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Everything You Need to Know Before Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade

by Sham
May 6, 2025
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  • Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade launches Wednesday, bringing the biggest changes since the 2022 Merge.
  • Key upgrades include smart wallets (EIP-7702) and increased staking limits (EIP-7251) for validators.
  • After multiple delays and testnet bugs, the upgrade is finally ready to go live on mainnet.

Ethereum devs are gearing up for a major shift this week. On Wednesday, the long-awaited Pectra upgrade is finally landing on mainnet, and folks in the ecosystem are calling it the biggest update since the Merge back in 2022.

JUST IN: Ethereum $ETH calls its upcoming Pectra upgrade the BIGGEST since the Merge 👀

Is this the turning point everyone has been waiting for? pic.twitter.com/QbUuBjzpo8

— BlockNews (@blocknewsdotcom) May 6, 2025

So… what is Pectra?

“Pectra” is short for Prague + Electra—a combo of two separate upgrades that are being rolled out at the same time. One affects Ethereum’s execution layer, the other hits the consensus layer. Basically, it’s a two-for-one code overhaul.

In total, the upgrade brings 11 big Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). The goal? To make the network way more efficient and less of a headache to use. We’re talking smoother staking, smarter wallets, and a general cleanup of how Ethereum runs under the hood.

Smart wallets and staking overhaul incoming

One of the biggest upgrades, EIP-7702, introduces smart contract functionality to Ethereum wallets. This is part of the broader “account abstraction” trend—yeah, it’s a mouthful, but it’s a move toward making wallets act more like apps. With this change, users could do stuff like pay gas fees in tokens other than ETH, which would be a welcome quality-of-life win.

Then there’s EIP-7251, which totally changes the staking game. Right now, validators can stake 32 ETH max per node. After Pectra? That limit jumps to 2,048 ETH. That means big-time stakers won’t have to juggle tons of validators—they can consolidate into one node and simplify the whole setup process.

It took a while… but it’s finally here

Some of these updates have been in the works for years. Pectra was supposed to launch in 2024, but things got complicated. The code was a beast, and early testnet launches didn’t go as planned. Bugs showed up during the first two tests, which meant devs had to run it on a third testnet—delaying the whole rollout into 2025.

But now, after all that? It’s go time.

“Pectra fork is coming to Ethereum mainnet soon! Please don’t forget to update your nodes,” Ethereum Foundation devops engineer Parithosh Jayanthi reminded everyone on X.

The Pectra fork is coming to Ethereum mainnet soon! Please don't forget to update your nodes. We have a handy guide to help you check if you're all set and how to validate if the fork went well 🙂

Join us on the 7th of May for the largest fork in Ethereum's history! https://t.co/3NtTGVZIT7

— parithosh | 🐼👉👈🐼 (@parithosh_j) May 2, 2025

Meanwhile, ETH isn’t exactly soaring

Even with all this good news on the tech side, ETH’s price hasn’t been feeling the love. It’s down about 42% over the past year. The CoinDesk 20 Index, which tracks the broader market, only dipped about 1.5% in that same period.

Still, Pectra could be a spark. Big upgrades don’t always move the market instantly, but they do plant the seeds for future momentum.

Tags: CoinDesk 20ethereumParithosh JayanthiPectra upgrade
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