Parithosh Jayanthi, an EF DevOps engineer pushing for the Pectra upgrade that splits Ethereum, said, "We're discussing splitting Pectra into two forks, mainly to reduce the risk of errors and speed up delivery of both." On Thursday, Ethereum developers will decide during the upcoming Ethereum Core Developers Consensus Meeting whether Pectra will be split into two forks. If developers agree to the split, the first package could be launched as early as February 2025. Of these, the first part of Pectra will include Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIP), including EIP-7702, designed to improve wallets. The second part will see EIPs aimed at upgrading the Ethereum Virtual Machine (known as EOF). EF researcher Ansgar Dietrichs said Ethereum developers have not expressed much opposition to the possibility of a split, but one drawback is pushing EIP-7594 (also known as PeerDAS) to the second package. PeerDAS is designed to improve data availability on Ethereum, and the temporary delay in its launch could lead to slightly higher fees for layer-2 blockchains. (Coindesk)