Ethereum eyes 4-minute finality, Glamsterdam delayed, ERC-8447 for agent swarms

Ethereum researchers filed a draft to cut transaction finality from about 16 minutes to roughly four by splitting validator votes. Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet was postponed over EIP-8037, while draft ERC-8447 defines a registry and charter model for autonomous agent swarms.

• Ethereum finality could drop from 16 to 4 minutes via split validator votes
• Glamsterdam on Hoodi postponed over EIP-8037 effects on smart contracts
• ERC-8447 proposes an on-chain registry and charter for agent swarms
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