Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask and one of the most prominent figures in Ethereum’s application layer, has announced his departure from Consensys after more than ten years — an exit that marks the end of an era for the world’s most widely used crypto wallet.”It’s been an incredible journey,” Finlay wrote on social media. “MetaMask started as a way to make Ethereum accessible to everyone. I’m proud of what we built, and I’m excited about what’s next.”Finlay did not disclose specific plans but said he intends to remain involved in Ethereum ecosystem development independently. The departure adds to a turbulent…
Author: Jessica Park
Ethereum’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed “Glamsterdam,” is expected to ship in Q3 2026, combining elements from both the “Glamour” and “Amsterdam” development tracks. The upgrade will deliver improvements to the network’s throughput, validator economics, and privacy primitives.Among the headline changes: EIP-7702, which allows externally owned accounts to temporarily behave as smart contracts during a transaction — a critical enabler for account abstraction. Users could batch transactions, pay gas fees in ERC-20 tokens, and use social recovery without switching wallets.Glamsterdam also includes EIP-7840, which modifies the blob schedule to increase the target number of blobs per block from six to…