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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon ethereum

Update EIP-7642: don't remove NewBlock(Hashes)

Open yperbasis opened this issue 11 months ago • 2 comments

If NewBlock and NewBlockHashes are removed from the protocol, it makes it incompatible with other blockchains that haven't gone through The Merge, such as Polygon. For Ethereum, formally removing NewBlock(Hashes) is unnecessary since those are not sent anyway after The Merge (as stipulated by EIP-3675).

yperbasis avatar Dec 13 '24 16:12 yperbasis

✅ All reviewers have approved.

eth-bot avatar Dec 13 '24 16:12 eth-bot

Is it important to maintain compatibility with other chains here? Couldn't they update to match mainnet?

Marchhill avatar Dec 18 '24 10:12 Marchhill

Is it important to maintain compatibility with other chains here? Couldn't they update to match mainnet?

It's a balancing act between moving Ethereum mainnet forward and maintaining compatibility with the broader ecosystem. The proposed removal brings little or none benefit to mainnet, while causing an incompatibility with other blockchains, that are closely aligned but not identical to mainnet. That one of the points of L2s – to be aligned with Ethereum, but still leave room for differences and innovation.

yperbasis avatar Dec 20 '24 11:12 yperbasis

This PR was discussed (inlc. with @fjl) on the ACDE on 19 Dec and approved. @MariusVanDerWijden could you approve and merge it please?

yperbasis avatar Dec 20 '24 11:12 yperbasis