All Core Devs - Execution (ACDE) #194, August 15 2024

Protocol Calls & happenings
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Agenda

Execution Layer Meeting 194 · Issue #1124 · ethereum/pm · GitHub moderated by @ralexstokes

Summary

Summary by @ralexstokes (from Eth R&D Discord)

  • We began with Pectra
    • devnet-2 has gone well! A few minor outstanding issues, but clients are generally performing well
    • In time for devnet-3 : target launch in 2 weeks. This devnet will build off of the devnet-2 specs with the addition of EIP-7702. 7702 specs have only been finalized recently, but most clients have a significant amount already implemented.
    • Touched on EOF and agreed to consider for devnet-4, and keep devnet-3 scope as-is.
    • Marius from the Geth team raised a point around the benchmarking of EIP-2537, which will need updating at some point before Pectra goes to testnet/mainnet.
      • Other client teams were asked to confirm the gas scheduling
      • Expect a small update to this EIP into Pectra soon!
  • Next, @Potuz gave an overview of EIP-7732
    • A particular implementation of ePBS culminating in many years of hard work
    • Highlighted no significant changes for execution clients, but did want to get on their radars
    • This EIP would bring changes for builders (n.b. bids must be collateralized at the staking layer), and details of block production would interact differently with the mempool from today
    • The EIP is stable in terms of specification, and proof-of-concept implementations are under way
  • Next, a PR to remove totalDifficulty from the JSON RPC standard
  • Then, a call for review of an update to the execution layer wire protocol: eth/69
  • Wrapped the call with a discussion around testing PeerDAS while the rest of Pectra is still under development
    • Discussed some changes to fuzzing software to avoid less stable parts of the Pectra EIP set
    • Will continue PeerDAS development in parallel to Pectra and target integration at a future point in time
  • REMINDER : Going to start a weekly Pectra interop testing call next Monday 19 August at 14:00 UTC

Recording

Additional info

Notes: Ethereum All Core Developers Execution Call #194 Writeup | Galaxy by @Christine_dkim