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RLP Execution Block Size Limit

EIP 7934, RLP Execution Block Size Limit. This proposal introduces a protocol-level cap on the maximum RLP-encoded execution block size to 10 megabytes (MiB), which includes a margin of 2 MiB to account for beacon block sizes.

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Authors: Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff
Date: 2025
Publisher: Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff
Version: Source cited by the 2025 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0378
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Rebuffo, G., Adams, B., & Slivkoff, S. (2025). RLP Execution Block Size Limit. Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7934

BibTeX

@techreport{eip79342025,
  title = {RLP Execution Block Size Limit},
  author = {Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff},
  year = {2025},
  institution = {Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7934},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-7934}
}

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PB  - Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams , Storm Slivkoff
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7934
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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