Due to trademark issues, Ethereum Beam Chain will be renamed.

According to Foresight News, Ethereum core developer Justin.eth Drake shared the progress of the first community conference call for Beam Chain on Twitter, stating that the project will be renamed due to trademark issues related to the name "Beam". The meeting summarized the addition of 8 new teams, the support of 6 mainnet consensus layer teams, and the introduction of 2 new coordinators who joined the Ethereum Foundation. Currently, Beam Chain has a total of 14 consensus layer teams covering all continents except Antarctica, utilizing various programming languages including Zig, C, C++, and C#, and resulting in multiple self-funded teams.