Ethereum Just Said “Bigger Contracts? Sure, Why Not?” 😂

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So, Ethereum (ETH) — yeah, that gigantic brainiac of the smart contract world — is about to get itself a “crucial upgrade.” It’s called EIP-7907, which, frankly, sounds like a robot’s serial number but apparently means “Let’s make contracts bigger and friendlier for developers,” because why not make life a little more complicated by adding some space?

Ethereum Says “More Please” to Contract Size — Developers Rejoice (Or Roll Their Eyes)

EIP 7907 wants to blow up the size limit for smart contracts — I mean, we’re talking a jump to 256 kB. It’s like Ethereum’s saying, “If you want to write a novel instead of a tweet-sized contract, go ahead.” This little number is slated for the Fusaka hardfork, which sounds like a sushi roll but really just means another “fun” update coming your way late 2025.

EIP-7907 was just approved

It will more than 10X the contract size limit, significantly improving the developer experience on Ethereum.

I expect it will be included in the next upgrade after Pectra

— CupoJoseph 🐌 (@CupOJoseph) April 22, 2025

Of course, Ethereum’s not just throwing open the gates and saying, “Go nuts.” There’s a “gas cost” — yeah, gas again — of two gas per word if your contract is over 24 kB. That’s Ethereum’s way of saying, “Pay up or don’t clog the place.” It’s like a bouncer for contract size, making sure you don’t hog all the resources and start a DoS party.

Charles Cooper from Beacon Exchange explains it like a professor who’s a bit tired of repeating himself: this EIP lets contracts be big, but you still gotta pay the toll depending on how huge your thing is. It fits the traditional Ethereum motto: “You want to use more stuff, you pay more. Fair is fair.”

This EIP proposes a gas-based solution that allows contracts of any size while ensuring that users loading very large contracts pay gas proportional to the additional resources they consume. This approach aligns with Ethereum’s gas model philosophy of paying for the resources consumed.

Right now, EIP-7907 is on the “Maybe we’ll include it” list for Fusaka (Fulu-Osaka, not a dance move) hardfork coming in late Q4 of 2025. So, don’t hold your breath, but maybe get a little excited.

Pectra Drops in May 2025 — Ethereum’s Version of a Mid-Year Tune-Up

Fusaka might be the big party, but right now all eyes are on Pectra — Prague meets Electra, because why just pick one? The Ethereum devs seem cautiously optimistic, or as one put it:

Devs about to drop monoliths like it’s 2017 again (…) Better than never but years too late.

Testing’s been a rollercoaster — failed on Sepolia, failed on Holesky, but hey, Hoodi’s testnet actually said “yes, final!” So, fingers crossed for May 2025 when Pectra hopefully lands on mainnet. Or, you know, whenever Ethereum decides “Yeah, let’s do this.”

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2025-04-22 15:37