Research corpusInteroperabilityBLC-STUDY-0343
Beacon block root in the EVM
EIP 4788, Beacon block root in the EVM. Commit to the hash tree root of each beacon chain block in the corresponding execution payload header.
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- Authors
- Alex Stokes , Ansgar Dietrichs , Danny Ryan , Martin Holst Swende , lightclient
- Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Alex Stokes , Ansgar Dietrichs , Danny Ryan , Martin Holst Swende , lightclient
- Version
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- Document ID
- BLC-STUDY-0343
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- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
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EIP 4788, Beacon block root in the EVM. Commit to the hash tree root of each beacon chain block in the corresponding execution payload header.
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Relationships
- Canonical readingEIP 4788 study
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Author–date
Stokes, A., Dietrichs, A., Ryan, D., Swende, M. H., & lightclient (2022). Beacon block root in the EVM. Alex Stokes , Ansgar Dietrichs , Danny Ryan , Martin Holst Swende , lightclient. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4788
BibTeX
@techreport{eip47882022,
title = {Beacon block root in the EVM},
author = {Alex Stokes , Ansgar Dietrichs , Danny Ryan , Martin Holst Swende , lightclient},
year = {2022},
institution = {Alex Stokes , Ansgar Dietrichs , Danny Ryan , Martin Holst Swende , lightclient},
url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4788},
note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-4788}
}RIS
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