# Ethereum December 2016 progress roundup covering research, privacy, protocol work, and security fixes

DevFeed: [Ethereum December 2016 progress roundup covering research, privacy, protocol work, and security fixes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/december-roundup-16798.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/12/31/december-roundup>)

Author: Vitalik Buterin

Published: 2016-12-31T14:50:37Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>)

Tags: [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-plus-plus.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [zero-knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-knowledge.md>)

## AI overview

A December roundup of progress across the Ethereum ecosystem, including proof-of-stake and sharding research, light clients, Whisper and Swarm, protocol economics, governance, privacy technologies, and security improvements.

## Source excerpt

December marks a month of continued progress in the Ethereum ecosystem. Research on proof of stake and sharding continues after the research team's workshop in Singapore in November, the light client slowly keeps getting better, Whisper and Swarm keep moving forward, and discussions on protocol economics and community governance co...