Community Consensus, Fork Headliners & ACD Working Groups

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Tim Beiko proposes a new structured framework for Ethereum governance to improve hard fork feature selection, community consensus, and formalize AllCoreDevs Working Groups following the challenges with EOF and Fusaka.

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Tim Beiko

Publish date

May 8, 2025

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https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/community-consensus-fork-headliners-acd-working-groups/24088

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Shortly before ACDE#210, some core developers realized that their preferred EOF Option (Option A) had unexpectedly significant negative developer experience consequences. While these had been flagged before, their magnitude hadn’t been fully appreciated. Client teams agreed to urgently review these implications and resolve them by the next Testing/Interop #34 call.

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At the outset of each upgrade cycle, AllCoreDevs should clearly define the strategic priority. or “Fork Focus”, of the upcoming fork. This provides a shared, community-aligned goal that guides the evaluation of candidate headliner features.

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Once a feature is declined as a potential headliner, it cannot return as a regular EIP within the same fork cycle to prevent back-door reprioritization.

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