Ethereum has changed! The Pectra upgrade is online, and this time it really is a bit different!
This is not the first upgrade for Ethereum, but it is indeed the most down-to-earth one. The Pectra upgrade has just gone live, and the community is already buzzing. Not because of any black technology, but because it really starts to address user experience.
What exactly has changed in this upgrade? To put it simply, three points:
1. Wallet operations are smoother
Previously, when you interacted with the wallet, you clicked around with a bunch of pop-ups, like playing whack-a-mole, but now it's better—batch operations, one-step completion, and the efficiency improvement is eye-catching, really starting to feel like a 'modern network'.
2. Transaction fees can be paid with other coins
No longer do you need to use ETH to pay transaction fees; now you can also use stablecoins like USDT and USDC, which helps give people a sense of the real costs on the chain without having to calculate exchange rates while watching gas prices.
3. Layer 2 is cheaper and more stable
Previously, L2 was cheap, but it could easily crash when busy. Now, Pectra has directly doubled the blob capacity, allowing L2 to handle more data, and transaction fees are expected to be more stable and lower.
There is also an obscure but important update: the validator staking mechanism has been optimized. Previously, you had to do it in batches, but now you can merge stakes for more efficient operations.
But don’t celebrate too early—these technical improvements do not mean that the coin price will skyrocket immediately. Don’t forget, Ethereum's performance has recently been worse than SOL and BTC. Despite the continuous technical upgrades, the price of ETH remains stuck and even fell back to over 1400 dollars. You can't just blame the market; developers previously focused too much on L2, leading to a somewhat shaky value support for ETH itself.
