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Increase Maximum Contract Size

EIP 7954, Increase Maximum Contract Size. To raise the maximum allowed size for contract code deployed on Ethereum from 24,576 bytes to 65,536 bytes, and to raise the initcode size limit from 49,152 bytes to 131,072 bytes.

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Authors: Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams
Date: 2025
Publisher: Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams
Version: Source cited by the 2025 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0571
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Rebuffo, G., & Adams, B. (2025). Increase Maximum Contract Size. Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7954

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@techreport{eip79542025,
  title = {Increase Maximum Contract Size},
  author = {Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams},
  year = {2025},
  institution = {Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7954},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-7954}
}

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TI  - Increase Maximum Contract Size
AU  - Giulio Rebuffo
AU  - Ben Adams
PY  - 2025
PB  - Giulio Rebuffo , Ben Adams
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7954
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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