Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Goes Live: Expanded Wallet Features and Validator Limits

Ethereum’s latest network upgrade, dubbed Pectra, officially launched on May 7th at epoch 364032. This update marks a significant milestone for the Ethereum ecosystem, integrating improvements to both execution and consensus layers. The key changes include: expanding wallet functionality with features like batch transactions and non-ETH token use; raising validator stake limit from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH; and introducing EIP-7702 for streamlined decentralized application interaction.