Ethereum Just Got Its Biggest Upgrade Since 2022
And almost nobody's talking about it.
PECTRA went live on May 7th.
Here's what actually changed for normal people:
Your wallet stopped being dumb.
Before this upgrade, using Ethereum was painful.
Want to swap tokens? Sign this. Now sign again. Now pay gas. Now confirm. Now wait.
Now? You can bundle all of that into one click.
Even better: someone else can pay your transaction fees for you.
And if you lose your password? You can set up trusted contacts to help you recover your wallet. Like
how your email works.
This is the stuff that made Ethereum annoying to use. They finally fixed it.
Big money just got an easier door in.
Before, institutions had to manage thousands of separate accounts to stake large amounts.
Now they can combine everything into way fewer accounts.
Less hassle. Lower risk of getting penalized for mistakes.
Apps built on Ethereum got stupid cheap.
If you use Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, or any of those faster Ethereum apps?
Your costs basically went to zero.
We're talking fractions of a penny per transaction.
Usage immediately spiked. Millions more transactions started flowing through.
But here's something interesting:
Ethereum just said they're doing major upgrades twice a year now.
Not once every 18 months. Twice a year.