🦉Gnosis Weekly Recap ~ 01 May 2025
This week, we celebrate a monumental milestone for Gnosis Chain: the successful activation of the Pectra upgrade on mainnet!
Gnosis Chain proudly led the way, implementing Pectra a full week ahead of Ethereum’s scheduled upgrade on May 7, 2025. As a key contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, Gnosis Chain is accelerating development and adoption by pioneering upgrades that enhance scalability, usability, and efficiency. The Pectra upgrade marks a significant step toward a more seamless and accessible decentralized future, and we’re thrilled to see the community’s overwhelmingly positive response.From streamlined transactions to cost reductions for validators, Pectra is already making waves. As we look ahead, we’re excited to continue building infrastructure and applications that empower users and developers alike.
🚀 Mainnet Upgrade
📅 30 April 2025
🕒 14:03:46 UTC
🔢 Slot 21405696 | Epoch 1337856
🔑 Key Upgrades by User Type
👥 For Users
✅ Single Batch Transactions: Execute multiple actions in one transaction, simplifying interactions and reducing gas costs
🆓 Sponsored transactions for gasless experiences
🔐 Conditional transactions and delegated security
✨ A major leap toward native account abstraction
🏦 For Validators
📈 Higher staking cap (1 GNO to 64 GNO) for increased rewards
🔄 Auto-compounding capabilities
💸 Reduced operational costs via optimized signature aggregation
⚡ Streamlined withdrawals through the execution layer
👩💻 For Developers
🔧 Smart wallet upgrades for Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs)
🗃️ Expanded blob capacity for high-performance rollups & dApps
📡 Direct execution-to-consensus layer communication
⚙️ More efficient BLS operations & zk-proofs
🙏 Community Gratitude
A massive thank you to our validators, node operators, and client teams (Nethermind, Erigen, Geth, and reth) for ensuring a flawless upgrade. Your dedication to network security and innovation made this milestone possible.
🔮 What’s Next?
Stay tuned for:
📊 Post-upgrade analysis and insights
⚡ Continued client optimizations
The Pectra upgrade has been activated on the Gnosis Chain mainnet!
— Gnosis Chain 🦉 (@gnosischain) April 30, 2025
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Thank you to all validators and node operators for contributing to the network's security by updating their nodes. pic.twitter.com/1nnGdEb4Cp
🌍 Circles V2 Is Coming: Money for a Decentralized World
The Future of Money Is Borderless, Fair, and Yours to Shape
Our current monetary system is stuck in the past—bound by politics, controlled by banks, and unequal by design. But what if everyone could create money? What if trust, not centralization, powered our economy?
🚀 Circles V2 is launching soon, and it’s rewriting the rules of money.
Why Circles?
- Universal Access: Every user generates 1 CRC per hour—no gatekeepers, no inequality.
- Built for Fairness: A 7% annual demurrage keeps money flowing and rewards active participation.
- Trust-Based Economy: Transact seamlessly through peer networks or Groups, blending decentralization with real-world trust.
- Global Yet Local: Groups enable community currencies, DeFi integration, and frictionless exchange.
💡 This isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a reimagining of money itself.
Join the Movement
Be among the first to experience Circles V2. Join the Waitlist Now and help build a money system for the people, by the people.
🔥 The future of money is decentralized. The future is Circles.
21 more days to go!!
— koeppelmann.eth 🦉💳 (@koeppelmann) April 30, 2025
After working on it for ~1.5 years I am extremely excited that we will be launching Circles 2.0 on May 21st!
If you have signed up for Circles in the past, you might already look for your seedphrase - you will need it soon! (1/2) https://t.co/CozBvsH961
Money shouldn’t be controlled by banks or borders—it should flow freely, powered by trust and community.
