# bal-devnet-2 spec :::info :mega: bal-devnet-2 targets to launch end of Jan 2026. ::: ## EIP List for bal-devnet-2 | Status | EIP | Title | Summary | PRs | |--------|-----|-------|---------|-----| | 🆙 | [EIP-7928](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7928) | Block-Level Access Lists | Enforced block access lists enabling parallel validation and executionless state updates | [spurious entry detection](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/10990), [gas validation](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/11066), | | 🆕 | [EIP-8024](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8024) | Backward compatible SWAPN, DUPN, EXCHANGE | New instructions for stack manipulation beyond the 16-item limit | | | 🆕 | [EIP-7778](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7778) | Block Gas Accounting without Refunds | Exclude refunds from block gas accounting to prevent limit circumvention | | | 🆕 | [EIP-7708](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7708) | ETH transfers emit a log | All ETH transfers emit a log for unified tracking | | | 🆕 | [EIP-7843](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7843) | SLOTNUM opcode | New opcode (0x4b) returning the current slot number | | **Key:** - 🆙 EIP has updated! - 🆕 New EIP added. ### Test Releases **Consensus Specs:** [`v1.6.1`](https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/releases/tag/v1.6.1) :heavy_check_mark: Same as [bal-devnet-1](https://notes.ethereum.org/@ethpandaops/bal-devnet-1) **Execution Specs:** EEST Block-Level Access Lists (BAL) [v3.0.1](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/tag/bal%40v3.0.1) :heavy_check_mark: :new: [new test cases](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs/pull/1953) ### Spec versions required & Open PRs **Beacon Metrics** **Execution Metrics** **Beacon API** **Builder Specs** **Consensus Specs** **Execution APIs** [PR-691: Add Amsterdam execution-api specs](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/pull/691) Merged :heavy_check_mark: [PR-726: JSON RPC Methods](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/pull/726) Open :exclamation: [PR-727 Engine API Methods](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/pull/727) Open :exclamation: **Execution Spec PRs** Reference spec sheet for [bal-devnet-1](https://notes.ethereum.org/@ethpandaops/bal-devnet-1).