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EigenLayer rolls out ‘major update’ to restaking contracts

The upgrade aims to enhance rewards for restakers. 

Eigen Labs, the developer behind EigenLayer, deployed a “major update” to the restaking protocol aimed at “making native [Ether] restaking on EigenLayer easier and more rewarding,” according to a Sept. 4 blog post.

The upgrade is designed to improve the performance of so-called EigenPods — EigenLayer’s restaking smart contracts for Ether (ETH) staked on Ethereum’s Beacon Chain — by granting users greater flexibility in harvesting or reinvesting staking rewards. 

“EigenPod users can now complete a checkpoint to restake their beacon chain ETH rewards on top of their existing EigenPod balance,” Eigen Labs said. “Beacon chain rewards are automatically restaked back into EigenLayer, enabling restakers to earn additional rewards.”

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EigenLayer enhances EigenDA security to combat Sybil attacks

With the additional security feature, EigenLayer aims to protect the service it offers while guaranteeing its availability to all clients.

EigenLayer has implemented an additional security feature for its EigenDA data availability service on the Ethereum mainnet to prevent Sybil and distributed denial of service attacks. 

According to an X post from EigenDA, the whitelist security measure utilizes either an internet protocol address or Ethereum's elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) authentication to ensure enhanced protection and secure access to the service.

ECDSA authentication is a cryptographic method for verifying the identity of a user, device or system. It is based on the principles of public-key cryptography and uses elliptic curve cryptography to ensure secure authentication.

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