Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade: Pectra, Fusaka & Beyond | Tim Beiko
About this episode
We’re joined by Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation coordinator, to break down Ethereum’s next major upgrades and the future of scaling.
We explore the upcoming Petra hard fork, which introduces validator consolidation, increased blob space for rollups, and EIP-7702 for improved account abstraction. Tim also shares insights on Fusaka and Glacier Dam, Ethereum’s roadmap for scaling, and how Ethereum’s upgrade process is becoming more efficient.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
5:43 Current State of EIPs & ETH Hard Forks
8:01 Why Security Is So Important
12:43 Naming Conventions of ETH Hard Forks
13:55 Pectra Upgrade & Its Effects
16:15 Maxeb Upgrade & Its Effects
24:29 Hard Forks, Bandwidth & Scaling
28:51 Other Updates Regarding Pectra
31:40 EOAs & Smart Contract Wallets
36:17 Smart Contract Wallets' Effect on Layer 2
43:15 Timeline of Fusaka & Glamsterdam
48:09 Vitalik's Tweet on Fusaka
51:15 Alcore Devs' Plans
54:25 What's EOF
59:18 Other Updates Regarding Fusaka
1:00:41 Uncertainty Regarding Glamsterdam
1:02:18 ETH's Slowness & Developers
1:05:19 Misconceptions Around ETH
1:07:32 Scaling the Layer 1
1:14:52 Summer of Protocols
1:18:13 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Tim Beiko
Ethereum Roadmap & Hard Forks
https://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/
EIP-7702 (Account Abstraction)
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702
Ethereum Object Format (EOF)
https://ethresear.ch/t/ethereum-object-format-eof/
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