The issue of rising gas costs on Ethereum might soon come to an end, should an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) currently being tested on the Filecoin network go through. Dubbed ‘EIP 1559’, this proposal is among those that have been suggested to reduce Ethereum’s network fees.

Announcing the development on Twitter, Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin, highlighted that the solution seems to be working well on Filecoin,

“In case you missed it: recent writing on fee market reform (EIP 1559) …. Oh and it seems to be working great on Filecoin:”

Notably, Filecoin, which is a decentralized storage network, shares fundamentals with Ethereum hence the compatibility of innovations within both ecosystems. The project is, however, still in its early stages and is set to launch a Mainnet in September as per the latest Filecoin progress update.

With activity rising in DeFi, Ethereum’s network continues to suffer congestion problems to an extent where profits end up being eaten up by transaction costs. The suggestions to work on these shortcomings gained momentum back in 2019 but have now become more critical than ever for Ethereum’s survival in the blockchain space.

Well, ETH-oriented developers seem to be catching up and could soon solve the rising gas cost problem. The EIP 1559 proposal, in particular, suggests the use of a ‘base fee’ for dynamic fee adjustments on Ethereum’s network. Ideally, this approach will constrain gas fee increments by altering the current calculation of gas fee on Ethereum.

The proposal introduces an automatically increasing base fee if the network is more than 50% utilized while decreasing the same if it is below 50%. In doing so, ETH users still have an option to get ahead of the queue by paying a tip in addition to the base fee. These funds will then be delivered to miners while the ETH used for paying the base fee is burnt.

As EIP 1159 makes progress, the Filecoin testnet in totality is also marking milestones as its native ‘FIL’ token launch approaches. The project recently incentivized developers to stress test its network under the ‘Filecoin Space Race’ program,

“Compete and collaborate at the same time. The top 50 miners in each region and the top 100 globally are eligible for rewards. The greater the total storage power, the bigger the total prize pool.”

This incentivized testnet has since recorded around 22 petabytes in total raw byte storage power with contribution from 295 miners. Going by the International Electrotechnical Commission 1998 metrics, this data can roughly be compared to 12,500 two-hour-long films.

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