No confidential AI method is free. Each trades away speed, utility, hardware budget, or security. Compare five approaches for running LLMs on sensitive data: cryptography, TEEs, obfuscation, differen…
Staking · Ben Adar ·
Aug 24, 2026 UTC
Notes from the first Ethlabs offsite: a sign in Hunter NY, five emerging theses, and a new team member
Layer 1 ·
Erigon · execution layer client
Erigon 3.6.0 is headlined by more reliable Caplin block production, pruned nodes reclaiming old snapshots, and plain commitment snapshots, with leaner state access and maintenance throughout. Most 3.…
Staking ·
Eth Research · forum
ePBS, distilled by mike – august 24, 2026. . Thanks to potuz , Terence , Kubi , gd , Apriori , and Christian (ultra sound relay) for comments and review. Review does not necessarily imply agreement w…
Layer 1 · mikeneuder · · in weekly #37
Aligned completes its Protocol Guild pledge by donating 1.5% of the $ALIGN token supply to Ethereum's core contributors
Nodes that produce blocks now do it more reliably, pruned datadirs stop bleeding disk, and background merges land 2–3× faster on less RAM.
Staking · Erigon Team · · in weekly #37