📈Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Countdown丨What benefits will it bring? What opportunities are worth paying attention to?
Tonight at 18:00, Ethereum will announce the Pectra upgrade. After the last testing failure caused the upgrade to be delayed, $ETH fell directly below 1400; so this upgrade is still critical, many improvements are subtle and may not be quickly reflected in the coin price. In a previous article, some beginners indicated they didn't understand the technical aspects, so I'll explain it in simple terms —
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Account abstraction will make your wallet smarter
Previously, the Ethereum wallets we used (like MetaMask) were just a shell for "sending and receiving money" and couldn't handle complex tasks. After the upgrade, wallets can automatically handle multi-step transactions, set recovery passwords, multi-signature security, and even help others pay gas fees like mini-programs.
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For retail investors: In the future, using wallets for DeFi and grabbing airdrops may no longer require "clicking 8 times and confirming 5 times" such cumbersome steps, making the transaction process a bit simpler. (You can lose money faster)
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Increased staking participation from large holders and institutions
Currently, staking ETH is limited to 32, which is convenient for batch processing and management but cumbersome and costly. After the upgrade, large holders can consolidate collateral pools and raise the limit to 2048 in one go, reducing the number of validators.
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For node operators: Management costs will improve sorting, making small-scale stakers more flexible.
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Layer 2 networks will be faster and cheaper
In simple terms, this is specifically to speed up Layer 2 (like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base). It allows them to be more efficient and cost-effective in the step of "transmitting data to the mainnet" — in the future, Gas fees and operating speeds on L2 will improve.
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For retail investors using L2 for airdrops and trading: Save on Gas and more.
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For developers: Significantly reduces the cost of deploying L2 applications.
Withdrawals and deposits will be more flexible
Previously, only the consensus layer (Beacon Chain) could control staked funds; after the upgrade, the execution layer (the wallet you typically use) can also adjust allocations. This means that in the future, staking and unstaking can be done more automatically and precisely, providing the possibility for DeFi to build "automatic staking products".
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This is a positive for staking platforms and DeFi projects, and retail investors should pay attention to various new staking derivative products that may emerge, potentially leading to higher annualized returns.
