Ethereum devs set Pectra upgrade for Q1 2025

Ethereum’s
anticipated
Pectra
upgrade
is
now
scheduled
for
release
by
the
end
of
Q1
2025,
according
to
recent
updates
from
Ethereum
developers.
Pectra
is
the
next
major
milestone
on
Ethereum’s
development
roadmap,
following
the

Dencun
upgrade
which
was
successfully
deployed
in
March.

Some
more
up
to
date
thoughts
the
next
hard
fork
after
Cancun,
Pectra
(Prague
+
Electra):
*
Ship
Pectra
by
end
of
Q1
2025.
*
Include
PeerDAS
for
Rollups
to
scale.
*
Include
EOF
for
improving
the
EVM
on
both
L1
and
L2.

Longer
doc
inside.
Excited
for
the
conversation
to
continue.

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—
Georgios
Konstantopoulos
(@gakonst)

May
23,
2024

The
decision
comes
after
Ethereum
developers
evaluated
multiple
timeline
scenarios.
The
team
has
opted
against
a
rushed
release
before
Devcon
in
November
2024,
favoring
a
more
cautious
approach
that
allows
for
the
inclusion
of
additional,
impactful
user
features.

“We
are
observing
that
this
is
also
what
happened
with
Cancun,
so
being
realistic,
my
vote
would
be
to
aim
to
ship
Prague
in
Q1
2025.
With
today’s
scope,
delaying
Prague
seems
to
have
marginal
impact
on
users
and
allows
us
to
consider
expanding
the
scope
to
include
more
impactful
features
for
users,”
Ethereum
developers
noted
in
a

document.

Devcon
is
the
largest
developer
summit
in
the
Asia
Pacific
region.
This
year,
the
event
will
take
place
in
Bangkok,
Thailand,
from
November
12-15,
aiming
to
bring
together
developers,
technology
leaders,
and
dev-tool
companies
to
learn,
discuss,
and
debate
the
key
opportunities
and
challenges
in
the
developer
ecosystem.

Avoiding
releasing
the
Pectra
upgrade
before/during
Devcon
will
allow
the
developer
team
to
effectively
monitor
the
execution
of
Pectra.

During
the

deployment
of
Dencun
on
the
Goerli
testnet
in
January,
Ethereum
developers
encountered
difficulties
achieving
consensus
within
the
expected
timeframe.
The
issue
was
then
resolved,
allowing
the
Goerli
testnet
to
finally
reach
consensus.

In
addition
to
the
upgrade
timeline,
the
focus
is
on
improvements
in
the
consensus
layer
scope
and
execution
layer
scope.
Developers
aim
to
integrate
PeerDAS
into
Pectra
to
enhance
Ethereum’s
Data
Availability
capacity
ahead
of
the
Osaka
upgrade,
as
noted
in
the
document.

Ethereum’s
Osaka
upgrade
is
a
future
hard
fork
that
is
expected
to
include
features
that
were
previously
considered
for
the
Pectra
upgrade
but
have
been
postponed.
Specifically,
the
Osaka
upgrade
is
likely
to
include
the
implementation
of
Verkle
Tree,
a
new
data
structure
designed
to
enhance
Ethereum’s
scalability
and
decentralization.

Developers
also
considered
the
inclusion
of
EOF
to
improve
smart
contract
security
and
developer
experience,
as
well
as
other
enhancements
like
replacing
EIP-3074
with
EIP-7702
for
better
account
abstraction
compatibility,
and
patching
EIP-2935.

“We
need
to
decide
on
EIP7702
on
ACDE,
and
if
so,
implement
it
as
a
replacement
for
EIP-3074.
We
think
it
makes
sense
to
do
so
as
it’s
a
more
native-AA
compatible
solution
because
of
the
new
transaction
type
vs
an
opcode,”
Ethereum
developers
wrote.

EIP-7702
is
a
new
transaction
type

proposed
by
a
group
of
prominent
Ethereum
developers,
including
Vitalik
Buterin,
earlier
this
month.
The
proposal
is
expected
to
bring
similar
benefits
to
EIP-3074
while
addressing
its
potential
risks.