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1. ETH’s weekly summary a. Ethereum Conference EDCON 2023 to be held in Podgorica, Montenegro in May link Vitalik and other eight members of the EF confirmed to attend the Ethereum Conference EDCON 2023 held in Podgorica, Montenegro in May. This is the first time Vitalik Buterin has been seen in public since February 12 in Denver. Coincidentally, Terra founder Do Kwon has just been arrested in Podgorica, Montenegro and is currently being held in prison. b. Flashbots rolls out MEV-Share to distribute profits with Ethereum users link On April 20, Flashbots launched a beta version of the MEV-Share protocol to distribute MEV profits to Ethereum users. The protocol is incorporated into Flashbots Protect, an RPC tool integrated with user wallets aimed at defending against frontrunning transactions. MEV-Share achieves this by allowing users to control the transactions they execute on the Ethereum network. c. Ethereum Foundation plans to bring Devconnect to Istanbul, Turkey link On April 20, t...

Members of the Ethereum community responded to the latest upgrades that happened on the Ethereum mainnet. The much-awaited Shapella update on Ethereum has gone live, paving the way for new Features such as the un Staking of Ether (ETH). Members of the community celebrated with various responses to the newest update in the Ethereum ecosystem.  Shapella is a term used by the community that blends together “Shanghai” and “Capella,” the upgrades that happened simultaneously. The hard fork is an important milestone on Ethereum's roadmap, leaving a lot of community members excited for the network’s future. Many members of the community offered their congratulations to the developers of the network. Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan said that while proof-of-stake (PoS) took a bit of time, the loop was finally complete. At the Shapella watch party hosted by the Ethereum Foundation team, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the network is now in a “really good place.” ...