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Ethlabs is online: Week 3 update
Ethlabs posted a week-three update covering two closed hires, continued interop research including the Ethereum Economic Zone's synchronous composability work and the team's own async bridging lane built on the Open Intents Framework, and a push for faster Ethereum finality via a "quick slots" (EIP-8198) proposal ahead of the Hegotá upgrade's August 6 deadline. The team is tracking Robinhood Chain's rapid growth as a signal of L2 momentum and cited a new Cambridge study finding about 8,500 physical Ethereum nodes and 880,000 validators. Otherwise, Ethlabs remains in its fundraising phase, seeking one to two more anchor funders.
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