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How Ethereum Improvement Proposals and community coordination work.

EIPs & Governance

EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) standardize protocol changes—core protocol, interface standards (ERCs), and meta information.

Typical path: forum discussion (ethresear.ch, Ethereum Magicians) → draft EIP → client implementation → testnets → mainnet hard fork.

Notable EIPs: EIP-1559 (fee market), EIP-4844 (blobs), EIP-4895 (staking withdrawals), EIP-7702 (EOA code delegation).

Governance isn't on-chain voting for everything: core devs, client teams, validators, and the community coordinate. Disputes can delay or redirect the roadmap.

Why investors track EIPs: protocol capability shifts (e.g., blob fee cuts) directly affect L2 adoption, ETH burn, and app ecosystems—feeding back into asset pricing.