We are welcoming you to our weekly digest! Here, we discuss the latest trends and advancements in account abstraction, chain abstraction and everything related, as well as bring some insights from Etherspot’s kitchen.
The latest news we'll cover:
- Vitalik Buterin Proposes On-Chain Gas Futures Market
- Etherspot Hosts X Space on Ethereum Interop Layer
- Polygon Accelerates Network With Madhugiri Hardfork
- Stablechain Launches Mainnet With USDT Gas Fees and Governance Token
- ERC-8092 Proposes Associated Accounts
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Vitalik Buterin Proposes On-Chain Gas Futures Market
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has floated the idea of creating a trustless on-chain futures market for gas fees, a mechanism aimed at helping users lock in transaction costs ahead of time and hedge against unpredictable spikes.
Buterin described the proposed system as similar to traditional futures markets, where buyers and sellers agree on a fixed price for an asset to be delivered in the future. On Ethereum, such a market would allow participants to secure a set gas price for a specified future time window, giving developers, traders, and heavy network users greater certainty about future operational costs.
According to the Cointelegraph summary, the idea aims to provide clearer forward-looking price signals for expected gas fees and let users “hedge against future gas prices,” effectively prepaying for specific quantities of gas within defined periods. Buterin noted that while ongoing roadmap improvements (like increased gas limits and upcoming scaling upgrades) target lower fees, many users still seek more predictable long-term costs.
The futures concept comes at a time when Ethereum’s average transaction fees have seen fluctuating levels throughout 2025, with basic transfers generally low but more complex operations showing volatility. A well-functioning on-chain gas futures market could help participants plan budgets and operations with greater confidence as adoption grows.
Etherspot Hosts X Space on Ethereum Interop Layer
Etherspot announced it will host an upcoming X Space focused on the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL), exploring how interoperability, intents and execution models are evolving across Ethereum and its rollup ecosystem.
The discussion will unpack EIL’s role in an intent-centric future, with a specific focus on how EOAs and EIP-7702 fit into emerging interoperability and account abstraction workflows.
The session will feature speakers from Etherspot, the Ethereum Foundation, Ambire Wallet, and Kerberus, bringing perspectives from infrastructure, research and wallet implementation.
The Space is scheduled for December 18 at 3 PM UTC and will be open to the public via this link.
Polygon Accelerates Network With Madhugiri Hardfork
Polygon has successfully activated its Madhugiri hardfork, a major protocol upgrade that boosts the network’s throughput by roughly 33% and lays the groundwork for easier future performance enhancements.
According to Polygon, the Madhugiri hardfork introduces adjustable blocktimes, faster consensus, and several other improvements that enhance finality speed and network uptime. By enabling blocktime tuning without requiring future hardforks, the upgrade makes subsequent throughput increases much simpler for developers and validators.
With the Madhugiri upgrade, the Polygon PoS chain can now process approximately 1,400 transactions per second (TPS) while continuing toward its longer-term goal of 5,000 TPS — a milestone anticipated in prior upgrades. The change also enhances reliability for enterprise use cases and mission-critical applications without disrupting existing workflows.
The upgrade includes support for several EIPs originally packaged with Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade, such as EIP-7823, EIP-7825, and EIP-7883. These proposals improve consensus consistency, stabilize gas behavior, and reduce certain computation risks, collectively strengthening core security and performance.
Polygon’s move reflects an ongoing focus on scalability, predictability, and institutional readiness. By decoupling future speed improvements from disruptive hardforks and empowering faster block production, the Madhugiri hardfork positions the network to support high-throughput use cases like payments, real-world asset tokenization, and stablecoin settlement with greater efficiency.
Stablechain Launches Mainnet With USDT Gas Fees and Governance Token
StableChain has launched its mainnet, introducing a blockchain network where USDT is used directly to pay transaction gas fees, according to a Cointelegraph report published via TradingView. The network removes the requirement for users to hold a volatile native token to interact with the chain, instead relying on USDT for transaction execution.
The project also introduced a separate governance token, which is used exclusively for protocol governance rather than gas payments. According to the announcement, this separation is intended to distinguish between network usage and governance participation, with gas costs remaining stable while governance decisions are handled independently.
Cointelegraph reports that Stablechain is positioned as a network focused on stablecoin-based applications, including payments and financial use cases where predictable transaction costs are important. By using USDT for gas, the chain aims to align transaction fees with assets already commonly used by users and businesses.
The article notes that Stablechain’s launch reflects a broader trend in blockchain infrastructure toward alternative gas models, including stablecoin-denominated fees, as projects explore ways to reduce friction caused by native token volatility.
ERC-8092 Proposes Associated Accounts
Ethereum Magicians contributor introduced ERC-8092 (Associated Accounts), a proposal that defines a standardized way to link multiple Ethereum accounts under a single controlling relationship, without merging them into one contract or changing existing account types.
The proposal allows an EOA or smart account to declare and manage associated accounts that can act on its behalf under predefined rules. This creates a lightweight coordination layer between accounts, enabling shared permissions, delegated actions, and clearer account relationships at the protocol and application level.
From an Account Abstraction perspective, ERC-8092 intersects closely with ongoing efforts like ERC-4337 and EIP-7702. While AA focuses on making individual accounts programmable and flexible, ERC-8092 addresses how multiple accounts can be structured and reasoned about together. This is particularly relevant for use cases such as session keys, sub-accounts, recovery flows, and separating assets, identity, and execution logic across accounts.
Rather than replacing AA, the proposal complements it by offering a standardized account-relationship model that wallets and smart account systems can build on. In combination with AA, associated accounts could help wallets present a cleaner UX for advanced setups while preserving self-custody and explicit authorization boundaries.
ERC-8092 is currently a discussion-stage proposal and remains open for community feedback on design choices, security assumptions, and how it should integrate with existing AA standards.
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