Pectra Upgrade: Will This Save Ethereum?

Indexed Podcast · Apr 17, 2025 · 1h 19m

Today we’re joined by Ethereum researcher Christine Kim to go deep on Ethereum's Pectra upgrade, set to launch on April 21.

In this episode we're discussing:

* Christine's background

* Technical know-how

* Ethereum technical upgrade coverage

* Ethereum Core Dev Calls

* Ethereum upgrade governance process

* Unpacking the Pectra upgrade

* Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & more

* BLOBs

* Dencun’s Ethereum revenue impacts/DA cost reductions

* BLOB space demand

* Back to ‘ETH is a commodity to pay for gas’

* “There are too many active validators”

* Reducing validators risks…