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Transaction data gas cost reduction

EIP 2028, Transaction data gas cost reduction. We propose to reduce the gas cost of Calldata (GTXDATANONZERO) from its current value of 68 gas per byte to 16 gas per byte, to be backed by mathematical modeling and empirical estimates.

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Authors: Alexey Akhunov , Eli Ben Sasson , Tom Brand , Louis Guthmann , Avihu Levy
Date: 2019
Publisher: Alexey Akhunov , Eli Ben Sasson , Tom Brand , Louis Guthmann , Avihu Levy
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0313
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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Akhunov, A., Sasson, E. B., Brand, T., Guthmann, L., & Levy, A. (2019). Transaction data gas cost reduction. Alexey Akhunov , Eli Ben Sasson , Tom Brand , Louis Guthmann , Avihu Levy. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2028

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@techreport{eip20282019,
  title = {Transaction data gas cost reduction},
  author = {Alexey Akhunov , Eli Ben Sasson , Tom Brand , Louis Guthmann , Avihu Levy},
  year = {2019},
  institution = {Alexey Akhunov , Eli Ben Sasson , Tom Brand , Louis Guthmann , Avihu Levy},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2028},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-2028}
}

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