EIP-6049

Deprecate SELFDESTRUCT

Deprecate SELFDESTRUCT by discouraging its use and warning about a potential future behavior change.

StatusFinal

TypeMeta

Created2022-11-27

AuthorsWilliam Entriken (@fulldecent)

Last synced5/19/2026, 1:18:36 AM

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Abstract

This EIP deprecates the SELFDESTRUCT opcode and warns against its use. A breaking change to this functionality is likely to come in the future.

Motivation

Discussions about how to change SELFDESTRUCT are ongoing. But there is a strong consensus that something will change.

Specification

Documentation of the SELFDESTRUCT opcode is updated to warn against its use and to note that a breaking change may be forthcoming.

Rationale

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.

Backwards Compatibility

This EIP updates non-normative text in the Yellow Paper. No changes to clients is applicable.

Security Considerations

None.

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.

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