The Ethereum mainnet will execute the Pectra upgrade on May 7th

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Foundation protocol support lead Tim Beiko announced that the Pectra upgrade will go live on the mainnet on May 7, with an expected epoch height of 364032.

It is reported that Pectra introduces EIP-7702, which allows standard Ethereum accounts (EOAs) to extend smart contract functionality, supporting use cases such as batch transactions, gas sponsorship, or social recovery; for stakers, Pectra introduces a feature to increase the effective balance of validators.