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EIP-8254 Cap Deposit Requests Per Block

DraftCorecreated 2026-05-06requires EIP-6110

Limits the number of deposit requests in an Execution Layer block to 8192

Authors: pk910 (@pk910), Barnabas Busa (@barnabasbusa)

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EIP-6110Supply validator deposits on chain

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AbstractMotivationSpecificationConstantsDefinitionsBlock validityBlock constructionEngine APIConsensus LayerRationaleWhy fix this at the Execution Layer rather than raising the SSZ boundChoice of 8192Why a fixed deposit count rather than a gas reservationMandatory enforcement during block constructionBackwards CompatibilityTest CasesReference ImplementationSecurity ConsiderationsLiveness — primary motivationOptimistic syncBuilder dependenceLiveness under legitimate deposit spikesBuilder packing complexity (knapsack problem)Data sizeWeak subjectivityCopyright

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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