Ethereum Classic Community Call #46
Focusing on ECIP-1121
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Preamble
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Announcements
New Call Time
Going forward, community calls will be held at this new time (02:00 UTC). This schedule better accommodates recent active participants and reduces the scheduling burden. For US participants, this is Thursday evening for Asia, Friday morning. Sorry Europe!
Pull Request Corner
- ECIP-1121 has been merged
- TODO: Review before call
Last Call Recap
- Cody noted that most ECIP-1121 changes are already in CoreGeth from upstream merges
- Consensus: ECIP-1121 is a “low effort win” that can proceed independently of ECIP-1120 research
- Multiple client implementations would enhance validation
- AI-assisted development could help non-specialized devs create implementations for expert review
- EIP-7825 (transaction gas limit cap) helps prevent DoS attacks; aligns well with ETC’s 8M block gas limit
- BLS12-381 curves (EIP-2537) enable ZK proofs and BLS signature verification on-chain
- EIP-7951 (secp256r1 precompile) enables account abstraction beyond EOAs
- Blob-related EIPs are deferred pending future decisions
Let’s Dive In
- Push 1559 to a later date and focus on 1121?
- March 2026 go/no-go decision timeline for 1559
- Research plan for ECIP-1120 mechanisms
- Let’s scrutinize every EIP.
- Adapting Ethereum Hive testing suite for ETC
References
- ECIP-1121: https://ecips.ethereumclassic.org/ECIPs/ecip-1121
- ECIP-1121 PR: https://github.com/ethereumclassic/ECIPs/pull/554
- ECIP-1120: https://ecips.ethereumclassic.org/ECIPs/ecip-1120
- Olympia Discussion: https://github.com/orgs/ethereumclassic/discussions/530
- Ethereum Hive Testing: https://github.com/ethereum/hive