Welcome to Issue #5 of the Weekly Dev Bytes.

Every week, we bring you the key builder updates and developments from across the Ethereum ecosystem. Let's dive into it.

• EIP-7702 Authorizations are now live on Etherscan
• Eligible Opportunities Card: Check over $7.2B in unclaimed airdrops, rewards and more
• View details such as the number of blob transactions in a block under the “Blob Info” tab

• Verify Proxy Contract
• Get Block And Uncle Rewards by BlockNo

FEATURED

Etherscan API V2: Multichain

Access EVM data across 50+ chains with a single API key, by specifying the chain ID.

• The Pectra upgrade has been activated on the Gnosis Chain mainnet
• Infinex introduces Infinex Connect with swap + bridge in just one-click
• Formalizing decentralization goals in context of larger L1 gaslimits and 2020s-era tech
• Sky community mulls final proposal to replace MKR with SKY as sole governance token
• Reown report finds majority of crypto users manage multiple wallets
• Ethereum to simplify cross-chain transactions with new ERC standards
• Nfts, crypto payments now allowed in ios apps
• Vitalik on simplifying Ethereum L1
• Beaverbuild is retiring their centralized block builder to work full time on BuilderNet
• Pectra is live on Ethereum mainnet

• Farcaster introduces Web Wallet that's natively integrated into the web app
• Introducing Ethereum R1 — The neutral rollup built for Ethereum
• Unichain is now the first L2 to build blocks inside a TEE
• Aztec Network launches public testnet to enhance Ethereum privacy

Ethereum numbers for the past week:

• Transactions: 8.7M (up 0.09%)
• Account Abstraction Transactions: 9,619 (down 10.14%)
• Median Base Fee: 0.4 gwei, Max Base Fee: 7.69 gwei
• Total Burnt Fees: 520.56 ETH (down 53.32%)
• Total Blob Fees: 107.14 ETH (down 48.75%)