EIP-160FinalInfrastructure
EXP cost increase
### Hard fork [Spurious Dragon](./eip-607.md)
Authors
Vitalik Buterin
Created
Oct 20, 2016
Type
Standards Track
Category
Core
Hard fork
Parameters
FORK_BLKNUM: 2,675,000CHAIN_ID: 1
Specification
If block.number >= FORK_BLKNUM, increase the gas cost of EXP from 10 + 10 per byte in the exponent to 10 + 50 per byte in the exponent.
Rationale
Benchmarks suggest that EXP is currently underpriced by a factor of about 4–8.
References
- EIP-160 issue and discussion: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/160