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devcon 7 / evm object format eof history and motivation

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EVM Object Format (EOF) - History and motivation

Duration: 00:25:03

Speaker: Danno Ferrin

Type: Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

EOF is one of the important parts of the upcoming Pectra upgrade, delivering long-standing feature requests to the EVM. This talk aims to provide insight into its history, significance, and role in Ethereum and EVM improvement, and explore the rationale for including it in the next upgrade, its potential impacts and implications, as well as long-term advantages and possible challenges.

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