💡 koeppelmann breaks down why Circles V2 is different:
👉 Equal money creation for everyone
👉 No gatekeepers, no central control
👉 A currency designed for the digital age
Money that works for everyone 🤝
— Circles (@aboutcircles) April 28, 2025
— @koeppelmann pic.twitter.com/5bvJ9F5FJX
🍏💳 It’s Official: Gnosis Pay is Now on Apple Pay!
Enjoy full control of your assets right from your iPhone—seamlessly tap to pay anywhere Apple Pay is accepted, secured by Safe.
Getting started is easy:
✦ Add your Gnosis Pay card to your mobile wallet
✦ Verify via phone or email
✦ Start spending with the power of self-custody
🌍 Now Live in Brazil! 🇧🇷 (via Picnic)
🚧 Coming soon to UK, Switzerland & Gibraltar—stay tuned!
🔗 Learn more: help.gnosispay.com
It’s official: Gnosis Pay is now on Apple Pay! 🍎🦉
— Gnosis Pay 🦉💳 (@gnosispay) April 29, 2025
Full control of your assets, right from your iPhone. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/priF8RBORI
🚀 From Zero to Market Leader in Just 4 Years!
What a journey for CoW Swap - incubated by Gnosis and now:
✅ 36%+ market share - #1 DEX Aggregator
✅ Outpaced competitors with multi-year head starts
✅ Revolutionized trading with MEV protection
This proves what happens when great incubation meets brilliant execution! Congrats to the CoW Swap team!!!
🐮 The CoW is just getting warmed up...
Big upgrades coming this year 👀
📊 See the dominance: Dune Dashboard
It's CoW Swap's birthday today! 🎉
— CoW DAO (@CoWSwap) April 28, 2025
Yep, 4 years ago, we announced the launch of our first MEV busting product. 💪
We've done a lot since then. 😅
A 🧵 https://t.co/hjuKvsx11p pic.twitter.com/h38paYnHLz
🌐 DappCon 2025: Where Ethereum’s Future Takes Shape
📍 Berlin | 🗓️ June 16-18 | 🎟️ Get Tickets
Berlin is Ethereum’s beating heart—and DappCon is its annual pulse check. Hosted by Gnosis, this is where builders, innovators, and pioneers collide to shape the next era of decentralized applications.
Why you can’t miss it:
🔥 80+ speakers – Ethereum’s brightest minds
💡 15+ sessions – Deep dives into infrastructure, apps, and beyond
🤝 900+ attendees – Network with the best in blockchain
Set in Radialsystem, Berlin’s iconic hub for arts and innovation, DappCon blends cutting-edge tech with creative energy.
🔗 Secure your spot now: dappcon.io
What is DappCon? 🧵
— DappCon Berlin (@dappcon_berlin) April 21, 2025
✍️ Gnosis is Hiring!
🦉 GnosisDAO
Head of Prediction Markets
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
Legal Associate
Freelancer, Full-time · United Kingdom, Remote, Germany (Berlin), Gibraltar
💳 Gnosis Pay
Senior Golang Engineer
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
Customer Relations Agent
Permanent employee, Full or part-time · São Paulo
💡 Marketing
Head of Marketing and Communications
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
Product Community Specialist / Discord Moderator
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
💸 Finance
Finanzassistent/in (m/w/d)
Intern / Student, Part-time · Germany (Berlin)
🏗️ Infrastructure
Core Developer
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
🌍 Ecosystem Friends
💼 Monerium | Growth & Community Manager
Monerium is looking for a Growth & Community Manager to drive engagement, expand our reach, and strengthen our presence in the Web3 space.
Blockchain Core Developer (Erigon, Go)
Erigon is an Ethereum (also Gnosis Chain and Polygon) Execution Layer on the efficiency frontier. It's written in the Go programming language.
🔐 Bermuda Protocol
🛠️ Engineering
Security Engineer
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
Solidity Engineer
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
ZK Engineer
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote
📊 Operations
BizOps Manager
Freelancer, Full-time · Remote, Germany (Berlin)
🙏 Thank you
To get more involved in the Gnosis ecosystem, explore the links below!
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