EIP-5478

CREATE2COPY Opcode

Reducing the gas cost of contract creation with existing code

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Draft17 Aug 2022
Stagnantdate not observed

Abstract

Adding a new opcode, CREATE2COPY, that is identical to CREATE2 but with potentially much lower gas cost by accepting an additional argument existing_contract_address that already stored the code of the new contract.

Created: 17 Aug 2022
Authors: Qi Zhou
Upgrades: Not listed in any upgrade
Requires: EIP-1014 EIP-2929
Required by: —

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