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One of the major updates to Ethereum, the Pectra upgrade will make changes to gas fees, validator rights, and more

This week, Ethereum's core developers decided to split the network's next major upgrade, Pectra, into at least two parts, with the first update due around February 2025. At present, gas fees on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and other second-layer networks must be paid in ETH regardless of the token being transferred. A proposal included in the first part of Pectra, EIP-7702, would effectively end this requirement, allowing users to use a wider range of tokens for other purposes.

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2024-09-21 20:31:25