Ready for Merge Ep. 15 👾

Christine D. Kim gives another bi-weekly brief on the important updates in Bitcoin and Ethereum development.On the Bitcoin side, she covers two new pull requests merged into Bitcoin Core over the past week that will support ongoing benchmarking efforts for the protocol. On the Ethereum side, she gives an overview of the four proposals being discussed for inclusion in Ethereum’s Hegota upgrade. This episode was recorded on February 4, 2026. Timestamps: (1:25) Bitcoin development updates(5:18) PR #34207 overview(6:43) PR #34253 overview(10:00) Ethereum development updates(12:46) EIP 8105, Universal Enshrined Encrypted Mempool (EEM)(14:50) EIP-8141, Frame Transaction(18:01) EIP-7807, SSZ execution blocks(20:30) EIP-7805, Fork choice enforced inclusion lists (FOCIL)(31:50) Next week’s showLinks: Bitcoin PR #34207 (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34253)Bitcoin PR #34253 (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34207)Ethereum Magicians Hegota Topic (https://ethereum-magicians.org/tag/hegota)BTC Before Light Issue #26 (https://christinedkim.substack.com/p/btc-before-light-issue-26)ACD After Hours ACDE #229 (https://christinedkim.substack.com/p/acde-229)Titan Builder at 50% marketshare (https://x.com/nero_eth/status/2018989296141701605?s=20) Get full access to Christine D. Kim at christinedkim.substack.com/subscribe