Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Hits Mainnet—Validator Caps Jump to 2,048 ETH

Ethereum’s long‑awaited Pectra upgrade is live, activating 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals on the mainnet. The network crossed the upgrade slot at 10:05 UTC and reached finality roughly 12 minutes later, clearing the last hurdle after two turbulent testnet runs. Ethereum’s Pectra Hard Fork Goes Live: What You Need to Know The headline change, EIP‑7251, raises each validator’s effective balance from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH, letting large staking providers consolidate thousands of nodes and slash bandwidth costs. Pectra Upgrade also debuts EIP‑7702, allowing externally owned accounts to temporarily execute smart‑contract code source: https://beincrypto.com/ethereum-pectra-upgrade-live/