Dev Tools Guild February 2026 update
TL;DR: Annual Solidity developer survey, EF Ecosystem Support Program wishlist: existing dev tooling and strawmap (strawman roadmap) for next seven network upgrades.
TL;DR: Annual Solidity developer survey, EF Ecosystem Support Program wishlist: existing dev tooling and strawmap (strawman roadmap) for next seven network upgrades.
TL;DR: BPO2 increases blobs to 14/21 (target/max), Octant Epoch 10 supports Solidity and Hegotá upgrade headliner proposals begin.
TL;DR: mainnet successfully upgraded to Fusaka & BPO1, Optimism's Retro Funding continues to support member projects and Octant's StreamVote supports ethers.js, Solidity & Vyper.
TL;DR: 60M gas limit, mainnet upgrades to Fusaka on December 3 and Optimism's Retro Funding continues to support member projects.
TL;DR: Fusaka upgrade on mainnet December 3, Gitcoin Grants 24 included quadratic & deep funding for developer tooling and Optimism's Retro Funding continues to support member projects.
TL;DR: Fusaka upgrade on testnets in October, ENS DAO granted $75k to Argot, Aerodrome donated $450k between various teams, Optimism's Retro Funding continues to support member projects.
TL;DR: The future of Ethereum funding isn’t bigger grants, it’s smarter coordination. From the Dev Tools Guild to Gitcoin, ENS DAO, Optimism & Octant, the ecosystem is aligning to amplify impact and sustain the tools we all rely on.
TL;DR: Solidity Summit 2025 in Buenos Aires, Vyper granted $50,000 from ENS public goods, Optimism's Retro Funding continues to support member projects.
Open source has powered the internet since the beginning, but the people building and maintaining it have often been left behind.
TL;DR: Ethereum and Solidity turn ten. Ethereum Foundation, Octant and Optimism's Retro Funding support member projects. Gas limit to 45M. Partial history expiry. Fusaka upgrade: targeting Q4. Glamsterdam upgrade: feedback wanted on proposed headliners