Mastering Ethereum

Appendix B. Ethereum Standards

Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs)

The Ethereum Improvement Proposal repository is located at https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/. The workflow is illustrated in Figure B-1.

From EIP-1:

EIP stands for Ethereum Improvement Proposal. An EIP is a design document providing information to the Ethereum community, or describing a new feature for Ethereum or its processes or environment. The EIP should provide a concise technical specification of the feature and a rationale for the feature. The EIP author is responsible for building consensus within the community and documenting dissenting opinions.

Figure B-1. Ethereum Improvement Proposal workflow

Table of Most Important EIPs and ERCs

Table B-1. Important EIPs and ERCs

EIP/ERC #	Title/Description	Author	Layer	Status	Created
EIP-1	EIP Purpose and Guidelines	Martin Becze, Hudson Jameson	Meta	Final
EIP-2	Homestead Hard-fork Changes	Vitalik Buterin	Core	Final
EIP-5	Gas Usage for RETURN and CALL*	Christian Reitwiessner	Core	Draft
EIP-6	Renaming SUICIDE Opcode	Hudson Jameson	Interface	Final
EIP-7	DELEGATECALL	Vitalik Buterin	Core	Final
EIP-8	devp2p Forward Compatibility Requirements for Homestead	Felix Lange	Networking	Final
EIP-20	ERC-20 Token Standard. Describes standard functions a token contract may implement to allow DApps and wallets to handle tokens across multiple interfaces/DApps. ...