World Chain will become the first production Layer-2 network to deploy streamed EIP-7928 block access lists on August 17, 2026. By streaming state access data every 200 milliseconds inside flashblocks, the upgrade enables validators to verify independent transactions in parallel across multiple CPU cores. This technical milestone targets a throughput of up to 1 gigagas per second on standard cloud hardware, scaling capacity without increasing validator costs or compromising decentralization.
EIP-7928 block access lists
- ▪The EIP-7928 specification is scheduled for inclusion in Ethereum's upcoming Glamsterdam hardfork, planned for the second half of 2026.
- ▪World Chain's implementation extends EIP-7928 by streaming full block access list data every 200 milliseconds inside partial sub-blocks called flashblocks.
- ▪The Ethereum Layer-2 network World Chain will implement EIP-7928 Block Access Lists (BALs) on its mainnet on August 17, 2026.
- ▪EIP-7928 Block Access Lists record all accounts and storage slots that each transaction reads or writes during block execution.
Parallel block verification
- ▪World Chain's software release v2.4.0 includes the necessary code for parallel processing, deferred state-root calculation, and validating payloads during flashblock processing.
- ▪By streaming access lists every 200 milliseconds, validators can begin verifying transactions immediately during block assembly, reducing validation latency and distributing the workload.
- ▪The integration of EIP-7928 Block Access Lists allows validators to verify independent transactions simultaneously across multiple CPU cores instead of executing them sequentially.
Gigagas throughput targets
- ▪At a throughput of 1 gigagas per second, World Chain could theoretically process up to 47,600 simple transfers of 21,000 gas per second.
- ▪World Chain targets a transaction throughput of up to 1 gigagas per second without requiring validators to upgrade to more powerful hardware.
- ▪Internal benchmarks on World Chain test networks showed that validation latency remained stable on standard cloud infrastructure even as throughput scaled toward 1 gigagas per second.
August 17 mainnet launch
- ▪World Chain will activate the EIP-7928 feature on August 17, 2026, using a runtime configuration flag rather than requiring a coordinated network-wide hard fork.
- ▪The World Chain Sepolia testnet previously enabled the EIP-7928 block access list feature on July 27, 2026.
First Layer-2 implementation
- ▪World Chain is the first production Layer-2 network to deploy streamed EIP-7928 block access list data inside flashblocks.
- ▪BNB Chain previously implemented block access lists under BEP-592, reporting improvements in CPU usage, throughput, and block processing.
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