Your weekly Casper ecosystem refresher has arrived! 🛠️ Protocol & Engineering ▪️Casper 2.1 final development sprints are complete, and the testnet activation is expected soon. The upgrade will activate 100% transaction fee burning, as approved by on-chain governance. Block time will be reduced by half, from 16 seconds to 8 seconds. 🧰 Products & Developer Tooling ▪️A major redesign of is underway to improve mainstream usability. 🤝 Ecosystem & Partnerships ▪️The AmeriCorp collaboration is now live on testnet, targeting a Q4 MVP launch. The integration aims to bring the $144B U.S. parking industry on-chain. ▪️Liquid Staking Beta by Wise Lending has been live for four weeks with positive feedback. 🔧 Casper Hackathon 2026 ▪️Casper Hackathon 2026 was officially announced, starting on November 14. Developer registration opened on October 30 via ▪️Co-sponsored by Halborn Security, the audit partner for Casper Network, the hackathon offers a $25,000 prize pool. ▪️The community will select finalists and winners through on-chain voting on ▪️The new season of also launches on November 14, allowing the Casper community to vote and participate.