# EPF Dev Update #7 Pretty short update this week. **tl;dr:** - Wrote my new project proposal. ## My new proposal I spent this week researching, writing and discussing my new project. I opened [this pull request](https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-four/pull/293) on the EPF4 repo with my new proposal. Some discussion was carried out there and info was added to clarify some points The proposal is available [here](https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-four/blob/master/projects/portal-network-validator.md). I want to give special thanks to the Trin team. They provided very helpful guidance and advice to help me put my proposal in the right direction.