Rollup Teams Discuss Progress on EIP-4844 Integration in RollCall Breakout Room
Rollup Teams Discuss Progress on EIP-4844 Integration in RollCall Breakout Room
Rollup teams gathered to discuss the progress in adding support for EIP-4844 data blobs, an integral part of Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap. The goal is to reduce the cost of storing data on the Ethereum blockchain. Optimistic rollups are ahead in integration, while ZK rollups will take longer due to additional complexities. Some issues were highlighted, such as the lack of tooling for data blobs and API difficulties. Long-term, full Danksharding will resolve these issues. Rollup teams will support both blobs and calldata, using the most cost-efficient option. Additionally, ensuring the availability of rollup historical data will be the responsibility of rollup teams or potentially centralized providers.
We're back with another writeup for the latest RollCall Breakout Room ☎️ Now that Dencun is live on Goerli, and with Sepolia and Holesky just around the corner, rollup teams gathered to discuss the progress being made by each team in adding support for EIP-4844 data blobs. For
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