This document contains the consensus-layer networking specification for Electra.
The specification of these changes continues in the same format as the network specifications of previous upgrades, and assumes them as pre-requisite.
[New in Electra:EIP7691]
Name | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA |
MAX_REQUEST_BLOCKS_DENEB * MAX_BLOBS_PER_BLOCK_ELECTRA |
Maximum number of blob sidecars in a single request |
BLOB_SIDECAR_SUBNET_COUNT_ELECTRA |
9 |
The number of blob sidecar subnets used in the gossipsub protocol |
Some gossip meshes are upgraded in the fork of Electra to support upgraded types.
Topics follow the same specification as in prior upgrades.
The beacon_block
topic is modified to also support Electra blocks.
The beacon_aggregate_and_proof
and beacon_attestation_{subnet_id}
topics are modified to support the gossip of the new attestation type.
The attester_slashing
topic is modified to support the gossip of the new AttesterSlashing
type.
The specification around the creation, validation, and dissemination of messages has not changed from the Capella document unless explicitly noted here.
The derivation of the message-id
remains stable.
Updated validation
- [REJECT] The length of KZG commitments is less than or equal to the limitation defined in Consensus Layer --
i.e. validate that
len(body.signed_beacon_block.message.blob_kzg_commitments) <= MAX_BLOBS_PER_BLOCK_ELECTRA
The following convenience variables are re-defined
index = get_committee_indices(aggregate.committee_bits)[0]
The following validations are added:
- [REJECT]
len(committee_indices) == 1
, wherecommittee_indices = get_committee_indices(aggregate)
. - [REJECT]
aggregate.data.index == 0
[Modified in Electra:EIP7691]
The existing validations all apply as given from previous forks, with the following exceptions:
- Uses of
MAX_BLOBS_PER_BLOCK
in existing validations are replaced withMAX_BLOBS_PER_BLOCK_ELECTRA
.
The topic is updated to propagate SingleAttestation
objects.
The following convenience variables are re-defined:
index = attestation.committee_index
The following validations are added:
- [REJECT]
attestation.data.index == 0
- [REJECT] The attester is a member of the committee -- i.e.
attestation.attester_index in get_beacon_committee(state, attestation.data.slot, index)
.
The following validations are removed:
- [REJECT] The attestation is unaggregated --
that is, it has exactly one participating validator (
len([bit for bit in aggregation_bits if bit]) == 1
, i.e. exactly 1 bit is set). - [REJECT] The number of aggregation bits matches the committee size -- i.e.
len(aggregation_bits) == len(get_beacon_committee(state, attestation.data.slot, index))
.
Protocol ID: /eth2/beacon_chain/req/blob_sidecars_by_root/2/
[Modified in Electra:EIP7691]
The <context-bytes>
field is calculated as context = compute_fork_digest(fork_version, genesis_validators_root)
:
fork_version |
Chunk SSZ type |
---|---|
DENEB_FORK_VERSION |
deneb.BlobSidecar |
ELECTRA_FORK_VERSION |
electra.BlobSidecar |
Request Content:
(
List[BlobIdentifier, MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA]
)
Response Content:
(
List[BlobSidecar, MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA]
)
Updated validation
No more than MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA
may be requested at a time.
Protocol ID: /eth2/beacon_chain/req/blob_sidecars_by_range/2/
[Modified in Electra:EIP7691]
The <context-bytes>
field is calculated as context = compute_fork_digest(fork_version, genesis_validators_root)
:
fork_version |
Chunk SSZ type |
---|---|
DENEB_FORK_VERSION |
deneb.BlobSidecar |
ELECTRA_FORK_VERSION |
electra.BlobSidecar |
Request Content:
(
start_slot: Slot
count: uint64
)
Response Content:
(
List[BlobSidecar, MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA]
)
Updated validation
Clients MUST respond with at least the blob sidecars of the first blob-carrying block that exists in the range, if they have it, and no more than MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS_ELECTRA
sidecars.