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EIP-1559 is a very misunderstood upgrade. While many know that it was an upgrade made to Ethereum’s transaction fee mechanism, many of the benefits are not well understood.
This article present the facts around EIP-1559--focusing on the problems it solves and how it works.
We dive deep into EIP-1559's design--analyzing the historical context for changing Ethereum's transaction fee mechanism--and debunk certain misconceptions around EIP-1559's design goals.
We also discuss the benefits of EIP-1559 in more detail and touch (briefly) on multidimensional fee markets and similar improvements on the original EIP-1559 proposal.