The highly anticipated block 12,965,000 has finally processed and ushered in EIP-1559. This POAP celebrates all of the hard work and dedication by the Ethereum Foundation and everyone involved to bring such a monumental upgrade to fruition.

The EthStaker crew along with a cast of special guests celebrate the London Network Upgrade with a livestream party. The crew hung out to discuss EIP-1559, painted on the POAP.art canvas, and hosted a POAP.fun raffle. Livestream: https://youtu.be/afAFQY--GlI

The ETH Staker Community sits down with special guest Alon Muroch from Blox Staking to discuss what Staking Pools are, and how Secret shared validators and trustless staking pools work.

The Zinken ("Zink - en", "ink" pronounced as in "ink pen") Testnet for Ethereum 2 Phase 0 will launch on Monday, October 12, 2020 at 1200 UTC, 8am EDT. Both Medalla and Spadina had issues with validators being offline at launch and minor client bugs. The developer community feels that it's important to have an ideal testnet launch before moving to Mainnet launch.