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Ethereum State Bloat & XEN Token Study by Jochem Brouwer

Original title: Using Ethereum gas economics to blow up the state size

Ethereum Foundation 24:57 0 views on YouTube ETH −6.1% GAS −3.4%

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Summary

The Ethereum Foundation presented a talk on state‑bloat research and the tokenomics of the XEN token (address 0x06450dEe7FD2Fb8E39061434BAbCFC05599a6Fb8). The XEN contract is described as the largest on mainnet, roughly 4.5 times larger than the second‑largest contract. Its size and deep storage are said to slow block production. The speakers compare the situation to earlier issues with the Gas Token. They introduce EIP‑8037 and EIP‑8038 as proposals to address state creation and management, and outline possible future work on Ethereum’s state size.

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Key points

  1. The talk focuses on Ethereum state‑bloat and the tokenomics of the XEN token (0x06450dEe7FD2Fb8E39061434BAbCFC05599a6Fb8).
  2. XEN is reported as the biggest contract on mainnet, about 4.5 × larger than the next biggest contract.
  3. The contract’s large and deep storage is linked to slower block times on the network.
  4. The presentation proposes EIP‑8037 and EIP‑8038 and mentions future work on state creation and management.

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