EIP-7587: Reserve Precompile Address Range for RIPs


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  Reserve precompile address range for use by the RIP process

  	Authors	Carl Beekhuizen (@carlbeek), Ansgar Dietrichs (@adietrichs), Danny Ryan (@djrtwo), Tim Beiko (@timbeiko)
	Created	2023-12-21
	Discussion Link	https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-75xx-reserve-precompile-address-range-for-rips-l2s/17828


  


  

  
    Table of Contents

    	Abstract
	Motivation
	Specification
	Rationale
	Backwards Compatibility
	Security Considerations
	Copyright



  


  
      
      
         Abstract
      
      
    


This EIP reserves precompile ranges to ensure there are no conflicts with those used by the Rollup Improvement Proposal (RIP) process.

  
    
      
      
         Motivation
      
      
    


As L2s begin to deploy RIPs, it is necessary to reserve an address range for use by the RIP process so as to ensure there are no conflicts between precompile addresses used by RIPs and EIPs.

  
    
      
      
         Specification
      
      
    


The address range between 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000100 and 0x00000000000000000000000000000000000001ff is reserved for use by the RIP process.

  
    
      
      
         Rationale
      
      
    


By reserving an address range for RIPs, it allows the RIP process to maintain it’s own registry of precompiles that are not (necessarily) deployed on L1 mainnet, the EIP process is freed from having to maintain a registry of RIP precompiles while still having 255 addresses for it’s own use.

  
    
      
      
         Backwards Compatibility
      
      
    


No backward compatibility issues found.

  
    
      
      
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Nil.

  
    
      
      
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Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.


  Citation

  Please cite this document as:

  
  Carl Beekhuizen (@carlbeek), Ansgar Dietrichs (@adietrichs), Danny Ryan (@djrtwo), Tim Beiko (@timbeiko), "EIP-7587: Reserve Precompile Address Range for RIPs [DRAFT]," Ethereum Improvement Proposals, no. 7587, December 2023. [Online serial]. Available: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7587.






      
    
  

  

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