EIP-8311

Increase Calldata Floor Cost to 96

Increase the calldata floor cost to 96/96 gas per byte to align it with the ETH-transfer byte-density anchor

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Draft20 Jun 2026

Abstract

This EIP proposes an adjustment to calldata pricing by raising the floor cost from 64/64 to 96/96 gas per calldata byte. This brings the worst-case byte density of a pure-calldata block down to the byte density of an ETH-transfer-full block, so that no priced calldata composition is denser, per gas, than this anchor.

Created: 20 Jun 2026
Authors: Maria Silva, Toni Wahrstätter
Upgrades: Not listed in any upgrade
Requires: EIP-3860 EIP-7623 EIP-7976
Required by: —

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