EIP-7864
Ethereum state using a unified binary tree
Switch Ethereum state tree to a unified binary tree
DraftVerge
Status history
- Draft20 Jan 2025
Abstract
Introduce a new binary state tree, intended to replace the hexary patricia trees. Account headers, contract code and storage are stored in a single logical tree. Account data is broken into independent leaves which are grouped by 256 in order to provide some locality. The tree is also grouped by storage type (headers vs code vs storage), to enable separate syncing and distinct treatment of…
- Created
- 20 Jan 2025
- Authors
- Vitalik Buterin, Guillaume Ballet, Dankrad Feist, Ignacio Hagopian, Kevaundray Wedderburn, Tanishq Jasoria, Gajinder Singh, Danno Ferrin, Piper Merriam, Gottfried Herold
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