Ethereum Devs Backpedal: EOF Scrapped from Poshaka Upgrade After Community Revolt

Core devs blink first—Ethereum’s ’object format’ overhaul gets shelved following builder backlash. Another ’decentralized’ decision made by committee.

No more EOF dreams: The Poshaka upgrade just got leaner. Turns out even crypto’s top devs can’t force-feed complexity when the plebs revolt.

Bonus snark: At least they didn’t need a $10M consultant to figure this one out—progress by any measure.

Why is EOF being delayed?

Beiko explained that the primary reason for removing EOF from Fusaka was to avoid jeopardizing the upgrade’s timeline.

He emphasized that all client teams agreed to prioritize PeerDAS, another prominent feature in Fusaka, which promises to enhance Ethereum’s scalability and data availability.

Beiko noted that the ongoing debate over various versions of EOF has also made coordination difficult. According to him, these unresolved discussions were hindering progress in development.

The Ethereum Foundation executive also pointed to a broader issue with prioritizing proposals within the ACD process. He noted that many developers didn’t fully understand the implications of the specific EOF variant they supported. That lack of clarity, he said, should have been addressed earlier in the proposal stage.

He stated:

“There seemed to be broad support on the call towards the Option D variant, midway through, some participants realized that they did not understand the implications of this variant.”

Due to all of these reasons, Beiko concluded:

“It seems right to remove EOF from Fusaka while leaving the door for its champions to present a case for it in Glamsterdam, where hopefully the process begins by assessing what the highest impact changes for Ethereum as a whole are.”