2.2 EIP 1559
Introduction
EIP-1559 aims to reduce the inflation of the Ethereum ecosystem. Inflation has incentivized users to make transactions and create volume on chain for over 5 years. Issuance per block started at 5 Ether, was reduced to 3, and then further reduced to 2 for the current rate. This gradual decrease has made the supply of Ethereum disinflationary (similar to bitcoin) as the supply is still increasing, but slower than it previously was. EIP-1559 aims to further this disinflationary system and potentially even make it deflationary. Currently, all fees that are used in a transaction are paid to miners to validate the block. This will change in mid July as the fee structure is updated.
Learning Objectives
- What is the goal of EIP-1559?
- What are some predictions for how much Eth will be burnt?
- Discuss the differences between Eth’s revised monetary policy vs bitcoin
- Know the difference between the base fee and “tip”
Reading List
Key Points
- Miners vs Holders
- Miners want to extract as much value from the system and need USD to pay for equipment costs
- Holders simply want the price to go up and want cheap transactions
- EIP 1559
- London Hard Fork
- Burns transaction fees instead of paying them out to the miners
Review Questions
- What is Ethereum’s current volume per day and how much eth would be burned based on it?
- What determines which transaction is ordered first in a block?
- What will Ethereum’s maximum supply be?
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