The journal
Follow the movement, not the noise.
Dated, sourced and organised reporting that separates announcements from meaningful change.
- 01
18 August 2026 · 13:24 · Web3 · 7 minEthereum weighs 66 Hegotá proposals — privacy is not guaranteedEthereum is filtering 66 Hegotá proposals. Frame Transactions could help private payments, but the specifications remain drafts.↗ - 02
18 August 2026 · 08:18 · Web3 · 7 minJeonbuk adopts Ripple Payments — without naming the settlement assetJeonbuk Bank is deploying Ripple Payments for cross-border transfers. XRP, RLUSD, corridors, pricing and volumes remain undisclosed.↗ - 03
17 August 2026 · 13:13 · Web3 · 7 minAlgorand approves v5.0.0 — post-quantum accounts still await activationAlgorand has cleared the v5.0.0 vote threshold. Falcon-1024 accounts, usage-based fees and AVM v13 still await network activation.↗ - 04
16 August 2026 · 18:18 · Web3 · 7 minStellar ships Protocol 28 software — mainnet has not voted yetStellar has shipped Protocol 28 software. Testnet and mainnet votes remain ahead, with changes for validators, data pipelines and Soroban contracts.↗ - 05
12 August 2026 · 18:15 · Web3 · 7 minSolana neared its freeze threshold — without a recorded outageA routing fault took 28.83% of staked SOL offline without halting Solana. The episode exposes concentration at one network provider.↗