I'm sure they're aware by now that PRs about hardware optimization are not capable of pushing pps up, and thus these PRs are not put out for that purpose...
they are gearing up for a busy season imo, they've got a product that can appeal to a wide range of customers, and that is the key here. PRs are used for marketing purposes by every company on the market, if anyone wants to consider it a 'pump', well that's on you
and about 50k blocks, there were 4 of them, and all four executed in the same fashion, they were not reflected on L2..