum node distribution data, showing 8,335 nodes currently active, with 42% running the Lighthouse client and 36% located in the United States.
