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Abstract
This EIP updates the gas cost of state-access operations to reflect Ethereum’s larger state and the consequent slowdown of these operations. It raises the base costs for GAS_STORAGE_UPDATE, GAS_COLD_SLOAD, and GAS_COLD_ACCOUNT_ACCESS and updates the access cost for EXTCODESIZE and EXTCODECOPY. The design coordinates with EIP-8032: before EIP-8032, parameters assume worst-case contract size; after EIP-8032, they assume worst-case up to ACTIVATION_THRESHOLD, with additional depth-based scaling beyond.