Proposer selection in EIP-7251

arXiv:2404.12657v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Immediate settlement, or single-slot finality (SSF), is a long-term goal for Ethereum. The growing active validator set size is placing an increasing computational burden on the network, making SSF more challenging. EIP-7251 aims to reduce the number of validators by giving stakers the option to merge existing validators. Key to the success of this proposal therefore is whether stakers choose to merge their validators once EIP-7251 is implemented. It is natural to assume stakers participate …

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