September 8th, 2026
Network Engineering SPE pilot closed on schedule with a full retrospective — 11 pieces of work, full budget published
NE SPE II pre-proposal — $230k for Sep–Dec, four tracks with named owners; milestones land mid-September
Protocol R&D Phase 1 closed with a retrospective, ending the Q1–Q2 term
Protocol R&D Phase 2, Update #7 — Immunefi volume more than doubled; August release deliberately skipped, nothing mature enough to ship
Payment Clearinghouse milestone updates
Subgraph Audit delivered
livepeer.bot — a shared LIP-118 reward caller on Arbitrum One; orchestrator keys can go cold
Treasury reward cut restart reopened — no pushback on restoring it, the debate is the cap
WEAVE's Livepeer Agent Hackathon is live — 8 registrations so far, Punch Compute stable with payments next