The 114th Ethereum Core Developers Meeting: Devnet #8 is expected to be launched next week, and the Electra upgrade will include two EIPs

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy Research Vice President Christine Kim stated that on July 27, Ethereum core developers gathered on Zoom for the 114th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call. The ACDC call, hosted by Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan, is held bi-weekly, where developers discuss and coordinate changes to the Ethereum Consensus Layer (CL). This week, developers discussed updates on the Deneb test work and two EIPs that may be considered for inclusion in the next CL upgrade after Deneb, now referred to as Electra.

Last week, developers conducted a shadow fork of the Sepolia test network and are currently updating tools in preparation for the launch of Devnet #8. Devnet #8 is expected to be launched later this week or early next week. Ethereum Foundation researcher Hsiao-Wei Wang is preparing a new version of the CL code specification for Devnet #8, which will be ready for client teams before Monday, July 31.

The next update will also include two EIP upgrades, namely EIP 6914 and EIP 6110. EIP 6914 introduces a method for reusing the validator index number of validators that have fully exited the beacon chain. By ensuring that there are no large gaps in the validator index when nodes process withdrawals and scan the validator set, unnecessary computational burdens on CL nodes can be prevented. EIP 6110 changes will attach new validator deposits to EL blocks, so that the responsibility for including and validating deposits is handled by EL rather than CL. This transfer of responsibility will bring several benefits, including: reduced complexity in Ethereum client software design; improved security of validator deposits; and enhanced user experience for validators.