From c1e6680e927984d863f80267111cf8b016b7d581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonny Rhea <5555162+jrhea@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:40:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update eip-4788.md (#5090) --- EIPS/eip-4788.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/EIPS/eip-4788.md b/EIPS/eip-4788.md index 95542dfd07b6cc..45a98d24b8c56c 100644 --- a/EIPS/eip-4788.md +++ b/EIPS/eip-4788.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The suggested gas cost is just using the value for the `BLOCKHASH` opcode as `BE ### Why not repurpose `BLOCKHASH`? -The `BLOCKHASH` opcode could be repurposed to provide a beacon block root instead of the current execution block hash. +The `BLOCKHASH` opcode could be repurposed to provide a beacon state root instead of the current execution block hash. To minimize code change and simplify deployment to mainnet, this EIP suggests leaving `BLOCKHASH` alone and adding a new opcode with the desired semantics. ### Why not bound history of state roots?