# bal-devnet-2 spec
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:mega: bal-devnet-2 targets to launch end of Jan 2026.
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## 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).