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Revert creation in case of non-empty storage

EIP 7610, Revert creation in case of non-empty storage. This EIP causes contract creation to throw an error when attempted at an address with pre-existing storage.

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Authors: Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende
Date: 2024
Publisher: Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende
Version: Source cited by the 2024 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0559
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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EIP 7610, Revert creation in case of non-empty storage. This EIP causes contract creation to throw an error when attempted at an address with pre-existing storage.

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Rong, G., & Swende, M. H. (2024). Revert creation in case of non-empty storage. Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7610

BibTeX

@techreport{eip76102024,
  title = {Revert creation in case of non-empty storage},
  author = {Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende},
  year = {2024},
  institution = {Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7610},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-7610}
}

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PB  - Gary Rong , Martin Holst Swende
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7610
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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