EIP-7898은 비콘 블록(beacon block)에서 실행 페이로드(execution payload)를 분리하는 프로토콜 변경을 제안하는 Core Draft입니다. 이는 실행 레이어와 합의 레이어 간의 타이밍 의존성을 줄이기 위한 목적입니다.
Background
Since the Merge, Ethereum's execution payload is embedded within the beacon block. This tight coupling means that execution layer processing delays can affect consensus layer timings and vice versa.
Proposal
EIP-7898 proposes propagating execution payloads separately from beacon blocks, allowing validators to attest to a beacon block before the full execution payload has been received and verified.
Benefits
Decoupling the two payloads reduces the slot time pressure on block producers and could enable more sophisticated pipeline parallelism between the execution and consensus clients.
Status
The proposal is in Draft and is part of ongoing research into Ethereum's block production pipeline. It requires coordination between execution and consensus client teams before it can advance.