Draft for RSKIP555

Author: Rumato Estorsky

IPs/RSKIP555.md

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+---
+rskip: 555
+title: EVM gas costs update
+description: Update gas cost to match Ethereum Berlin hardfork
+status: Draft
+purpose:
+author: 
+layer: Core
+complexity: 4
+created: 2026-04-14
+---
+
+
+## Aggregated changes for gas pricing
+
+ * BALANCE: 400 -> 700 (EIP-1884)
+ * SLOAD: 200 -> 800 (EIP-1884)
+ * EXTCODEHASH: 400 -> 700 (EIP-1884)
+

README.md

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 | 536 |[Additional methods for BlockHeader precompiled contract](IPs/RSKIP536.md)| 10-OCT-2025 | MI | Usa | Core | 1 | Adopted |
 | 540 |[Bridge method `getEstimatedFeesForNextPegOutEvent` improvements and new parameterized method](IPs/RSKIP540.md)| 04-DEC-2025 | MI | Usa | Core | 1 | Adopted |
 | 543 |[Implement EIP-2718 Typed Transactions in Rootstock](IPs/RSKIP543.md)| 05-JAN-2026 | PDG, SM | Sca, Usa | Core | 2 | Draft |
-| 544 |[Reject new contract code starting with the `0xEF` byte](IPs/RSKIP544.md)| 05-JAN-2026 | PDG, SM | Usa | Core | 1 | Adopted |
-| 551 |[Deprecate RSKIP459](IPs/RSKIP551.md)| 18-MAR-26 | MI | Usa | Core | 1 | Adopted |
-| 552 |[Improve Blake2F Input Validation](IPs/RSKIP552.md)| 16-MAR-2026 | FML | Sec | Core | 1 | Adopted |
-| 553 |[Network Upgrade: Vetiver](IPs/RSKIP553.md)| 23-MAR-2026 | AE | Usa, Sca, Sec | Core | 2 | Adopted |
+| 544 |[Reject new contract code starting with the `0xEF` byte](IPs/RSKIP544.md)| 05-JAN-2026 | PDG, SM | Usa | Core | 1 | Draft |
+| 551 |[Deprecate RSKIP459](IPs/RSKIP551.md)| 18-MAR-26 | MI | Usa | Core | 1 | Draft |
+| 552 |[Improve Blake2F Input Validation](IPs/RSKIP552.md)| 16-MAR-2026 | FML | Sec | Core | 1 | Draft |
+| 553 |[Network Upgrade: Vetiver](IPs/RSKIP553.md)| 23-MAR-2026 | AE | Usa, Sca, Sec | Core | 2 | Draft |
+| 555 |[EVM gas costs update](IPs/RSKIP555.md)| 14-APR-2026 | VZ | - | Core | - | Draft |
+
 
 # Author Index
 
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 | SM       | Shreemoy Mishra           | shreemoy@rootstocklabs.com             |
 | SMS      | Sebastian Matias Sicardi  |                                        |
 | VK       | Volodymyr Kravets         |                                        |
+| VZ       | Vladislav Zablotsky       |                                        |
 
 
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