Ethereum Developers Consider Splitting Pectra Upgrade, First Phase Expected by February 2025

According to Odaily, Christine Kim, Vice President of Research at Galaxy, summarized the 196th Ethereum Core Developers Meeting (ACDE) held today. During the meeting, Ethereum developers seriously considered splitting the Pectra upgrade into two separate phases. This idea had been previously discussed but was initially rejected due to concerns about delaying the Verkle fork. However, the developers revisited the idea in today's call, discussing the possibility of including more Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) in Pectra. Developers believe that if the upgrade is split, the first phase could be implemented in February next year. This phase would cover all EIPs on Devnet 3, including EIP-7251, EIP-7702, and EIP-6110. The second phase would include EOF and PeerDAS, as well as an increase in the number of blobs. Additionally, it might incorporate other long-considered EIPs, such as SSZ. The name for the second phase has not yet been determined, and developers expect to make a final decision in the next ACD call.