# EIP-7251 - Maximum effective balance overview

- Speakers: [Paul Harris](https://streameth.org/speakers/paul-harris)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-12
- Duration: 20:18
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/6733027280d989c5b7bd3263

## Description

An overview of the  maximum effective balance change coming in Electra.
At a high level, other considerations that were required to allow the maximum effective balance increase in Electra, and ensure that it delivers value.

## About the speakers

### Paul Harris

Core-developer on Teku - a consensus-layer application.


## Transcript

Hi everyone. Jeez, these lights are bright. I'm here today to talk to you about increasing the maximum effective balance, EIP 7251. It's less of a technical talk than the previous one, because I think there's a few things we probably need to go over.