{
  "id": 7251,
  "title": "EIP-7251: Increase the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE",
  "status": "Final",
  "type": "Standards Track",
  "category": "Core",
  "summary": "Introduces new validator maximum effective balance of 2048 ETH, instead of exactly 32 ETH, allowing compounding into larger individual validators that reward on each extra ETH above 32.",
  "impacts": [
    "No direct impact on regular users.",
    "No changes for smart contracts.",
    "No impact on user wallets.",
    "Beacon explorers need adapts to custom effective balances per validator.",
    "No L2 impact.",
    "Can consolidate many validators into fewer, reducing overhead and bandwidth.",
    "Update Beacon implementation and validator clients with new way to handle effective balance",
    "Minimal EL changes.",
    "Reduces network overhead by consolidating validator sets",
    "Rewards accrue smoothly above 32 ETH",
    "Simplifies operations for large stakers"
  ],
  "discussion_url": "https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-7251-increase-the-max-effective-balance/15982",
  "source_markdown_url": "https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-7251.md",
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