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What is eip-4844?

EIP-4844 is an Ethereum Improvement Proposal that would be implemented as an interim upgrade to the Ethereum network, while the blockchain proceeds to undergo full danksharding in the future. “EIP-4844 is an upgrade that adds block space to the Ethereum network.” - Dankrad Fiest | Ethereum Researcher, Co-Author of EIP-4844

What is Ethereum eip-4844?

EIP-4844 is an Ethereum upgrade to reduce transaction costs, specifically on Layer 2s, and improve scalability through Proto-Danksharding. This introduces "blob-carrying transactions” – a sort of temporary storage – which would offload “blobs” to special shards. Sharding is adopted as the long-term solution for Ethereum’s scalability challenges.

What is eip-4844 blob-carrying transaction?

EIP-4844 introduces a new transaction type called a blob-carrying transaction to bring down gas costs. Blob-carrying transactions are like any regular Ethereum transaction but with some extra set of data called a blob.

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