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EIP-8237 Independent CL/EL Sync

DraftCorecreated 2026-04-22requires EIP-7732

Enables independent consensus and execution layer synchronization by replacing execution_requests_root with an accumulator hash.

Authors: M. Kalinin, Potuz (@potuz), Toni Wahrstätter (@nerolation)

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EIP-7732Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation

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AbstractMotivationSpecificationConsensus LayerModified ContainersExecutionPayloadBidBeaconBlockBodyAccumulator DefinitionModified VerificationExecution LayerModified ContainersExecutionPayloadHeaderExecution Layer VerificationExecution Engine APIRationaleSHA256 Instead of Hash Tree RootAccumulator PatternAdding the Field to ExecutionPayloadBackwards CompatibilitySecurity 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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