Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade: Pectra, Fusaka & Beyond | Tim Beiko
Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade: Pectra, Fusaka & Beyond | Tim Beiko  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Mon Mar 24 2025
Description: We’re joined by Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation coordinator, to break down Ethereum’s next major upgrades and the future of scaling.We explore the upcoming Petra hard fork, which introduces validator consolidation, increased blob space for rollups, and EIP-7702 for improved account abstraction. Tim also shares insights on Fusaka and Glacier Dam, Ethereum’s roadmap for scaling, and how Ethereum’s upgrade process is becoming more efficient.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x0d142a1a30adcbc06c3c2a537d2cd1a9b7901c35?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:43 Current State of EIPs & ETH Hard Forks8:01 Why Security Is So Important12:43 Naming Conventions of ETH Hard Forks13:55 Pectra Upgrade & Its Effects16:15 Maxeb Upgrade & Its Effects24:29 Hard Forks, Bandwidth & Scaling28:51 Other Updates Regarding Pectra31:40 EOAs & Smart Contract Wallets36:17 Smart Contract Wallets' Effect on Layer 243:15 Timeline of Fusaka & Glamsterdam48:09 Vitalik's Tweet on Fusaka51:15 Alcore Devs' Plans54:25 What's EOF59:18 Other Updates Regarding Fusaka1:00:41 Uncertainty Regarding Glamsterdam1:02:18 ETH's Slowness & Developers1:05:19 Misconceptions Around ETH1:07:32 Scaling the Layer 11:14:52 Summer of Protocols1:18:13 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESTim Beikohttps://x.com/TimBeikoEthereum Roadmap & Hard Forkshttps://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/EIP-7702 (Account Abstraction)https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702Ethereum Object Format (EOF)https://ethresear.ch/t/ethereum-object-format-eof/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