Arbitrum Foundation Workstream Updates
October 8th - November 5th
Marketing
- October Events
- Arbitrum Gaming Night (Tokyo Game Show 2025): Hosted over 130 participants as an official side event, generating 6.7 million earned reach.
- Network <> Connect (Token2049, Singapore): Sponsored in partnership with Alchemy and The Graph, welcoming 250 students and industry participants.
- ArbiMix Jakarta: Engaged 95 builders and ambassadors.
- Devconnect 2025:
- The Arbitrum Foundation is hosting Arbiverse and Arbipanada, make sure to register on Luma!
- The Arbitrum Foundation is preparing a major presence at the Devconnect main venue.
- Messari × Arbitrum Report:
- Currently being localized into Spanish and Portuguese ahead of Devconnect.
- Work is underway on the second edition of the report.
Finance
- Managed DAO-related ARB conversions, taking into account current macroeconomic conditions.
- Continued payables processing for multiple DAO programs in coordination with respective program leads.
Technology
- DevRel team participated in the Encode Club Hackathon in London, engaging with developers and showcasing Arbitrum tooling.
- Preparing Devconnect content curation and collaborations with ecosystem partners.
- New DevRel hire onboarded and integrated into the team.
- Providing ongoing support for the Arbitrum Audit Program (AAP).
- Planning 2026 initiatives focused on developer growth and infrastructure.
- Enhancing Arbitrum Foundation’s data infrastructure for improved analytics and reporting.
- Developing data acquisition and dashboards for the Arbitrum Expansion Program.
Governance
- September 2025 Security Council elections concluded:
- Congratulations to zachxbt, Griff Green, Emiliano Bonassi, gzeon, Gauntlet, and Immunefi.
- The Grace Period is underway until November 21, allowing election results to propagate across all relevant Security Council contracts.
- DAO Incentive Program (DIP 2.0):
- The proposal submitted by the Arbitrum Foundation did not pass.
- The team is aggregating feedback to determine next steps for future iterations.
- Security Council Emergency Action:
- On October 13, a vulnerability was identified on Arbitrum Sepolia, where an external address triggered a Stylus-related bug which required to the Security Council to executed an emergency upgrade. No funds were ever at risk.
- The issue involved stack depth discrepancies between node and processor layers, potentially causing gas mis-calculation and chain divergence.
- DVP Quorum Update:
- The proposal passed temperature check.
- Offchain Labs has completed implementation and is preparing the update for security audit.
Ecosystem
- Participated in ETH Mexico through panel sessions, booth support, and hackathon judging.
- Devconnect preparations are ongoing to expand ecosystem presence.
- Mentorship program launched with Open House India winners to support post-program development.
- Completed internal data migration to improve ecosystem reporting and analytics.
- Collaborating with OpCo to refine a structured builder-funnel framework.