From 2701b1a50e42ef91650a704b4e8e9d41c49306bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Beekhuizen Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:48:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add EIP: Reserve Tx-Type Range for RIPs Merged by EIP-Bot. --- EIPS/eip-7808.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 EIPS/eip-7808.md diff --git a/EIPS/eip-7808.md b/EIPS/eip-7808.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..a12d591957fb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/EIPS/eip-7808.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +eip: 7808 +title: Reserve Tx-Type Range for RIPs +description: Reserve transaction type range for use by the RIP process +author: Carl Beekhuizen (@carlbeek), Yoav Weiss (@yoavw), Ansgar Dietrichs (@adietrichs) +discussions-to: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-7808-reserve-tx-type-range-for-rips/21587 +status: Draft +type: Meta +created: 2024-11-04 +requires: 2718 +--- + +## Abstract + +This EIP reserves a [transaction-type](./eip-2718.md) range for use by the Rollup Improvement Proposal (RIP) process to ensure there are no conflicts. + +## Motivation + +For L2s to use new transactrion types, it is necessary to reserve an transaction-type range for use by the RIP process so as to ensure there are no conflicts between transaction types used by RIPs and EIPs. + +## Specification + +The transaction-type (as specified in [EIP-2718](./eip-2718)) range from `0x40` to `0x7f` (inclusive of both) is reserved for use by the RIP process. + +## Rationale + +By reserving a transaction-type range for RIPs, it allows the RIP process to maintain its own registry of transaction types that are not (necessarily) in use on L1 mainnet, the EIP process is then freed from having to maintain a registry of RIP tx-types while still having 64 tx-types for its own use. + +## Backwards Compatibility + +No backward compatibility issues found. + +## Security Considerations + +Nil. + +## Copyright + +Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](../LICENSE.md).