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Proto-Danksharding

An Ethereum upgrade (EIP-4844) that introduced blob transactions as a stepping stone toward full danksharding.

Definition

An Ethereum upgrade (EIP-4844) that introduced blob transactions as a stepping stone toward full danksharding. It creates a new fee market for data that L2s can use cheaply without competing with regular transactions. When it went live in March 2024, it slashed Layer 2 costs dramatically.

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Blob Transactions

A new transaction type introduced with Ethereum's EIP-4844 upgrade that lets Layer 2s post data to Ethereum much more cheaply.

Rollup

A Layer 2 scaling solution that bundles many transactions together before posting them to the main chain.

Sharding

Splitting a blockchain into smaller pieces (shards) that process transactions in parallel.

ABI

Application Binary Interface.

Account Abstraction

A way to make crypto wallets behave more like normal apps by turning every account into a smart contract.

ERC-4337

The Ethereum standard for account abstraction without changing the core protocol.

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