All about Ethereum’s latest Plectra upgrade

Ethereum [ETH] continued to see a surge in optimistic sentiment as prices remained above the $3700 level. Even though ETH’s price fluctuated significantly over the past new developments on the network were being made without any hindrances.

Developments continue
The Ethereum developers held a meeting to discuss a planned upgrade to the Ethereum Beacon Chain called Pectra. This upgrade is designed to improve the network’s functionality.

During the meeting, the developers debated what features to include in the upgrade and when to launch it. Some features, like EIP 7549 are confirmed for inclusion. Others, like EIP 7688 were still being considered.

A key topic of discussion was PeerDAS, a new technology that would significantly improve the network’s ability to handle data. While developers are excited about PeerDAS, they are worried that including it in Pectra might delay the upgrade.

To avoid this delay, they considered splitting Pectra into two parts, but this approach has drawbacks as well.

Ultimately, the developers decided to move forward with testing both the planned features for Pectra and PeerDAS together.

PeerDAS will be activated on test networks at a later time than the other features. They will decide on whether to include EIP 7688 in a future meeting.