Odaily Planet Daily News Ethereum's core developers have decided to divide the network's next major upgrade, Pectra, into at least two parts, with the first update set to be released around February 2025. This includes a proposal, EIP-7702, which allows users to pay gas fees with other more widely used cryptocurrencies, instead of the current gas fees on several other networks in the Ethereum ecosystem that must be paid in ETH. Another improvement is EIP-7251, which will allow Ethereum stakers to receive rewards for more than 32 ETH staked. For example, users who currently stake 40 ETH cannot currently earn income or gain voting rights from an additional 8 ETH. This will significantly reduce bandwidth requirements for the entire Ethereum network. Two other proposals included in the initial version of Pectra, EIP-6110 and EIP-7002, will also realize a fully automated and permissionless ETH equity pool for the first time. The rest of Pectra may not be completed until 2026. (decrypt)