Ethereum (ETH) Developers Discuss EIP 7702 and Pectra Devnet 1 in Latest ACDE Call

On
June
20,
2024,
Ethereum
protocol
developers
convened
virtually
for
All
Core
Developers
Execution
(ACDE)
Call
#190.
The
bi-weekly
meeting,
chaired
by
Ethereum
Foundation
(EF)
Protocol
Support
Lead
Tim
Beiko,
serves
as
a
platform
for
developers
to
discuss
and
coordinate
changes
to
Ethereum’s
execution
layer
(EL),
according
to

galaxy.com.

Key
Updates
from
the
Call

During
the
session,
developers
provided
updates
on
various
projects,
including
Ethereum
Improvement
Proposals
(EIPs)
7251
and
7702,
Ethereum
Virtual
Object
Format
(EOF),
and
PeerDAS.
Beiko
introduced
a
new
template
for
EIP
discussion
threads,
and
EF
Developer
Operations
Engineer
Parithosh
Jayanthi
highlighted
a
new
GitHub
page
for
Ethereum
mainnet
and
testnet
configurations
called
“eth-clients.”

Pectra
Devnet
1

The
call
began
with
a
discussion
on
Pectra
Devnet
1,
the
upcoming
dedicated
testnet
for
the
Pectra
upgrade.
Representatives
from
major
Ethereum
EL
client
teams
shared
their
progress:

• 
  Besu:
  A
  first
  version
  is
  ready,
  though
  some
  tests
  are
  missing,
  and
  there
  are
  questions
  about
  gas
  pricing
  operations.

• 
  Nethermind:
  Currently
  reviewing
  their
  implementation,
  merging
  code
  changes,
  and
  writing
  test
  cases.

• 
  Erigon:
  Draft
  implementation
  of
  EIP
  7702
  is
  ready,
  and
  the
  team
  is
  reviewing
  the
  latest
  changes
  to
  EIP
  7251.

• 
  Reth:
  Implementation
  should
  be
  completed
  before
  the
  next
  ACDE
  call.

• 
  EthereumJS:
  Working
  on
  EIP
  7702
  implementation,
  expected
  to
  be
  ready
  in
  a
  week.

• 
  Geth:
  Also
  working
  on
  EIP
  7702
  implementation.

Beiko
confirmed
that
EOF
would
not
be
tested
on
Devnet
1,
advising
teams
to
rebase
their
work
on
the
latest
Pectra
specifications
instead
of
finalized
Deneb
ones.
EF
Developer
Operations
Engineer
Barnabas
Busa
noted
that
this
could
complicate
debugging.

EIP
7702
Updates

The
implementation
of
EIP
7702
in
Devnet
1
was
a
focal
point.
A
pseudonymous
Geth
developer
named
“Lightclient”
proposed
changes
to
support
transaction
authorization
revocations,
sparking
a
debate
on
the
call.
While
some
developers,
like
“Arik,”
preferred
the
current
version,
Lightclient
argued
that
the
new
design
would
enhance
revocability
without
sacrificing
existing
use
cases.
Beiko
suggested
organizing
another
breakout
call
to
finalize
the
design.

Besu
developer
Daniel
Lehrner
questioned
the
wisdom
of
implementing
EIP
7702
in
Devnet
1
if
it
might
change
for
Devnet
2.
However,
Richard
Meissner,
co-founder
of
the
crypto
wallet
Safe,
noted
that
having
some
version
of
EIP
7702
on
a
testnet
would
be
beneficial
for
wallet
teams.

EOF
Updates

Regarding
EOF,
Busa
mentioned
that
EOF
implementations
would
be
tested
after
other
Pectra
code
changes.
Two
EL
client
teams,
Besu
and
Reth,
have
implemented
all
EOF
EIPs,
while
others
are
still
working
on
them.
Additional
test
cases
simulating
Ethereum
blocks
with
EOF
transactions
are
being
developed.

PeerDAS
Updates

Busa
provided
a
quick
update
on
PeerDAS,
stating
that
the
next
PeerDAS
Devnet
should
be
operational
within
the
next
two
weeks.
Unlike
Pectra,
PeerDAS
will
be
developed
on
top
of
finalized
Dencun
specifications.

Announcements

Beiko
proposed
a
new
template
for
EIP
authors
to
improve
the
quality
of
EIP
reviews.
Jayanthi
also
highlighted
the
“eth-clients”
GitHub
page,
which
contains
resources
for
Ethereum
developers
and
is
maintained
by
representatives
from
all
CL
client
teams.
He
called
for
volunteers
from
EL
client
teams
to
help
maintain
the
page.

Beiko
announced
that
he
would
not
be
hosting
the
next
ACDE
call,
scheduled
for
July
4,
a
U.S.
holiday.
EF
Researcher
Alex
Stokes
will
chair
the
call
in
his
place.

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