On September 18, Parithosh Jayanthi, an EF DevOps engineer pushing for the Pectra upgrade to split Ethereum, said, "We are discussing splitting Pectra into two forks primarily to reduce the risk of errors and accelerate the delivery of both." On Thursday, Ethereum developers will decide whether to split Pectra into two forks during the upcoming Ethereum Core Developers Consensus Meeting. If developers agree to the split, the first package could be rolled out in 2025 (as early as February). The first part of Pectra will include Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), including EIP-7702, which aims to improve wallets. The second part will see EIPs aimed at upgrading the Ethereum Virtual Machine (known as EOF). Ansgar Dietrichs, an EF researcher, said Ethereum developers have no major objections to the possibility of the split, but one drawback is pushing EIP-7594 (PeerDAS) to the second package. PeerDAS aims to improve data availability on Ethereum, and the delay in this feature going live could temporarily increase fees on layer-2 blockchains.