EVM Object Format (EOF) - History and motivation by Danno Ferrin | Devcon SEA
Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
EOF is one of the important parts of the upcoming Pectra upgrade, delivering long-standing feature requests to the EVM. This talk aims to provide insight into its history, significance, and role in Ethereum and EVM improvement, and explore the rationale for including it in the next upgrade, its potential impacts and implications, as well as long-term advantages and possible challenges. Speaker(s): Danno Ferrin Skill level: Intermediate Track: Core Protocol Keywords: Core Protocol, developer, experience, Core, Protocol Follow us: https://twitter.com/efdevcon, https://twitter.com/ethereum, https://warpcast.com/devcon Learn more about devcon: https://www.devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Visit the https://archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on Swarm, IPFS and more. Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon SEA was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation. To find out more, please visit https://ethereum.foundation/
Speakers
Danno Ferrin is a seasoned Ethereum core developer with a deep-rooted passion for the technology. He has been focused the evolution of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), contributing significantly to its ongoing development and optimization. With a background spanning roles at Oracle, Google, and ConsenSys, Danno brings a wealth of experience to his work on Ethereum. He is currently an independent contributor to the ecosystem.