bal-devnet-3
liveAnnouncements
- bal-devnet-3 targets to launch 08 April 2026.
- EL clients: please add flags to enable/disable BAL optimizations batch/parallel io and parallel execution.
- EL clients: **EIP-8037** will be using a hardcoded value for the **cost per state byte of 1174**. This aligns with a block gas limit of 100M, the value being set for the devnet. The cost per state byte value of 1174 will be a treated as a fork constant for this devnet and not depend on the block gas limit. For the next devnet we will use the full EIP variant where the cpsb will depend on the block gas limit.
Resources
Dora Explorer
Beacon-chain block & epoch explorer
Execution RPC
JSON-RPC endpoint
Faucet
Request test ETH
Checkpoint Sync
Beacon checkpoint-sync endpoint
Forky
Fork-choice visualizer
Forkmon
Fork monitor across clients
Assertoor
Automated testing dashboard
Hosted by ethpandaops at <service>.bal-devnet-3.ethpandaops.io — available while the devnet is live.
EIPs in scope9
| EIP | Title | Layer | Status | In devnet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIP-7708 | ETH transfers emit a log Standards Track · Core — ETH Transfers Emitted as Logs | EL | Review | updated |
| EIP-7778 | Block Gas Accounting without Refunds Standards Track · Core — Block Gas Accounting Fix | EL | Review | |
| EIP-7843 | SLOTNUM opcode Standards Track · Core — Get Current Slot Number | EL | Draft | |
| EIP-7928 | Block-Level Access Lists Standards Track · Core — Block Access Lists | EL | Review | updated |
| EIP-7954 | Increase Maximum Contract Size Standards Track · Core — Larger Contracts | EL | Review | new |
| EIP-7975 | eth/70 - partial block receipt lists Standards Track · Networking — Partial Block Receipts | EL | Draft | new optional |
| EIP-8024 | Backward compatible SWAPN, DUPN, EXCHANGE Standards Track · Core — Easier Stack Access | EL | Review | updated |
| EIP-8037 | State Creation Gas Cost Increase Standards Track · Core — State Creation Gas Cost | EL | Draft | new |
| EIP-8159 | eth/71 - Block Access List Exchange Standards Track · Networking — Block Access List Exchange | EL | Draft | new optional |
Execution layer client support
| Feature | Geth | Besu | Reth | Nethermind | Erigon | Nimbus-EL | Ethrex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7708 (ETH Logs) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7778 (Gas Refunds) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7843 (SLOTNUM) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7928 (BAL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7954 (MContract) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7975 (eth/70) | ✓ | ⚒ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8024 (SWAPN/DUPN) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8037 (stateIncr) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8159 (eth/71) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Scraped from ethpandaops 2026-07-08 · re-checked every 12 hours.