EIP-3540

EOF - EVM Object Format v1

EOF is an extensible and versioned container format for EVM bytecode with a once-off validation at deploy time.

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Draft16 Mar 2021
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Abstract

We introduce an extensible and versioned container format for the EVM with a once-off validation at deploy time. The version described here brings the tangible benefit of code and data separation, and allows for easy introduction of a variety of changes in the future. This change relies on the reserved byte introduced by EIP-3541. To summarise, EOF bytecode has the following layout:

Created: 16 Mar 2021
Authors: Alex Beregszaszi, Paweł Bylica, Andrei Maiboroda, Matt Garnett, Piotr Dobaczewski
Upgrades: Not listed in any upgrade
Requires: EIP-3541 EIP-3860
Required by: EIP-663 EIP-2315 EIP-3670 EIP-3690 EIP-4200 EIP-4573 EIP-4750 EIP-5450 EIP-7069 EIP-7480 EIP-7620 EIP-7676 EIP-7698 EIP-7761 EIP-7830 EIP-7834 EIP-7873 EIP-7957 EIP-7960 EIP-7961

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