A consensus draft: how many steps remain before a network upgrade?
BlockBeats reported on October 22 (Beijing time) that a draft of a core protocol for “decoupled consensus” had appeared in Ethereum’s EIP repository. It proposes separating beacon-chain head votes from finality-proof votes, with the aim of improving fork-choice security, shortening finalization time, and paving the way for a future transition to post-quantum cryptography.
The key thing to watch is the progress: the report says this is still an early draft, with several details yet to be determined. The proposal still needs review and has not been merged; at this stage, the submitters are mainly hoping to obtain an EIP number. In other words, this is a discussion of a proposed mechanism, not an upgrade that has already been implemented. Nor is the stated goal of “shortening finalization time” a test result.
Only if the proposal is subsequently reviewed, refined, and implemented will it be possible to test whether it can achieve these goals. For now, concrete parameters, review conclusions, and verifiable test data are still missing. The draft is worth following for $ETH , but it does not mean network performance has already changed. $BTC is not the subject of this proposal, so there is no need to force a comparison.
Binance spot, rolling 24 hours: $BTC -0.35% (rolling 24 hours). Binance spot, rolling 24 hours: $ETH -0.52% (rolling 24 hours). These two price movements occurred alongside the draft report, but that alone is not enough to prove a connection between them. Next, watch for whether the proposal receives an EIP number, along with review feedback and testing progress.
BlockBeats reported on October 22 (Beijing time) that a draft of a core protocol for “decoupled consensus” had appeared in Ethereum’s EIP repository. It proposes separating beacon-chain head votes from finality-proof votes, with the aim of improving fork-choice security, shortening finalization time, and paving the way for a future transition to post-quantum cryptography.
The key thing to watch is the progress: the report says this is still an early draft, with several details yet to be determined. The proposal still needs review and has not been merged; at this stage, the submitters are mainly hoping to obtain an EIP number. In other words, this is a discussion of a proposed mechanism, not an upgrade that has already been implemented. Nor is the stated goal of “shortening finalization time” a test result.
Only if the proposal is subsequently reviewed, refined, and implemented will it be possible to test whether it can achieve these goals. For now, concrete parameters, review conclusions, and verifiable test data are still missing. The draft is worth following for $ETH , but it does not mean network performance has already changed. $BTC is not the subject of this proposal, so there is no need to force a comparison.
Binance spot, rolling 24 hours: $BTC -0.35% (rolling 24 hours). Binance spot, rolling 24 hours: $ETH -0.52% (rolling 24 hours). These two price movements occurred alongside the draft report, but that alone is not enough to prove a connection between them. Next, watch for whether the proposal receives an EIP number, along with review feedback and testing progress.