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EIP-4788 Beacon block root in the EVM

FinalCorecreated 2022-02-104 later proposals build on itrequires EIP-1559

Expose beacon chain roots in the EVM

Authors: Alex Stokes (@ralexstokes), Ansgar Dietrichs (@adietrichs), Danny Ryan (@djrtwo), Martin Holst Swende (@holiman), lightclient (@lightclient)

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EIP-1559Fee market change for ETH 1.0 chain

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EIP-7569Hardfork Meta - DencunEIP-7708ETH transfers emit a logEIP-8256Blob StreamingEIP-8304Trustless log and transaction index

What the specification covers

AbstractMotivationSpecificationBackgroundBlock structure and validityBeacon roots contractgetsetPseudocodeBytecodeDeploymentBlock processingRationaleWhy not repurpose BLOCKHASH?Beacon block root instead of state rootWhy two ring buffers?Size of ring buffersBackwards CompatibilityTest CasesReference ImplementationSecurity ConsiderationsCopyright

This proposal declares no Solidity interface, so there is nothing to compute. It may be a core protocol change, a meta proposal, or written in prose only.

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