Ethereum Developers Consider Splitting Pectra Upgrade into Two Phases

Christine Kim, Vice President of Research at Galaxy, summarized the 196th Ethereum Core Developer Meeting (ACDE) today, stating that Ethereum developers are seriously considering splitting the Pectra upgrade into two separate upgrades. This idea had been discussed before but was rejected due to concerns about delaying the Verkle fork. However, developers brought it up again in today's call, exploring the possibility of including more EIPs in Pectra.

Developers argue that if the upgrade is split, the first upgrade could be implemented in February next year, encompassing all EIPs currently included in Devnet 3, including EIP-7251, EIP-7702, and EIP-6110. The second upgrade would include EOF, PeerDAS, and an increase in the Blob count, possibly also incorporating additional EIPs that developers have been considering, such as SSZ.

The name of the second upgrade hasn't been decided yet, and developers anticipate making a final decision at the next ACDE call.