{"title":"Cost Optimization in Layer 2 Rollups via EIP-4844: A Gas Efficiency and Economic Analysis","authors":"Antosh Madappa Dyade, Maheshwari Antosh Dyade, Sahadev Maruit Shinde","doi":"10.1049/blc2.70014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>As decentralised applications (dApps) and decentralised finance (DeFi) gain widespread adoption on Ethereum, scalability and transaction costs have emerged as critical challenges. Layer 2 (L2) rollups are promising solutions for improving scalability, but they suffer from significant gas costs due to the need for data availability on Ethereum Layer 1 (L1). <b>Proto-Danksharding</b> (<b>EIP-4844)</b> introduces blob transactions to reduce calldata costs, providing a new avenue for cost optimisation. This paper presents a comprehensive gas efficiency and economic analysis of EIP-4844's impact on Layer 2 rollups, providing mathematical models, simulation results, and architectural diagrams to illustrate the improvements in gas costs and system design.</p>","PeriodicalId":100650,"journal":{"name":"IET Blockchain","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/blc2.70014","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IET Blockchain","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1049/blc2.70014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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As decentralised applications (dApps) and decentralised finance (DeFi) gain widespread adoption on Ethereum, scalability and transaction costs have emerged as critical challenges. Layer 2 (L2) rollups are promising solutions for improving scalability, but they suffer from significant gas costs due to the need for data availability on Ethereum Layer 1 (L1). Proto-Danksharding (EIP-4844) introduces blob transactions to reduce calldata costs, providing a new avenue for cost optimisation. This paper presents a comprehensive gas efficiency and economic analysis of EIP-4844's impact on Layer 2 rollups, providing mathematical models, simulation results, and architectural diagrams to illustrate the improvements in gas costs and system design.