Ethereum Asked by Damir Olejar on January 2, 2021
Is the block number increase going to be more frequent than it is now ?
The reason I am asking is because some smart contracts I am developing depend on the block number increase, so if this changes, it might throw-off the way the contract works.
Similar question was asked here but no definite answer was given:
What happens to immutable contracts when Ethereum 2.0 will likely change the 15s block time?
I understand that things should not be timed by the blocks, but then, that is not the answer I am looking for. I just want to know whether the frequency of a block number increase will be significantly greater when ETH 2.0 starts, or not (lets say that significant means times two or more).
The current plan is around 12 seconds (https://blog.bitmex.com/ethereum-2-0/ , search for "Block time interval"). There's loads of more information about the background and how the system works.
There is an official phase 0 testnet running and it seems to be producing blocks quite nicely every 11,5 seconds: https://beaconscan.com/statistics (divide amount of seconds in day 86400 by 7500).
Correct answer by Lauri Peltonen on January 2, 2021
whether the frequency of a block number increase will be significantly greater when ETH 2.0 starts, or not
When ETH 2.0 starts, only the beacon chain will exist. You will not be able to write "eth2" smart contracts. So "smart contracts I am developing depend on the block number increase" will not be affected at all.
See What is the difference between Ethereum 2.0 and the beacon chain?
The beacon chain expects to have a block every 12 seconds, but block proposers might be offline so there is no guarantee. So you could have the genesis block, 12 seconds later a block is missed/skipped, and the first block in the beacon chain could start 24 seconds after genesis.
Future phases of Ethereum 2.0 could reduce the 12 seconds. It is unknown at this time what it would be. But again, it doesn't matter because "eth2" smart contracts cannot be written yet.
Answered by eth on January 2, 2021
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