ACDC #184 · Issuance cut proposal submitted for Hegotá

AllCoreDevs - Consensus #184 · 2026-08-06

An issuance cut proposal was accepted as a Hegotá candidate amid opposition

Several EIPs proposed for Hegotá were Proposed for Inclusion (PFI) at once. Among them, the issuance cut proposal (EIP-8363), which burns part of validator rewards to hold the staking ratio at 50%, appeared two days before the deadline and drew strong opposition from the community, including Lido. The call stated explicitly that Scheduled for Inclusion requires community consensus.

Why it matters

PFI is still only acceptance as a candidate, but changing the issuance curve directly affects solo stakers' real yield and the monetary character of ETH, so the whole staking ecosystem is watching closely. With quick slots (12 seconds to 10 seconds) accepted as a Hegotá candidate, a first step toward making Ethereum faster also reached the discussion table.

Decisions

EIP-8070 Devnet 8: The group decided to include the EIP-8070 sparse blob pool Engine API changes in Devnet 8. If there are no objections by Monday's ACDT, they will be included as is.
EIP-8198 throughput: If slot time is reduced, the per-block gas limit and blob count will be reduced too, so that throughput per second stays the same. Changes to other parameters such as issuance or blob count will be handled in separate EIPs.
EIP-8363 process: The PFI for EIP-8363 was confirmed as procedurally valid (permissionless). There was no CFI or SFI decision, and it was made clear that community consensus is a prerequisite for any future acceptance.
EIP-7716 curve: Presented an updated design for EIP-7716 (decorrelated attestation penalties). The penalty curve is rescaled upward and head vote accuracy is dropped, so only source and target are considered.
EIP-8359 reporting field: EIP-8359 (beacon block reporting) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It is a non-consensus field that reports client composition.
EIP-8198 quick slots: EIP-8198 (quick slots) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It proposes reducing the slot time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
EIP-8369 FOCIL: EIP-8369 (FOCIL eligibility VOPS profile) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It is an informational EIP that defines which transactions receive the FOCIL inclusion guarantee.
EIP-8142 blob propagation: EIP-8142 (blob column propagation) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It puts the execution payload into blobs so PeerDAS can spread it faster.
EIP-8371 RowDAS: EIP-8371 (RowDAS) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It spreads the PeerDAS reconstruction load across row topics.
EIP-8363 issuance burning: EIP-8363 (tapered issuance burning) was accepted as a Hegotá candidate. It burns part of validator rewards so that the staking ratio saturates at 50%.
EIP-8365/67 BLS: EIP-8365/8367 (BLS withdrawal credential deprecation + balance decay) were accepted as Hegotá candidates. They force 0x00 validators to exit and gradually reduce their balances to zero.
EIP-8333 deferred: EIP-8333 (checkpoint-epoch boundary alignment) and the Engine API sync state EIP were pushed to the next ACDC.
Hegotá mascot: The polar bear was chosen as the Hegotá mascot. The decision followed a vote.

Discussion

Quick slots (EIP-8198): slot time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds

A proposal to cut the slot time to make Ethereum faster. The question is whether to pay the one-time cost now of removing the hardcoded 12-second assumption.

Outcome: PFI accepted 01:43:23

Tapered issuance burning (EIP-8363): 50% staking cap

A proposal to burn part of validator rewards to cap the staking ratio at 50%. It appeared with a new curve two days before the deadline, and there was heated debate over whether to put it forward as a Hegotá candidate.

Outcome: PFI accepted 01:43:23 (not CFI/SFI)

Blob column propagation (EIP-8142): payload into blobs

A proposal to carry the execution payload in blobs so PeerDAS spreads it faster. A possible conflict with the ePBS/PTC deadlines was raised.

Outcome: PFI accepted 01:43:23

BLS withdrawal credential deprecation (EIP-8365/8367)

A proposal to clean up legacy 0x00 validators that have no withdrawal address before the post-quantum (PQ) transition. The question is whether forced exits and gradual balance decay are needed.

Outcome: PFI accepted 01:43:23

Glossary

PFI (Proposed for Inclusion): The stage where an EIP is first accepted and kept as a fork candidate. It is not a decision.
CFI (Considered for Inclusion): The stage where inclusion in the fork is seriously considered
SFI (Scheduled for Inclusion): The stage where inclusion in the fork is confirmed
DFI (Declined for Inclusion): The stage where an EIP is dropped from candidacy
Hegotá: The Ethereum hard fork being discussed after Glamsterdam
FOCIL: A censorship resistance mechanism that guarantees specific transactions are included in a block
PeerDAS: A method where nodes store only part of the data to verify blob availability
ePBS / PTC: A proposal to separate consensus and execution payloads, and the committee that verifies their timeliness

EIPs covered

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