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9/25/2026 7:04:00 AM

Ethereum: Quick Slots EIP-8198 Spec Merged

Ethereum: Quick Slots EIP-8198 Spec Merged

Ethereum EIP-8198 Quick Slots merged into consensus specs by @jih2nn, advancing slot time reduction with ETH at $2670.36 on 4h chart.

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Ethereum consensus specs absorbed EIP-8198 Quick Slots after @jih2nn and @barnabemonnot completed the merge, giving the community explicit code and English definitions for faster slot times.

The move follows months of prototype work and positions the feature for October 1 ACD review toward Considered for Inclusion, two steps short of Hegotá fork activation.

ETH price prediction models now incorporate this Ethereum consensus slot time reduction history as traders watch the 4h chart where price sits at $2670.36 inside Bollinger Bands with upper resistance at $2781.24 and lower support at $2634.03; the bullish EMA50 at $2645.12 and EMA200 at $2451.41 provide layered support while MACD death cross at 5.54 and neutral RSI 48.0 signal potential short-term consolidation before any continuation.


Jihoon Song

@jih2nn

Jihoon Song is an independent software developer contributing to Ethereum core protocol. He has contributed to enshrined PBS, co-authored Fork-choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL), and is now contributing to Attester-Proposer Separation (APS). Prior to joining the blockchain industry, he built a deep learning–powered mobile scanner app at an AI startup, downloaded over 10 million times.