2025 Q4 Web3j

Project Health

The project was migrated to Hyperledger Foundation from Web3 Labs organization at the beginning of 2024. Contributors are joining the Web3j Contributors call that happens every 2 weeks, calendar. There is also Discord activity.

Questions/Issues for the TAC

None

Releases

LTS release: - v5.0.1 is the current LTS release.

Releases past quarter: - Web3j v5.0.1 - September 23, 2025

Overall Activity in the Past Quarter

Progress on the project went well. In the past quarter Web3j maintainers focused primarily on the mentorship work. Other key areas of work include: - One goal achieved, EIP-4337, Account Abstraction support: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2187 - Unlock release process by migration to Maven Central - Fix on EIP-4844: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2196 - Add decode for EIP-7702: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2178 - Release new Web3j 5, new major version, article here: https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/celebrating-web3j-5-a-journey-from-2016-to-today - Scheduled Web3j event What’s New With Web3j 5, The Ethereum Integration Library

Current Plans

The strategic direction remains consistent with the annual report. The main goals are to: - Continue to provide maintenance, resolve issues, releases at least once a month; - Continue support for the LFDT Web3j Mentorships; - Prague/Electra Upgrade and Future Ethereum Forks; - Web3J Workshop with Account Abstraction support;

Maintainer Diversity

At the moment there are only 3 maintainers (all from Web3 Labs).

Contributor Diversity

In the last quarter contributors were as much as previous quarters. This quarter new mentees continued as part of the Web3j mentorships: - LFDT - Web3j: Enhancing JVM Android Support with Kotlin Wrappers for Solidity Smart Contracts - LFDT - Web3j Libraries Full Development Lifecycle

Additional Information

LF Decentralized Trust Web3j LFX Insights Dashboard