Join us at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 for a special edition of the Whitepaper Reading roundtable, hosted at the Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub. Designed by builders, for builders. We’ll dissect emerging Web3 protocols, primitives and design choices.
Topics:
1. Hegotá Upgrade (EIP-8081):
Ethereum’s next upgrade. We’ll discuss what’s scheduled for inclusion, what’s being considered, and the design trade-offs behind proposals like FOCIL (Fork-choice enforced Inclusion Lists) — a mechanism aimed at improving censorship resistance by shifting inclusion responsibilities away from block proposers.
Link: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8081
Summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11BJ9QbQZBnnbN9HScqDcDxn5_ksPLR3qeD8TJ5H22HU/edit?tab=t.0
2. Bulk.Trade
Sol based perp DEX built on a custom validator client architecture. BULK introduces 20ms matching ticks, sub-40ms trade finality, and gasless execution — aiming to bring CEX-level performance to an on-chain order book. We’ll discuss the architecture, how it compares to existing perps DEXs, and whether decoupled execution layers are the future of on-chain derivatives.
Link: https://docs.bulk.trade
Summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XbPxchkounFbF8fF8MDNhcqywRd0k3RwFkUQlJq9_w4
Session Led by: Thank you ShuenRui from Impossible Finance, Kuala Lumpur Whitepaper Reading Club Chapter Organizers.
Format:
- A casual, discussion-driven format (not a panel or pitch)
- Key takeaways from selected whitepapers or technical docs
- Honest builder-to-builder conversations
- Open questions, strong opinions and real-world context
- No need to pre-read — curiosity > preparation
Whether you’re a developer, founder, researcher or protocol operator, this is a space to think out loud, challenge assumptions and learn from peers in the Ethereum and broader Web3 ecosystem.
✨ This is a side event for Consensus Hong Kong 2026
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🗓 Friday, February 13, 2026
🕔 Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM HKT
📍 Hong Kong
✨ Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub is Asia’s first Ethereum Community Hub, launched by the Ethereum Foundation’s Ethereum Everywhere team and run by SNZ & ETHTAO. Based in Hong Kong – a global financial gateway – we connect East and West, Web2 and Web3, through daily co-working, events, workshops, and community gatherings. An open space for builders, researchers, artists, and innovators, and a key node in the global Ethereum Community Hub network.
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