This EIP deprecates the SELFDESTRUCT
opcode and warns against its use. A breaking change to this functionality is likely to come in the future.
Discussions about how to change SELFDESTRUCT
are ongoing. But there is a strong consensus that something will change.
Documentation of the SELFDESTRUCT
opcode is updated to warn against its use and to note that a breaking change may be forthcoming.
As time goes on, the cost of doing something increases, because any change to SELFDESTRUCT
will be a breaking change.
The Ethereum Blog and other official sources have not provided any warning to developers about a potential forthcoming change.
This EIP updates non-normative text in the Yellow Paper. No changes to clients is applicable.
None.
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